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I had almost the same exact thing happen to me on a different site the guy outrated me by 300 points so I figured he would know the endgame enough to find the one drawing move. I offered him a draw he declined, and then proceeded to blunder the game away. It makes me not want to offer draws anymore.
Nice game. You can tell that was between two people who know what they are doing.
Great game. I felt black wasted some time with the various bishop and queen moves, but other than that itwas nice.
GrimReaper7752 wrote: I had almost the same exact thing happen to me on a different site the guy outrated me by 300 points so I figured he would know the endgame enough to find the one drawing move. I offered him a draw he declined, and then proceeded to blunder the game away. It makes me not want to offer draws anymore.
I disagree in a nice way. It has long been known that a draw offer can have an adverse effect on the player who is winning. They can have a tendency to overpress and if things don't go their way quickly, they can blow up. Practical chess tips often give examples of 'the psychological draw offer'.
yeah, but i don't think people use the draw option properly ... it shouldn't be seen as an admission of weakness, or as a way to unsettle people, some games just aren't going anywhere without a blunder or two, and frankly that can spoil the fun when it seems like a lot of work for nothing, so i'd rather just have a draw and get on to a game with some excitement.
we seemed fairly evenly matched for most of this, and i daresay we both made errors of judgement, but a point arrived where he declined my offer of a draw, so i decided to make my extra pawn count.
after the queen exchange, the extra pawn quickly became decisive, and careful classic end game theory worked like a charm.