I've taken a draw in the last round of a tourney when I was clearly ahead against a much higher rated player but there were still plenty of options to go wrong. It also guaranteed me a class prize and the ability to get home early.
Ideally, you play the best game you can and go for the win but there can be other considerations driving the decision. If you feel fine about it, that is all that really matters.
(1) It's not that difficult to post a game - all you have to do is click the chess board icon when you're making the post - it's the leftmost button at the top of the box where you're writing your post.
For this game, a lot of players will have no issue playing it in their heads.
(2) For the 6th move - it should be 6...Nxe5, winning a pawn through a basic tactic, not 6...Nxe7, which is illegal. Also, it's 11.Nxd5.
(3) You should've gone for the win - your position was winning, and you let it be a draw instead. There's nothing complicated about that.
If you were really going to fall asleep - like you've been sleep deprived for 40 hours or something, then yeah, take the draw for health reasons. But if you're actually taking the draw because you don't "feel" like playing on, then I would recommend you not play classical/slow chess - it's not for you.
Actually - I would make one revision to my comment ^, based on @martin_stahl's suggestion.
While I don't agree with agreeing to draws in better positions against stronger players, this is, in my opinion, acceptable for getting prize money in late rounds at tournaments.
Each chess game gives you things to learn from, the more you play on. But you can always play more games afterwards! So if it will guarantee you a prize, you can let it go and take a draw in a better, but not easily winning position.
Hey guys, I am not too impressive of a chess player yet. My judgement isn't always perfect when I am full of energy. When I am falling asleep but winning, do I go for the win or take a safe draw?
I recently played a rated OTB game where I agreed to a draw on move 11. I wanted a draw going into this game- if I won or drew I would get 1st in my bracket. I was also extremely tired. My opponent was beating me at first, but made a massive blunder, which even someone at our level could see. I plugged the position into an engine, and it evaluated me as being up 5-6 points... I was afraid however. I was afraid I would be tired and hang a piece. You will see I have a good proportion of bullet and blitz compared to my other games- I am trying to play faster. My opponent in this game plays very fast and I already had used 1/5 of my time. Between the time pressure and my sleepiness, I was worried I would blunder something. Was I worried over nothing? Should I have played on and risked it?
the game (I played white)
my apologies for not knowing how to post a PGN...
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.e5 c5
4.Nf3 Nc6
5.Bb5 Bd7
6.0-0 Nxe7
my vastly superior development has blundered a pawn...
7.Bxd7+ Nxd7
8.Nc3 xd4
9.Qxd4 f6??
my opponent told me he imagined my e pawn was still on e5
10.Re1 Qe7
11.Nxd7 draw
so yeah. He was significantly higher rated, but skill wise we are just about equal.
tying for 1st + rating gain means I am not upset, but in a position like that when I am falling asleep at the board, should I keep going for the win?
apologies for long post...