How do you win in a even end game like this?

Hi! I was playing this game but got stalled because the end game was even and I wasn't sure what to do.

en.lichess.org/UT2qZMGcpYXj

What to do ? Win ! For this just try to promote your pawns.

When ahead in material trade pieces, keep pawns. When behind material, trade pawns - keep pieces.

So in this case you're up a lot of material. So your goal is trade pieces and keep your pawns on the board. Once you've traded rooks (which he already offered to do) and ideally even your bishop for his knight as well, your 4 vs 2 pawn majority on the kingside is enough to easily win. In fact it's enough to also easily win with all the pieces on the board but it gives more opportunity for you to make mistakes.

So it should be obvious why you trade pieces when up material. What about why you should trade pawns but keep pieces when down material? There are a lot of endings where even a disproportionate amount of material is not enough to win. At extremes two knights, 6 points!, cannot force a win against a king. However, almost any material advantage along with pawns is enough to win - so you try to get rid of the pawns and get into a favorable down-material ending.

@DragonChess1 #1
Your advantage was slowly vanishing in this game.
For your future games, remember that with only pawns on one wing, and none in the center and the other wing can already increase drawing chances a lot, even when e.g. a piece up.
When going for an ending where you want to win, keep in mind that you usually don't want to end up with pawns on just one wing, unless for the exception that the ending is easily won nevertheless.
So, for example if you can choose for a passed pawn on the queenside, or for a pawn up on the kingside, including a doubled pawn (but with pawns only on the kingside), then you might want to evaluate the winning chances with the passed pawn first.

achja, what are you talking about?? slowly vanishing?? Are you looking at the right game? White was ahead 2 pawns and then dropped a piece. A blunder decided I would rather say. Right plan probably advance with the pawns supported by pieces and try to take advantage of them. Also you resigned to early. With 2 pawns against N you should've at least tried to get a draw.

#3 LM OhNoMyPants said: When ahead in material trade pieces, keep pawns. When behind material, trade pawns - keep pieces.

I would also like to add that don't trrade in this way at the cost of losing initiative or getting into a defensive position.

@blackzombie #6

We are talking about the same game :
en.lichess.org/UT2qZMGc#93
A game full of mistakes, with chances going from white to black and the other way around.

My initial comment was a reply to the OP question "How do you win in a even end game like this?".
My hint for the OP and any other reader was that if you want to win a game, then going towards an ending where there are only pawns on one wing, increases drawing chances.

Oh, I see, you talked about the whole game.

I thought OP was rather interested in advice about the ending, where he, after all, was 2 pawns ahead even if it was a double-pawn.

Thanks guys, after trying in vain to find a way to put his king in mate. I was trying to clear a path for my pawns while at the same time trying to make sure he didn't eat up my pawns. Ever since the end started, I was considering a draw.

The reason I resigned was because I had very little time left on the clock.

then why didnt you play till you ran out?
A resigned game is never won.