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Napoleon Bonaparte liked his Knights. I love mine.

It is obvious to me that masters can find beautiful sequences of mating nets and/or lock you completely out of the game. For books, people, and things encouraging the Bishop pair I love my Knight pair. The missed checkmate sequence sacrificing my Queen is also lovely.

I'm posting this for people to learn. This isn't a troll topic, one that patronizes, or something unrelated to betting better. Since this game is also fun because Black isn't totally locked out. A less experienced player than myself might have gave Black more chances.

I'm White winning by checkmate or forced loss of material.
[Event "Casual Blitz game"]
[Site "lichess.org/9Kb8Hl3z"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2020.06.24"]
[UTCTime "05:40:11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld Countergambit"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5?! { (0.00 → 0.60) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { E10 Blumenfeld Countergambit } (3... d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 h6 8. Be2) 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7?! { (0.31 → 1.11) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (6... g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O) 7. e4 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 c4 12. Bxf6 cxd3 13. Bd4 Nd7 14. Qxd3 Nc5?! { (1.85 → 2.46) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (14... b6) 15. Qc4?! { (2.46 → 1.54) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Bd7 18. a4 a6 19. Nc3 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Rfe1 Rad8) 15... Bd7 16. Bxc5 dxc5?! { (1.22 → 2.15) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (16... b6) 17. e5 a6?! { (2.33 → 3.36) Inaccuracy. Rxe5 was best. } (17... Rxe5 18. Nxe5) 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Qf4 b4?! { (3.32 → 4.74) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (19... h6 20. Ne4 c4 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. d6 Qb7 23. Re3 Bc6 24. Nfd2 Kh8 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3) 20. Ne4 Qd8? { (4.00 → 7.78) Mistake. h6 was best. } (20... h6 21. d6) 21. Rac1?! { (7.78 → 5.05) Inaccuracy. Nfg5 was best. } (21. Nfg5 Re7 22. d6 h6 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Nf3 Be6 25. Rac1 Qa7 26. b3 Be7 27. Nfd2 a5) 21... Rc8?! { (5.05 → 7.89) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (21... h6 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. d6 c4 24. Rxc4 Be6 25. Rc7 Bxa2 26. Rec1 Kh8 27. Nfd2 Be6 28. Nc5) 22. Nfg5 Re7 23. d6 Re8? { (7.64 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (23... h6 24. dxe7 Qxe7 25. Nf3 Qe6 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. b3 Be7 28. Qg3 Qg6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Nd2) 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Nf6 Be6 26. Nxe6?! { (Mate in 4 → 29.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh5 was best. } (26. Qh5 h6 27. Qg6 Bg8 28. Nf7+ Bxf7 29. Qh7#) 26... Rxe6?! { (29.30 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. gxf6 was best. } (26... gxf6 27. Nxd8) 27. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
It is a good game, well played. Black's problems started with the passive move 10...Qc7. The major white advantage was complete control over the center with the pawn pair e5-d5.

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