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I just spotted 29. Re7#. Try this early missed checkmate opportunity on your board, while I keep kicking myself. On a positive note, it certainly reinforces my point about the strength of that knight's position on f5!

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[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.5.26"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "knight fighter"]
[Black "Hard Dazed Knight"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1211"]
[BlackElo "1239"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2007.7.2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Board "3751339"]

1.e4 e5 2.c3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Be3 a6 8.Nd2 b5 9.O-O Qe7 10.f4 Nh6 11.h3 Na5 12.Qf3 O-O 13.b3 Ba3 14.g4 Bb2 15.Rab1 Bxc3 16.Rf2 Qa3 17.Nf1 d6 18.Bc1 Qb4 19.Nd2 Qxd4 20.Kg2 Bb7 21.Re2 Bxd2 22.Bxd2 Nc6 23.Rc1 Qb2 24.Rc3 Qxa2 25.Be1 Qa5 26.Rxc6 b4 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.g5 fxg5 29.Bxb4 Rxf4 30.Qe3 Raf8 31.Qd4 Kh8 32.Rc2 Qd7 33.Bxd6 Rh4 34.Rc7 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qh1+ {White king mated} 0-1


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[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.1.31"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "indianstar"]
[Black "Hard Dazed Knight"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "938"]
[BlackElo "1138"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2007.3.25"]
[Board "3343583"]

1.e4 e5 2.g3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Bxf2+ 4.Kxf2 Qf6+ 5.Qf3 Qxf3+ 6.Nxf3 Nc6 7.Bd5 Nb4 8.Ne1 Nxd5 9.exd5 d6 10.d3 Ne7

11.c4 O-O 12.b4 h6 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Nfd2 Ng6 15.Ne4 Bf5 16.Ke3 Bxe4 17.dxe4 f5 18.g4 f4+ 19.Kd3 f3 20.Rf1 f2

21.Be3 Nf4+ 22.Kd2 Nh3 23.Nc3 Rf3 24.Ke2 Raf8 25.Bxa7 Ng1+ 26.Kd2 Nh3 27.Rab1 R8f4 28.Bb8 Rxg4 29.Bxc7 Rf6

30.Bd8 Rf3 31.Be7 Rg2 32.Rh1 f1=Q+ 33.Ne2 Qxe2+ 34.Kc1 Qc2+ {White king mated} 0-1

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Here's an exciting game I very nearly lost due to a poor decision (perhaps more than one... be certain to point them out in your comments) in the mid-game. This game is best viewed with a free chess database program such as Chessbase Light, available at http://www.chessbase.com


[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2006.4.13"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "Hard Dazed Knight"]
[Black "TimL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1119"]
[BlackElo "1253"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2006.5.5"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Board "2363932"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 f5 4.Nc3 Nh6 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Bxc4 fxe4 7.Qh5+ Kd7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Qf5+ e6 10.Qf7+ Be7 11.Bc4 Rf8 12.Qxe6+ Ke8 13.Qxh6 a6 14.Qe3 b5 15.Bb3 a5 16.Qxe4 Bf5 17.Qf4 a4 18.Be6 b4 19.Bxf5 Rg8 20.g3 Bd6 21.Qe4+ Be7 22.Qe6 Qxd4 23.Qc8+ Bd8 24.Qe6+ Be7 25.Bxh7 Rh8 26.Bf5 Rh5 27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.Qxh5 bxc3 29.Qh6+ Ke8 30.Qg6+ Kd8 31.Qg8+ Kc7 32.Qc8+ Kb6 33.Ne2 cxb2 34.Nxd4 Kc5 35.Ne6+ Kc4 36.Rd1 Bb4+ 37.Ke2 c5 38.Bd3+ Kd5 39.Bf5+ Ke5 40.g4 a3 41.Nxc5 Bxc5 42.Qxc5+ Kf4 43.Qe3+ {Black king mated} 1-0

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