I just accepted a draw offer in this game Game 266062 because I couldn't see anything but repetition. But did I miss something? Could I have won? I'm always suspicious that offers of draws might be given when your opponent realises he's lost, and after my brilliant (well, I thought it was brilliant for me) knight sacrafice I wondered if I could have got more.
Could someone run a quick analysis? I can't work it out & don't have an engine to do it for me.
Cheers
Jon
Originally posted by BowmannI thought that - I cocked up at least twice that I saw, and probably half a dozen more times that I didn't, and my opponent was no dunce. That's why I was pretty proud of the knight sacrafice, which let me pressure his exposed king. But that's another angle I'd like to hear - could my opponent in fact have won if he'd stuck at it?
You were lucky to get the draw.
You were lucky to escape after you missed a great opportunity in move 29. You played Qa6 and allowed his Qxh5. With 29....Qxa4, threatening his knights, you were better. He would have had to play a knight to a3 and you could come in with the queen to b4 with check. Qxh5 would be prevented by or punished with Rh8 (threatening Rh2).
Originally posted by Mephisto229.Qa4 was what I was heading for, but backed out when I saw Nxd6 which would have allowed Qxe5 for check. He did this later but had to sacrafice the knight in doing so (which I think was an error).
You were lucky to escape after you missed a great opportunity in move 29. You played Qa6 and allowed his Qxh5. With 29....Qxa4, threatening his knights, you were better. He would have had to play a knight to a3 and you could come in with the queen to b4 with check. Qxh5 would be prevented by or punished with Rh8 (threatening Rh2).
Of course I really lost it when I didn't notice my knight on H5 wasn't actually protected - I swore after that one!