Was it a draw your opinion appreciated

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yes it was

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Black-Scotty was an older more experienced player, did I miss any chances or opportunities?

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I didn't look through the middlegame but 50.Ba2 doesn't look so good. The black a pawn can't be pushed anyway so there's no real need to block it. Later when you capture the a pawn with your king the bishop has to waste a move going back to f7 to attack black's pawns. Also you play 55.Bc4 first which is also a waste of a move, unless you expect your opponent to leave his knight hanging.

Overall, don't play the endgame "move by move". Take a few minutes and decide "I'm going to capture black's passed a pawn with my king and when his knight moves to win my kingside pawns my bishop will win HIS kingside pawns" That way you wouldn't have wasted those tempi