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A great attack ends in a draw!?

@checker99
It has happened with me as well and the reason was due to missing a win by blundering. The same thing happened in your game.
You played many blunders but it's common in blitz and the main was on move 44. It was better to play 44. Qd6+ and after Kc8 45. Nb6+ wins the Queen as Black has no square to move his Queen and the only option is to give up Queen.

At such positions, we need to think upto 2 move depth to calculate what to play. Though time can be a problem but for that one needs to master puzzles. It's all just tactic.

Don't feel sad, rather aim to win with a strong attack next time. In fact, such games help in improvement of middle game play.
@Kamillo21
Because of time pressure. One cannot think for a long time and hence tend to make blunders. Most of the games are blunderfest. Check out any game, you will most likely see blunders from both sides if it isn't of high rated players.
@Akbar2thegreat Ok that's strange... 'cause even if I'm 900 rapid on chess.com I played a lot of blitz games without any blunders (+ 1 bullet game with only 2 mistakes :D). And not because my opponents were that bad...

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