One of my friends (kerno) and I went through a phase when we were living in London of playing a LOT of chess against each other. What became apparent was that h

One of my friends (kerno) and I went through a phase when we were living in London of playing a LOT of chess against each other. What became apparent was that he was excellently skilled at openings; my experience was much more honed finding a kill in the end game. While the statistics are now lost, it became obvious to me at some point that if I could extend the game length beyond 15-20 moves then I was almost guaranteed to win. I will also put on the record that kerno once 'pantsed' me - creating a checkmate in about 8-10 moves wherein I failed to capture a single piece of his. It was an epic highlight among a series of long games (one went to 57 moves) where I was triumphant.