I won, but I dont know why?

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rooperi

Ok, this was a satisfying win for me, the 2nd game in a team match. His rating at the beginning of the game was 2069. In the 1st game there was some aggro, I got creamed and he got upset because I did not resign early enough for his liking.

So, he is a much better player than me, but he never made the moves that I thought would give me problems. I have a few questions:

1: Why does he never take the h pawn?

2: Why does he never advance the Q side pawns, and allow me to build a little fortress there?

3: Why does he he offer the exchange on move 38? Was I right in not accepting it?

4: Should I at any point have suggested he resign * tongue firmly in cheek*

mottsauce

im not sober enough to give answers to the first three questions, but for the fourth, there's an easy answer: NO.  although you completely trounced him in the final moves, i think it's impolite in general to ask your opponent to resign.  maybe he's counting on you to make a mistake (which in the case of a highly rated player vs lower rated player, isn't a bad idea), or perhaps he wants to study the entire endgame and analyze it in full.

cheers

mottsauce

lol i know tony, i was born at night but not last night :)