White 1202 -- Black 1249, 5-0 blitz

1. e4 c5 2. ♘f3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ♕xd4 ♘c6 5. ♕d1 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. ♗b5 ♘f6 8. O-O ♗e7 9. ♘d4 ♗d7 10. ♘c3 O-O 11. ♗xc6 bxc6 12. h3 ♖e8 13. a3 c5 14. ♘f3 d4 15. ♘a2 ♗c6 16. ♘e5 ♗b7 17. b4 ♕d5 18. ♘f3 ♖ad8 19. bxc5 ♗xc5 20. ♘b4 ♗xb4 21. axb4 a6 22. ♗b2 d3 23. ♕xd3 ♕xd3 24. cxd3 ♖xd3 25. ♖fd1 ♖ed8 26. ♖xd3 ♖xd3 27. ♘e5 ♖d2 28. ♗a3 ♘e4 29. f3 ♘g3 30. ♔h2 ♘f5 31. ♔g1 f6 32. ♘c4 ♖c2 33. ♘a5 ♗a8 34. ♖d1 ♔f7 35. ♖d7 ♔e6 36. ♖a7 ♗d5 37. ♖xa6 ♔f7 38. ♖a7 ♔g6 39. ♘b7 ♘e3 40. ♘d8 ♖xg2 41. ♔h1 ♗xf3 42. ♘e6 ♖e2 43. ♔g1 ♖e1 44. ♔f2 ♘c2 45. ♔xf3 ♖xe6 46. b5 ♖b6 47. ♖a6 ♘xa3 48. ♖xa3 ♖xb5 49. ♔f4 ♔f7 50. ♖a7 ♔e6 51. ♖a6 ♔f7 52. h4 ♔g6 53. ♔g4 ♖b4 54. ♔g3 1-0 {Black forfeits on time}

I played White. My two previous opponents had been rated 1310 and 1457, I'd lost both of those games but they hadn't been blowouts, so when I saw a 1249 rating across the board I felt rather cocky. 4. ♕xd4 would usually be annotated with at least one ? behind it, but I wanted to shake things up early. By 9. ♘d4 I felt that the risk had paid off. By 23. ♕xd3 I was over a half-minute ahead, 3:03 to 2:31, and cruising. Maybe cruising too much, maybe too cocky, because that time cushion shrank and shrank, and when Black finally ran out of time I had less than 1 second left. That was very, very close. Too close. When I started to cruise I should have been bearing down, focused on crushing Black, finishing him off. Over. Confidence. Kills. You. In. Chess. Every. Time.