It would be nice if you had a look at one of my games. It could have been one of my best wins, but I ended up losing under time-pressure. Playing 15 minute games is very beneficial for my OTB game time-management, but the problem just transferred to these shorter games. At least I still learn from the analysis.
[Event "Rated Rapid game"]
[Site "lichess.org/w493bqPR"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Cuthill"]
[Black "abies75"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "C61"]
[UTCDate "2019.04.08"]
[UTCTime "18:44:24"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-7"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+7"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 c5
{Well, the rook on a8 is open to attack. Bd5 looks nice, but I'd like
to try something more active.}
8.Bxf7+
{If the king takes the bishop, the rook will fall. Otherwise the
king-side is weakened and I will get more pieces into the attack.}
8...Kxf7 9.Qh5+
{Let's collect the rook.}
9...Ke7 10.Qe5+ Kf7 11.Qd5+ Ke8 12.Qxa8
{That's part one. Now careful play should let me keep the Queen.}
12...a6 13.d3
{Focus on development first. I need to activate some pieces. The queen
restricst some moves for black.}
13...Ne7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxe7
{Ensuring some safety for the queen. Trading down shouldn't hurt me
too much. The bishop-pair might be nasty though.}
15...Bxe7 16.Qd5
{A bit scared of loosing the queen.}
16...Qc7 17.f4 g6 18.Qe5
{Enforcing a queen trade. The doubled pawn comes with control over the
f-file.}
18...Qxe5 19.fxe5 c4 20.Nd2
{I need to develop the knight before the bishop moves to g5. (maybe
looking at pawn-moves first should have been better).}
20...Bg5 21.Nf3 Be3+ 22.Kh1 g5 23.c3 dxc3
{...hmm, that won't help my pawn formation. Maybe I'm a bit too
focused on creating open files.}
24.bxc3 cxd3 25.Rad1
{The files are opening (the pawn will fall soon), but i'll have to
keep the center closed to restrict the bishops a bit.}
25...d2 26.Nxd2 Bf4
{Now this is a difficult situation. The bishop is going after the
pawns. Nf3 will run into g4. I don't have time enough left to consider
all options at that point.}
27.Rxf4 $5
{A bit risky perhaps. But I believe I will have more control over the
board with the supporting pawns in the center.}
27...gxf4 28.Nb3 Ke7 29.Rd6 h5 30.Nd4 Rg8 31.Nf5+
{Now i'm just putting up the pressure. My time is very limited. I'll
have to play the rest of the game on bonus time.}
31...Ke8 32.Kg1
{Bringing in another important piece for the endgame.}
32...Bb7 33.Rb6
{Stopping the bishop from getting the e4-pawn. Black can still win a
pawn, but after a trade of rooks I really prefer the knight over the
bishop in the endgame.}
33...Bc8 34.Nd6+
{Going after more piece trades. Keeping the pressure (I missed rook to
b8 because of time pressure).}
34...Ke7 35.Nf5+ Kd8 36.Rb8 Kc7
{It's getting a bit complicated now with my rook trapped in a corner.}
37.Ne7
{Luckily this move saves the position. I might trade down everything
at c8.}
37...Re8
{And then it went wrong... With almost no time left on the clock I
panicked at the resulting endgame after a trade-down. If only I would
have had 20 seconds to clear my mind, but my brain just turned to
mush.}
38.Nd5+ $4
{That should have been Rxc8+, entering a winning end-game. }
38...Kxb8 39.Nf6
{well... no point of playing any further. Time's up anyway.}
39...Rxe5 40.Kf2 Rc5 0-1
[Event "Rated Rapid game"]
[Site "lichess.org/w493bqPR"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Cuthill"]
[Black "abies75"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[ECO "C61"]
[UTCDate "2019.04.08"]
[UTCTime "18:44:24"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-7"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+7"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 c5
{Well, the rook on a8 is open to attack. Bd5 looks nice, but I'd like
to try something more active.}
8.Bxf7+
{If the king takes the bishop, the rook will fall. Otherwise the
king-side is weakened and I will get more pieces into the attack.}
8...Kxf7 9.Qh5+
{Let's collect the rook.}
9...Ke7 10.Qe5+ Kf7 11.Qd5+ Ke8 12.Qxa8
{That's part one. Now careful play should let me keep the Queen.}
12...a6 13.d3
{Focus on development first. I need to activate some pieces. The queen
restricst some moves for black.}
13...Ne7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxe7
{Ensuring some safety for the queen. Trading down shouldn't hurt me
too much. The bishop-pair might be nasty though.}
15...Bxe7 16.Qd5
{A bit scared of loosing the queen.}
16...Qc7 17.f4 g6 18.Qe5
{Enforcing a queen trade. The doubled pawn comes with control over the
f-file.}
18...Qxe5 19.fxe5 c4 20.Nd2
{I need to develop the knight before the bishop moves to g5. (maybe
looking at pawn-moves first should have been better).}
20...Bg5 21.Nf3 Be3+ 22.Kh1 g5 23.c3 dxc3
{...hmm, that won't help my pawn formation. Maybe I'm a bit too
focused on creating open files.}
24.bxc3 cxd3 25.Rad1
{The files are opening (the pawn will fall soon), but i'll have to
keep the center closed to restrict the bishops a bit.}
25...d2 26.Nxd2 Bf4
{Now this is a difficult situation. The bishop is going after the
pawns. Nf3 will run into g4. I don't have time enough left to consider
all options at that point.}
27.Rxf4 $5
{A bit risky perhaps. But I believe I will have more control over the
board with the supporting pawns in the center.}
27...gxf4 28.Nb3 Ke7 29.Rd6 h5 30.Nd4 Rg8 31.Nf5+
{Now i'm just putting up the pressure. My time is very limited. I'll
have to play the rest of the game on bonus time.}
31...Ke8 32.Kg1
{Bringing in another important piece for the endgame.}
32...Bb7 33.Rb6
{Stopping the bishop from getting the e4-pawn. Black can still win a
pawn, but after a trade of rooks I really prefer the knight over the
bishop in the endgame.}
33...Bc8 34.Nd6+
{Going after more piece trades. Keeping the pressure (I missed rook to
b8 because of time pressure).}
34...Ke7 35.Nf5+ Kd8 36.Rb8 Kc7
{It's getting a bit complicated now with my rook trapped in a corner.}
37.Ne7
{Luckily this move saves the position. I might trade down everything
at c8.}
37...Re8
{And then it went wrong... With almost no time left on the clock I
panicked at the resulting endgame after a trade-down. If only I would
have had 20 seconds to clear my mind, but my brain just turned to
mush.}
38.Nd5+ $4
{That should have been Rxc8+, entering a winning end-game. }
38...Kxb8 39.Nf6
{well... no point of playing any further. Time's up anyway.}
39...Rxe5 40.Kf2 Rc5 0-1