If you tie, your rating goes 1 +/- or stays the same.
For that reason alone, your best option is to grind it out and stop the bleeding.
And unless your down to your last pieces, moving a King back and forth usually does nothing to stop a checkmate...unless the other player is a total nincompoop.
If you tie, your rating goes 1 +/- or stays the same.
For that reason alone, your best option is to grind it out and stop the bleeding.
And unless your down to your last pieces, moving a King back and forth usually does nothing to stop a checkmate...unless the other player is a total nincompoop.
This is a strategy that takes some time to master
Really good players know how to cause a draw and avoid losing
Fischer Spassky Game 7 - ( New Window )
Is that you Fatman?
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