I played an offline game with a friend (Botsrequired) today.
The gameplay wasn't planned, as it was an unplanned visit. He's slightly ill, so I didn't go along with my board.
We randomly decided to play a friendly, offline match using the chess.com android app.
I played as Black, so in the video, I'm identified as 'Guest', since we played on his smartphone.
I lost today's game. Maybe I decided to go soft on him. Just, maybe.
I made a terrible blunder at the 00:42 timestamp. I played Bishop to B4.
I simply lost interest and played passively, no longer taking it seriously. I resigned at that point. But for the sake of gameplay, I simply continued without interest. It was a friendly game, so I didn't worry whether I won or lost.
For the record, I beat him 70% of the time. I wasn't simply in my comfort zone today due to the rotating view whenever it was a player's turn.
It was my first time playing on a screen that small, and on a rotating view. While I normally play on the board and online, via my PC, it was the first time I would be playing on a shared smartphone screen, as it was an offline game.
It confirms my theory that a slight change in perception can alter the gameplay experience.
Observation
I play terribly as black. I make blunders I wouldn't make when playing as white. More reasons I should play more as black. Regardless, Bishop B4 was a terrible move in that case.
The gameplay
Time control: Unlimited.
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e3 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 c6 4. d4 Bf5
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Nc3 f6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O b5
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b3 h5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Qd3 Nh6 12. a4 b4
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Na2 a5 14. Bd2 Na6 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. c4 Rg4
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g3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. Nxf5 b3 20. Nc3 Nb4
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Qb1 Nc2 22. Nxh6 Nxa1 23. Nxg4 hxg4 24. Qxa1 b2
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Qa2 Qb6 26. Rb1 Bb4 27. Rxb2 c5 28. Nd5 Qb7
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Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Nxg4 cxd4 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. exd4 Rh8
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Ng6 Rh5 34. Nf4+ Kf6 35. Nxh5+ Kg6 36. Nf4+ Kf5
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Bxb4 axb4 38. Nd5 Qf7 39. Nxb4 Qe6 40. a5 Qe1+
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Kg2 Qe4+ 42. f3 Qxd4 43. Rd2 Qc3 44. Rd5+ Ke6
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Nc2 Qf6 46. a6 Qg5 47. a7 Qc1 48. a8=R Qxc2+ 49. Qxc2 *
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