Move agreements in drawing situations.

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Avatar of DiegoCDMX

I have a very good game that is just entering the EndGame.  
I have a material advantage and in general a winning position.  
However my opponent has a clear draw strategy that I cannot avoid.   

Since the game is so good, my opponent doesn't want to draw but has no other way to continue the game.  
Has anybody encountered a situation where they make an agreement, in order to change the course of the game?  

I'm thinking in all types of games:  tournaments, informal competitive, and plain friendly. 

What are your thoughts? 

Avatar of landloch

If your opponent doesn't want to draw, then all they have to do is not play the drawing strategy.

However, if this is a rated game, intentionally playing to lose would be unethical and against chess.com fair play policy.

One solution might be to play the current game to its normal finish, then, in a non-rated game you and your opponent could play from any position you wanted (such as the current one) in whatever way you wanted.