…playing online chess with a DGT board on my M1 worked better – at least from a technical point of view 😉
[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/1vLAXi9a"]
[Date "2021.03.19"]
[White "Raibach"]
[Black "acepoint"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1107"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[UTCDate "2021.03.19"]
[UTCTime "20:41:53"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/acepoint"]
1. d4 Nf6 $6 ( { I usually play } 1... f5 {. People tend to prepare even for
low rated online games so I decided to deviate. Bad decision. Play what you
know. } )2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 $6 ( { As the much higher rated player – in
tournament chess my rating is around 250 points better than the rating of my
opponent – I should have played } 3... g6 { to create more imbalances.} ) 4.
Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 { Here is what I meant at the
beginning. White’s position is easy to play and I have to take care a little
bit not to suffer from a king’s attack.} 8... d6 ( 8... d5 { is probably the
automatic play but after } 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. c4 { there will be a lot of
exchanges in the center.} ) 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb1 ( { I’m
still hoping for } 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 { with a favourable version of
the hedgehog. White’s pieces on the d-file are not well coordinated.} )12...
Qb8 13. h3 Qa8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. e4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Red8
19. Ne4 Nxe4 { I overestimated my chances when possessing the d-file, but
probably there wasn’t anything better.} 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4
f6 23. Bb2 e5 { Black’s last two moves look ugly in view of the bishop, but
what else to play to get the initiative?} 24. Re2 Ne6 25. g3 Nc5 ( 25... Kf7
$5)26. Ne1 Rd7 27. Ba3 $2 { [#] And here we both missed a simple tactics.} 27...
Rcd8 $2 ( 27... Nxb3 $1 28. axb3 Bxa3 29. Ra1 Bc5 $17 { Black is still far away
from winning but at least a pawn up. And, don’t underestimate the psychological
effect in a rapid game.} )28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nc2 Rd2 30. Kf1 { And now I ran
out of ideas, a bit annoyed by White’s passive but nonetheless pretty effective
play.} 30... R2d3 31. Rce1 Bd4 $2 { [#] After I made this move I saw at once that
this was a big mistake.} 32. Nxd4 $2 ( 32. Nb4 $1 Rc3 33. Nd5 $16 { and White
suddenly can play for a win.} )32... R8xd4 33. Re3 Kf7 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Ke2
e4 36. Rc1 f5 37. c5 bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kf6 39. Rc6+ Ke5 40. Ra6 Rd7 41. Ra5+ Kf6
42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. b4 { White is playing nearly perfectly now. Activate your
rook, create a passed pawn.} 43... g5 44. b5 Rc7 ( 44... f4 45. a4 h5 46. a5
Rc7 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Kd2 { is similar to the game.} )45. Kd2 f4 46. gxf4 gxf4
47. Ra4 Re7 48. Rb4 Kf6 49. a4 Rd7+ 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. a5 Rb7 52. b6 axb6 53. axb6
h5 54. Rb5+ Kd4 55. Rb4+ Kd5 56. Rb5+ Kc4 57. Rb1 Kc5 58. Rc1+ Kxb6 59. Rc4 Re7
60. f3 $1 { [#] solves all problems. A draw is unavoidable now. } exf3+ 61. Kxf3 Re3+ 62. Kxf4 Rxh3 63. Kg5 Kb5 64. Rh4 Rxh4 65. Kxh4 Kc5
66. Kxh5 1/2-1/2
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Conclusion: I still was a bit distracted by my worries whether the DGT board will work flawlessly. It’s also a difference sitting at a real board but making your opponent’s moves in a tournament game. And last but not least play what you know, don’t be afraid that you opponent will gain much while preparing for the game.