2021 daily chess championship - Games 12-13

Let's start with the more interesting game:

From the result angle, I'm happy about the game as I got an undeserved win out of nowhere. There's plenty of mental notes there, and I'll try limiting myself to three:

1) The making-the-second-move from a variation syndrome simply should not happen in a correspondence game. There is an antidote - never take less than 5 seconds before clicking ok on a move.

2) Should look at a few examples on how to play a pawn majority. It looks like my plan was ok, but the execution was flawed in places.

3) Double pawns on f3 is not such a bad deal, if you get a Bishop pair in exchange. Granted, I'm not going to play again the accidental line in this game, but I'm actually surprised the engine did not go below -0.5 at any point. In blitz, it could be a good idea, as it would take someone away from their familiar territory.

Now to the other game, which is my only draw so far:

There's not so much to tell about the game, and here's why:

This is the graph of the game's evaluation. At no point did it go above +0.2, and no side made any mistakes to speak of. I was mostly in a familiar territory, playing a Nimzo setup, and so (most likely) was my opponent. If I were White, I'd probably press on for a while before offering a draw, but it might be that my rating advantage helped.

Current score: 19.5 / 20