I need to not screw up so bad at endgames.

I need to get better at this. I'm in a dead drawn rook endgame. I might have the slight advantage. I just played a move and offered a draw, the opponent said he wanted to play a couple more moves. Here we are:

He played 1. ...a4. Okay, I still have a draw in hand. But I play the wrong move: 2.a3?! . This doesn't lose just yet. However, after 2. ...b4!? 3.Rc4?! (better is f4!? first, which definitely holds the draw) ... bxa3 4. bxa3 and my opponent said it was a draw, so I was very happy.

After ...f5+ and ....Rb3 I'd be fighting rather hard for the draw. It's possible if he plays imprecisely, since I can get the rook behind the passed pawn, but I am not optimistic.

I really need to avoid taking these things from "drawn in my sleep - no chance of losing" to "probably lost, very hard to draw and easy to lose".

So, with that draw, I finished off the summer tournament and won my section with a score of 7.5/8 (two forfeit victories, also two extra games, one win and one draw). The regular season for CICL is starting soon. I'm the co-captain of my team. I'm looking forward to it. I don't know if I'll play in any tournaments in the next few weeks, I'm moving to a larger apartment soon and will be quite busy.