I Played An IM And Got A DRAW! Very decent positional OTB chess game
5I played one of my best games ever, until I blundered, but the IM still offered me a draw because we were both tired and he wanted to give me credit for a very good positional game! Let me know what opening he played. Was it the King's Indian Attack or was it the "Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitch Variation"? Let's watch what I did right, what I should have done better, and how I blundered an absolutely equal game in late midgame. If he didn't offer me a draw, then how long do you think the IM would have taken to win that endgame?
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Timecodes:
0:00 The event
0:28 Opening
3:57 Start of midgame
5:13 A good move that I didn't play
5:43 I finally create pawn tension
6:11 Position starts getting closed
6:51 Slight miscalculation
7:18 Harry pawn charge
7:34 Realizing I need to reposition my knight
8:22 A crucial exchange I initiate
9:10 Start feeling a little confident
10:19 I start an attack with my knight
10:49 Anticipating his brilliant move
11:25 Hilarious blunder
12:05 Losing endgame
12:20 My thoughts on why I was offered a draw
13:28 Lessons