My first draw. For a while there I was hoping I could steal a victory from Geza, but no such luck. Does anyone see a clear win for black after, say, move 12.j9?
At one point I was thinking |22.p1023.r1224.p15 was promising, but 25.r16 seems an effective response.
It fascinates me that after a draw, the comment that is usually made is "I was winning, until I made that mistake...." Why aren't there more draws where no obvious mistakes were made, and the players are more or less evenly matched right up to the end? Or do these draws simply get mentioned less?
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2007-11-30 at 03:46,
jds2
said:
Thanks, Alan. I think most people characterize their losses the same way, in terms of identifying the mistake that cost the game.
Anyway, at my level, the idea of a game played with no obvious mistakes is an alien one. :-) Cheers.
At one point I was thinking |22.p10 23.r12 24.p15 was promising, but 25.r16 seems an effective response.
It fascinates me that after a draw, the comment that is usually made is "I was winning, until I made that mistake...." Why aren't there more draws where no obvious mistakes were made, and the players are more or less evenly matched right up to the end? Or do these draws simply get mentioned less?
Anyway, at my level, the idea of a game played with no obvious mistakes is an alien one. :-) Cheers.