was I right to accept a draw?

Game 1436634

I was a pawn up and tempted to play on, but I thought I might be forced to go after the a pawn and then lose the rest. Was I right to accept a draw?

Originally posted by zanussi
Game 1436634

I was a pawn up and tempted to play on, but I thought I might be forced to go after the a pawn and then lose the rest. Was I right to accept a draw?

I think you should have played on. The centerpawns were pretty much untouchable, you could go after the a-pawn, and advance the center pawns if your opponent defended the a-pawn.

Originally posted by zanussi
Game 1436634

I was a pawn up and tempted to play on, but I thought I might be forced to go after the a pawn and then lose the rest. Was I right to accept a draw?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
I think you should have played on.

Originally posted by Bowmann
Agreed. A Pawn up, with two passed Pawns versus one.

Originally posted by DeepThought
Especially as I don't think black can keep the passed pawn after 54. Kb2, either black loses the pawn or white gets overwhelming promotion threats.

Originally posted by gaurav2711
I am not very good at this....but i feel in this kinda position i'd rather have a knight than a bishop. Once u have ur pawns on the opposite colour squares, there is no way the bishop can get rid of them. With the knight, there is a lot of scope for forks. And as already said, with 2 (strong) passed pawns, against 1 (weak) A-pawn, i think u had a better chance.

White has to block the a-Pawn, so...
54.Kb2 Kb4 55.g4
To block the B from the c8-h3 diagonal
55...a3+
Not 55...hxg4 56.d6
56.Ka2
If 56.Kc2 hxg4 57.d6 a2 58.Kb2 g3 59.hxg3 Bh3 should draw without difficulty
56...hxg4 57.d6 g3 58.hxg3
White can try to avoid the draw with 58.d7 gxh2 59.d8Q h1Q and the result is unclear
58...Bh3 59.e5 Be6+ 60.Ka1 Kc5 should draw.

I think even though this may be a draw, you should definitely fight on. What's the point in not? You should win or draw this position 99% of the time.