Two pawns down - but got a draw
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Although that mistake did cost you a win, at least you were able to come back and draw after being down a rook to a bishop. His pawn wall actually played against him when he lost the bishop and was down to rooks. Very interesting end game.
Yeah.
Perhaps I'm being really dense here but why did you take the pawn with the rook at move 55? I would have moved the rook down to protect the bottom file...
some dreadful moves by both of you in the endgame but in a game that long you would expect a few. no doubt about it though black had the best chances!
55. ... Rxe2 56. Kxd3 Rg2 stops the white pawns in their tracks and black can brings his king over to free his rook from that duty.
bobnotts wrote: Perhaps I'm being really dense here but why did you take the pawn with the rook at move 55? I would have moved the rook down to protect the bottom file...
no you're not being dense that seems a valid question to me too
why you let your rook taken by the bishop?
revolting wrote: bobnotts wrote: Perhaps I'm being really dense here but why did you take the pawn with the rook at move 55? I would have moved the rook down to protect the bottom file...
no you're not being dense that seems a valid question to me too
You are both right I think... but I haven't thougth about doing it before you asked. I think I was to focused on a line of moves that would give me a draw..
i must say, rather bad play, the queen side is practically mirrored and black had an extra rook for whites troubles. with basic pawn movements anyone should have been able to win. (no offense black)
akiranet wrote:
why you let your rook taken by the bishop?
Wel, it was a mistake. But actually I think it was a turning point. After black lost his bishop, he had no way to attack through the pawn-lines. So I think that in the situation the bishop had a greater value than the rook.
(unless you talk about blacks sacrifice at move 46... I played white so I don't know his lines of thoughts)
This end-game started - I think - after just 20 moves, but lastet for 50. At the starting point I was down with two pawns, end later I lost one more and by a great mistake (?) I had to exchange a rook for a bishop. But in the end I got a draw anyway. I think the psycological question of who moves his pawn on file b and g first is an interesting question. Maybe this was the one thing that lost black the victory - see move 45. In the end I actualy thought I could win, by forcing the black king to a6, and with my own king on b8 he would be forced to move the pawn on the b-file and then I would have won... but I couldn't (I think?).