I wanted to show this lucky game I had played in a tourney a back awhiles. what is interesting is that on move 43 I actually offered a draw ( down many pawns) only to be declined.  immediately after I noticed a chance and I went for it.

 

See for yourself.

This makes a decent beginner's puzzle starting from move 43 where you would have offered the draw. Nice finish.

Congrats on the win.

yes I'm going to do that- thanks for the suggestion

I just finished a game where I thought I was in trouble but still had a chance to sneak a pawn through so I played it out and managed to get the pawn across the goal line after sacrificing a knight to draw the king away from the queening square and pinning the only other piece that could have made it there to stop it. Once the queen was on the board, I had almost unlimited check forks at my disposal and would have been able to pick off the defenders one by one if the other guy hadn't resigned. 

Marshal_Dillon wrote:

I just finished a game where I thought I was in trouble but still had a chance to sneak a pawn through so I played it out and managed to get the pawn across the goal line after sacrificing a knight to draw the king away from the queening square and pinning the only other piece that could have made it there to stop it. Once the queen was on the board, I had almost unlimited check forks at my disposal and would have been able to pick off the defenders one by one if the other guy hadn't resigned. 

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could you post the game, using game explorer :)

yes that would be a great addition to this forum- but you should start your own so I don't steal your thunder

Wow... that was a great comeback game! Congrats again on the win!! I especially like the move h6, foreshadowing problems in black's pawn structure.

thanks. back then I completely undervalued the value of pawns  (value twice lol) but realized it at the end- that's why this game is significant it changed my gameplay forever.