Blitz Me? Really?

 I decided to give blitz a try. At my age the fast time controls are a real problem. So I was pleasantly surprised to win this one. 

Lichess 30 minute game

 

Novag Citrine Game 001

 This was a 30 minute game. I lost on time. It was pretty even. The Novag surprised me with how well it played. I checked my ideas a few times with Komodo 12 to make sure I didn't blunder terribly. They are my moves so don't blame Komodo for any of this. I used the lichess.com analysis board to create this graphic. The pgn file was created by playing connected to SCID vs PC.

Lichess Game Embed Test

 

Lichess Game

Chess.com Analysis

 LiChess game against Stockfish.

Novag Citrine Game

 I want to play some test games against the Novag Citrine. I set it to look only 5 ply deep. So we both made mistakes. I made the last one. Still I got what I wanted. An unexpected game to test my ability to play the Modern Defense. I did ok and will learn from the loss.