@Skittle-Head said [^](/forum/redirect/post/IcfgRAVx)
> Take heart...as Emanual Lasker said, "The Hardest Game to Win is a Won Game" It happens to us all, for a number of different reasons. It is truly maddening!
> If a man, who was world champion for 27 years noted it, at least we are in good company ! -:] - @tinaseiskaffee -
True. According to Chess Tutor I convert only two thirds of my winning positions, while the average in my rating range converts three quarters. I try to focus more on this.
@tinaseiskaffee said in #11:
> .... Time management is tricky for me, as I find myself often blundering after moving too fast. Or I take my time and then still have trouble to convert.
> I dont know how much I’ll be able to improve, ...
A question is whether or not you are willing to set something like a 22-second-average as your goal. Your posted game seems to me to demonstrate a clear absence of such a goal, combined with the negative consequences of that absence. If you had continued at the average rate that you used for moves 15-26, you would have been out of time before your 30th move. 29 b4 was a move where you used ~53 seconds, and it did not seem to help.
One move that perhaps deserves a second look: After 25 h4 (~12 seconds), you still appear to have had a winning advantage, but that choice made your subsequent moves more difficult because of your unprotected pawn, calling for your attention.