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pop_queen_legend 18-Jan-25, 18:33 |
Deleted by pop_queen_legend on 18-Jan-25, 18:53.
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pop_queen_legend 18-Jan-25, 18:53 |
Deleted by pop_queen_legend on 18-Jan-25, 19:11.
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More of a rare draw on the higher GK levels here... game I have played this opponent before in another account,but avoided him most of the time because he almost always set his moves to a 2 week,which is far too much.So this game was rare to me because I had asked him several times to accept a draw earlier,but he refused(which is his right)but LONG BEFORE the insufficient material K vs K outcome.I cannot remember a GK game where I had to finally hit the draw button after a long 72 moves which,in my opinion,could have ended much earlier.Most 2500 players on GK will agree to a draw long before K vs K. Just saying.Technically,I will avoid this player in the future,for even I get a bit impatient with what I could clearly see a draw coming up long beforehand.But I gained almost 3 points for the draw,so I suppose it was worth the wait.Nothing wrong with waiting until the K vs K outcome,but I have a 6th sense with some players that see my rating,know how I will respond and totally know that the game is drawn far ahead of time but still refuse to accept the draw until it MUST be forced by me.But in this case,he,not me made the final pawn snatch for a dead position.Now,how did I know he would finally do the obvious?He would have never hit the draw button and our Kings would have been floating around for decades. Many do not realize this,but there is a kind of "unwritten etiquette code" between most GK 2500-2600 players on GK that unofficially states to throw in the draw towel long before any dead position or lack of mating material.I know this from experience and you also see it frequently the same way in GM game play. TA |
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It was I that had to hit the draw position,even though he grabbed the last d pawn. That is why I mentioned with a bit of exaggeration...''floating around for decades". So,in a psychological sense,my gut feeling is that he did not even want to accept a draw and made me hit the draw button,when in reality it really should have been him to do that because he caused the "official draw"when he snapped up that pawn. A moot point now of course,but again,truthfully,it is rare on the 2500-2600 levels to find a game ending in K vs K. Show me many of them and correct me.I do not think you can,that is with players over 2500. |
