I was totally winning with the Black pieces and lost on time, I only needed 5 extra seconds to checkmate him. They should change the rule that if you are losing by more than 4 points, you can NOT win on time but only draw. In order to take him out of the opening I played Na6? on purpose and my opponent traded his good Bishop for my bad Knight, since Opening does NOT matter for low rated players like us according to GM Ben https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPIMRMl0guA.
NOTE: Now I am only solving Puzzles at least 50 every day, and being extra careful not to blunder , by NOT ignoring what my opponent is threatening whenever he makes a move.
[pgn][Event "I hate losing on time"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guest6142149703"]
[Black "Guest1039606163"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[Termination "Guest6142149703 won on time"]
1. e4 Na6 2. Bxa6 bxa6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 h6 5. d4 Bg4 6. a4 e6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2 c5
9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Ne1 Be2 14. Nc2 Bxf1 15.
Nxb4 Bc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Qg3 Kh7 21.
Be3 Nf5 22. Qf4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxb2 24. a5 Qb8 25. a6 Qb3 26. Qe4+ g6 27. h4 Qc2
28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rb1 Rfc8 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 R8c7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Kg3 Rc6
34. Kf3 Rxa6 35. Ke4 Rb6 36. g4 a5 37. f4 a4 38. f5 a3 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. h5 a2
41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. g5 1-0[/pgn]
Time is other factor, not only the position. I see from the PGN that this game was 10 minutes per side without increments. You can easily avoid your feeling by playing with increments, for example 10'/start + 5"/move.
Briefly analysing the game: 13.- Ne1?? was a real boner (blunder) and surely without time trouble, difficult to explain; the final position is a checkmate in no less than four moves, so simply adding 1" increment per move would have left you with more than 40 seconds remaining.
