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Can Black win this game??

Can Black win this game??

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Recently finished this game.

Game 3540055

I offered a draw at move 36. It was refused and the following conversation took place at moves 37 and 38:

Me, move 37:
apologies as you are a better player but how is this not a draw? if it were me against a 1300 player I would not know how to make this a Black win. I've looked! How can you win if all I do is hold? Please explain, I will resign. Otherwise accept my draw offer and my salutations sir.
His response:
I have a slight point advantage since I am one pawn up on you, so I can probably worm one of my pawns across the board. I can also hope that you will make a mistake and I can claim another pawn which will give me an advantage. The main reason I am not accepting the draw is because the point standing in the tournament is so close between Rookguy and myself. If I take the draw and he beats me then I lose the tournament but if I claim a win then even if he beats me then we push to another round. If it looks like I will draw or win against him I will draw with you but I want to see what his next few moves are before I make that decision.
Me move 38:
fair enough. thanks for that. I intend to do nothing but move my Bishop to guard whichever of my pawns your King attacks I won't move King or pawns again.
His response:
I really think that without moving your pawns or king I can still get something across the board but since Rookguy accepted my draw I will accept yours by offering you one now.

Did I miss something here? Could Black have won if all White did was push Bishop around. I realise that his motives were to win tournament and fair enough I salute that but was there really a win here?

Thanks for you help.

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Looks like a draw to me too, his pawns cannot pass and you can always defend your own pawns against his king as you said. well played.

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Drawn.....

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dead draw. He was either pretty wrong with his claim that he could still have gotten something across the board or simply bluffing.

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Thank you all for replies, especially Schakulr as you are a 2000+ player.

Glad I missed nothing.

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Obvious draw - doesn't take a high rating to know that.

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the last pawn exchange was bad for black. that's why it is a draw.

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No way black can win the final position.
White's king can't be pushed off f3 and there's no way for black to win white's a- or h-pawn.

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Any time you reach an endgame where the only pieces left are "opposite colored bishops" it is usually a draw even if one side has an extra pawn.

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Originally posted by Red Night
Any time you reach an endgame where the only pieces left are "opposite colored bishops" it is usually a draw even if one side has an extra pawn.
and sometimes even 2 pawns advantage is not enough to win.

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I would say that's a win for black.

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Originally posted by Tigran P
I would say that's a win for black.
I would say [b]that your ratings should be compared first.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
and sometimes even 2 pawns advantage is not enough to win.
You're absolutely right. I almost added that, but did not want to muddy the water. (At this point in the discussion, I just wanted to introduce the concept of "opposite colored bishops".)

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Originally posted by Tigran P
I would say that's a win for black.
No, it can't be won. White may be able to lose with egregious play, but it cannot be won.

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Originally posted by Red Night
You're absolutely right. I almost added that, but did not want to muddy the water. (At this point in the discussion, I just wanted to introduce the concept of "opposite colored bishops"😉
Yep- Joe Gallagher devotes a lot to that.