02 Jan '06 20:57>
Originally posted by RahimKHe could've easily drawn in a number of ways. Trading rooks was the biggest blunder which led to my win. I think it was just as a result of moving too quickly since he was frustrated by giving away his pawn earlier. But as soon as he traded rooks, the game was won for me.
I just quickly ran through the whole game and the endgame just didn't seem right to me. The way the queen's side pawns and rooks came of the board just seem to wierd. I would have to look at the game again but in the ending couldn't your opponent have drawn by moving his king to get opposition when you had a K+P vs K? I would have tried to keep some of the qu ...[text shortened]... because of the pressure and the crowd etc... so I understand if the endgame wasn't textbook.
I wanted to exchange down on the queenside because I was playing for the draw at that point. I think a general rule is that the less pawns there are, the more likely there is to be a draw; your opponent cannot create two weaknesses.
Well it was just a game at the chess club so there wasn't as much pressure. I think I would've played the same way here with regards to my queenside play. However, I think I may have slightly erred with some of my kingside moves.
But I think my biggest mistakes were in the middlegame. I just managed to hold the draw at that phase.