Perfect game, happy ending?

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Avatar of 02Wesley

Hey,,

This is a game I played recently.. I believe it is one of my best games ever played, mainly because of the lack of mistakes and decent positional play..

Unfortunately, I won this game because my opponent ran out of time, while a win due to better endgame play would be more satisfying.. Therefore my questions: 1) Did I make any (major) mistakes in this game, what could have been better? and 2) How would the game have ended? I played black, would I have won, and if so, how? What are the main ideas in this ending to seal a victory or draw?
Avatar of Grim_Reaper_xxx

Certainly this don't look as if u had any devastating advantage in the endgame. Just one pawn ahead and right side pawns more likely to reach promotion than not.

Not bad, but I would' t call it a "perfect game". To me, personally, "perfect game" is when your advantage in the endgame is truly unquestionable or overwhelming. Otherwise it's just a good game. Of course all is judged sheerly from the final result point of view Wink.

Avatar of 02Wesley

Surely, no (human) game is perfect.. I nevertheless disagree about your statement on when a game is perfect..

You might create a unquestionable or overwhelming endgame without playing even good, simply because your opponent played worse.. And if both players would play absolutely perfect (say engine VS engine) there probably isn't a decisive endgame position either, while the game can be considered perfect (under bounded rationality)..

What I meant was that if I played 'perfect' in the sence that I did not make any clear mistakes or inaccuraties... And surely, my opponent played very good as well, so I doubt if a devastating endgame was even possible..