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Avatar of knightmaresi2

Had this game end yesterday in a draw. I offered, he accepted.

Couple of questions... I felt like I was big favourite once he'd lost his queen. Should I have traded bishops on move 34? A few moves later it felt like a big mistake and I decided to offer a draw. I didn't think I had the ability to see out a victory against a player rated a bit higher than me. Should I have offered the draw and should he have accepted?

Avatar of Josh11live
I know this isn’t part of your question, but it’s good to say anyway. You should not think that the game is over after you win a piece because if you do you lose your focus and you’ll lose instead and that’s good to note down. I’ll check the game again for your other questions
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Should I have traded bishops on move 34?// yep, you are up material so you should, I don’t see much else. A big mistake? Can you clarify, because I don’t see the mistake you are saying and you’re still winning.
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I didn't think I had the ability to see out a victory against a player rated a bit higher than me.// you should think this way. If your opponent is higher rated then you should know they can make blunders even 2000, believe me, they make alot of mistakes. If they are lower then you should think that you will also blunder so removing your focus will not help.

Should I have offered the draw and should he have accepted?// white was down a Q for a R and N so yes white should have accepted and since you are up a queen, even if it’s for a R and B/R and N you should not have given a draw offer because, it’s a Q and a Q=9 and a R+N or R+B=8 where 9>8 so you should not give a draw.
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Go here in this blog called Chess Tips, Annotated Games, And Openings and check what you may be looking for and I’ll be updating this when I get the chance to. It may say unfinished, but that’s just a technical issue. Read this only for those people who know I am on ios I managed to make this because in a club I found a blog link and I clicked and I found the option to make a blog.

https://www.chess.com/blog/Jozonthe195/chess-tips-annotated-games-and-openings-unfinished
Avatar of The-Mouldy-Bread

Idk man but I think accepting that draw was a mistake on his part. Generally speaking a queen is better than a rook and knight (forks, near infinite checks etc) and he even had 2 more pawns than you. Pretty strong play there tho :-)

Avatar of GuguDosMellos

Well, he could do a checkmate but since he lost his towers he didn't found way of doing it, so he made a draw, well, it's what i think btw

Avatar of magipi

The end position is super winning for black. Black is up material and has 2 passed pawns. Not even trying to win is bizarre.

Avatar of JayDB24

It could have been difficult, but offering a draw isn't right

Oh well good job getting a draw against a higher player

Avatar of That-one-bishop

I'm a 200 but some of these moves are.......interesting.

Avatar of Ironguard5s

You can't lose. As long as you cannot lose, there is no reason to go for a draw unless you are very fatigued or other outside reasons.

Avatar of TheMarisMan6

i think he was winning