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According to my notes to the game, in those further 24 moves White made five moves deserving a ?, while Black made three such moves, and a further one that received ?!
Admittedly annotations are subjective, but even so the strong implication is that neither player - both rated over 2000 - knew much about what was going on.
LESSON: if your endgame knowledge is barely past beginner level, endings become a lottery.
I wonder if the players' knowledge really is "barely past beginner level" or whether it's more a case of the players falling apart during the game.
ReplyDeleteI've had four recent games that have reached endings where I and my opponent made numerous mistakes, with result changing changes of evaluation. When I look at the games afterwards I'm left wondering what made me play some of the moves I did when I can now instantly see they're not the best moves. I suppose clock times might be a factor, but I still wouldn't expect to play so badly even when I am down to about 2 minutes + 30 second increments.
That's a fair point - tiredness leads to mistakes, and it's far from easy to be fresh and alert by the time an ending appears on the board, especially if the game has been tactically sharp.
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