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Should I accept?

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I've been offered a draw and I don't know wheather to accept. Here's the game id.Game 259386

Give me your thoughts.

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Originally posted by CFC
I've been offered a draw and I don't know wheather to accept. Here's the game id.Game 259386

Give me your thoughts.
You should not ask input on a game in process.

Mephisto.

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
You should not ask input on a game in process.

Mephisto.
Oh.ok then.:'(

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We cannot comment on an ongoing game.I didn't look at it anyway.But,I will give you this one bit of chesswisdom: If your opponent offers you a draw,ask yourself this one question: 'Why does he think he is worse?'.
Someone once told me that,and it has actually served me well 😏

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Originally posted by SirLoseALot
We cannot comment on an ongoing game.I didn't look at it anyway.But,I will give you this one bit of chesswisdom: If your opponent offers you a draw,ask yourself this one question: 'Why does he think he is worse?'.
Someone once told me that,and it has actually served me well 😏
Meanwhile, the game is drawn.
You are right, black had good reasons to offer draw. White had winning chances: pawn up, including a connected freepawn on h-file.
My suggested move would have been Qf6. Probably the f-pawn would fall as well. Nd7+ also was worth looking at.

Mephisto.

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Originally posted by SirLoseALot
We cannot comment on an ongoing game.I didn't look at it anyway.But,I will give you this one bit of chesswisdom: If your opponent offers you a draw,ask yourself this one question: 'Why does he think he is worse?'.
Someone once told me that,and it has actually served me well 😏
When you offer someone a draw it has nothing to do with who is better or worse. It simply means that the person offering the draw has an advantage and is giving their opponent a break.

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Originally posted by lionel
When you offer someone a draw it has nothing to do with who is better or worse. It simply means that the person offering the draw has an advantage and is giving their opponent a break.
And here I thought it was when things were even and nobody had a clear advantage... 😉

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as you were both rated below 1000 i myself would have played on, just to get some endgame practice if nothing else. at this level games are won by tactical play and blunders.

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Originally posted by Agent Smith
as you were both rated below 1000 i myself would have played on, just to get some endgame practice if nothing else. at this level games are won by tactical play and blunders.

I concur. I thought Black had chances.

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Originally posted by Agent Smith
as you were both rated below 1000 i myself would have played on, just to get some endgame practice if nothing else. at this level games are won by tactical play and blunders.
Is there a level where games are not won by tactical play and blunders? 😕

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Originally posted by SirLoseALot
Is there a level where games are not won by tactical play and blunders? 😕
true🙂 but i doubt kasparov makes the kind of forehead slapping errors i make in every game😀

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Originally posted by Agent Smith
true🙂 but i doubt kasparov makes the kind of forehead slapping errors i make in every game😀
I'm sure he finds his blunders equally stupid as we do ours😏
Let's not rate our blunders.We would beat Kasparov easy 😉
It's strange really,when he blunders I think he made a great move.Yet,when he makes a great move,I think he blunders.😕
Guess I have a lot to learn yet 😳

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Originally posted by Agent Smith
as you were both rated below 1000 i myself would have played on, just to get some endgame practice if nothing else. at this level games are won by tactical play and blunders.
Sorry, my rating wouldn't normally be like that it's just, um, something happened.....:'(

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The same things been happening to my rating too...😀

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Looking at the game, as mentioned above you should have played on as there's plenty of play left.

Ref. the following quote "If your opponent offers you a draw, ask yourself this one question: 'Why does he think he is worse?'."
Nigel Short gives this as a tip in his book 'Nigel Short on Chess' after he played a match with Ribli and Ribli broke protocol by offering him the draw twice - Nigel went on to win!! (and rates it as one of his best games).