u/Soggy-Dragonfruit195

Just played a a classical tournament where my mentality was win every game. I learned my lesson in my third game of the tournament which was my second classical game that day. Before the game I was on a 2/2 score.

I was battling it out with my NM opponent in mutual time trouble (less than 1 min). I wanted to grind him out and win an equal endgame. This was my second game of the day, both games that day I played for 4 hours each. I had the option to go into a forced draw but instead I blundered a piece and lost, ruining my chances of getting top 3 or an NM norm.

Lesson learned is to respect when your opponent is playing well and accept going into a draw rather than gambling.

Felt painful but this a lesson learned.