IM Irena Crush was playing Chess in an old hall.  Trophies lined the shelves along the sides.  
It was an old wooden and rustic lodge probally in the former Soviet block.

Her opponent was Grandmaster Kasparov.  The time controls were probally rapid.

My view of the pieces on the board were scewed so that I could only see the tops of the pieces. 

IM Crush had three minor pieces :  BISHOP, KNIGHT And a ROOK
GM Kasparov had a ROOK and a pawn majority.

IM Crush had 2 minutes 30 seconds remaining on her clock, but she was completely vexed to find a winning strategy.  Her time was ticking down against a World Champion.

Anxiously, she moved her rook...

She slammed her rook into a pawn. 
Black's rook recaptured..
IM Crush then used her knight to fork the Black Rook and King, Black moved his King and the Exchange was made. 
Notated;
... Rxp   RxR
... Ne5+ Kd6
... NxR  KxR
Bxblack's final pawn =draw.

Finally, IM Crush captured the remaining pawn on the board forcing a draw of insufficient material.
She had forced a draw using a brute force tactic.

Her friend and second came to greet her after the game.  "Oh well." They remarked.  You must score 1.5/2 in your last two games against ______ to ______ [some benchmark].

Her second blirted suddenly, "I wonder if they'll accept some compensation to go easy on you."

IM Crush retored instantly, "Oh no!  That would be unethical, such a thing would violate .. (She continued)
At first you realise she has no intention of cheating.  But, she continues her defensive speech for about thirty seconds until I began to believe that it [cheating] must have happened in her life before.  

IM Crush's final two games would be hard, but she was going to play fair.

Moral / Conclusion

Irena Crush was at a juncture of a game of Chess.  She could see her position was "Good" and probally superior.  But, in her time trouble she had to move quickly.

If she continued to make "Chess moves" she would enter the realm of unclarity and uncertainty, and possibly lose. 

I Think of GM Carlson's game against GM Kramnik.  After 3 hours, and a jumbled position Kramnik offered Carlson a draw.  Carlson said in the interview afterwards something like, "I thought about it, but after a while I came to my senses" And he played on [and won.]  

The dream could be about seeing the board and yourself and, thinking you might be better, 
Passing over the easy way out to go for it.   
--- December 7, 2007