There was an oddity on the top three boards when the lower-graded player in each case offered a draw.
In two of the games he was ahead on material; in the third he had a big, but unclear, attack.
The draw offers were accepted on boards one and three, where there were material deficits, which at least meant the higher-graded players did not start with a duck.
On board two, the offer was declined (by me). Three moves later, I had a completely lost position (a tad over -5, according to Stockfish10).
But my opponent failed to find the winning combination, and eventually I had the rare satisfaction of delivering mate.
Black has just played 41...Qf2-e2 |
*****
*****
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*****
Black was lost in any event, eg 41...Qg3 42.f6.
42.Rxd6+ Ke7
Or 42...Bxd6 43.Qxd6+ Ke8 44.Bc6#
43.Qc7+
Or 43.f6+ Ke8 44.Qc8+ Rxc8 45.bxc8=Q#
43...Kf8 44.Qxb8+ Kg7 45.f6#
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