[thaurelia]

This is why evaluation bars are misleading. Computer will say it's equal but for one side, every move is equal and for the other side, you have to make the only drawing move each time.

I wouldn't say that Ian made a mistake. That position was winning for white after pawn on h4 was traded. It's not Leela vs Stockfish, it's two humans playing. Defending with solo queen against RNPP w/ connected pawns is extremely hard unless perpetual check is unstoppable.

[qw]

The computer also does not take time limits into consideration. If the players could take as much time as they wanted, they might have been closer to the perfect match.

Maybe that would be a fun concept. A game where the players would start with 1 year on the clock?

[AnimalMuppet]

That's kind of how mail chess is, isn't it?