How should I have played this?

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daniellesinclair

I was stumped on what to do so I just played a1...
Please help every opinion counts... :-)

tarikhk

ask for a draw.

justjoshin
i think this works? if someone sees a flaw let me know, i'm always keen to learn,
edit:
i'm an idiot, how could it be zugzwang for black with white to move :-),
forgot the last move for white (Kd5), that forces the king away from the c-pawn.
mosqutip

Black seems to have a good line here:

khpa21

The position is drawn. The simple Re3 keeps it that way.

sstteevveenn

justjoshin, just looking at the very end of your line, I dont think black would play Kc6.  I think 53...Ke5 is good for a draw.  What's funny is if white goes looking for a win with something like 54.Kd2 I think he loses. 

justjoshin

fair enough, draw looks likely, oh well, back to the drawing board (no pun intended)

razorblade12

may i ask why you are asking analysis on a game still in progress? ...

and thank you all for posting, i am sure that all of this shall be very helpful for me to win this game.

here is the game still on-going btw: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=24707308

rooperi
razorblade12 wrote:

may i ask why you are asking analysis on a game still in progress? ...

and thank you all for posting, i am sure that all of this shall be very helpful for me to win this game.

here is the game still on-going btw: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=24707308


Hah, You've been rumbled, cubnoble. The honorable thing now is to resign...

sstteevveenn

haha phew, glad I didnt comment on the actual game then! Laughing

sstteevveenn

nice win btw.  fwiw I think I preferred black in the original position.  Looked like white was doing the hanging on. 

daniellesinclair

White won by checkmate... All I was doing was hanging on for a mistake and it never happend so I lossed...

razorblade12
cubnoble wrote:

White won by checkmate... All I was doing was hanging on for a mistake and it never happend so I lossed...


err, i think you mean Black won by checkmate Wink

thanks for the games btw, i know that this was an honest mistake and i am sure that it will not be repeated.

daniellesinclair

nope not at all yeah I did mean black whoops...