A game with the best Knights in the world ever
[Event "Model game"] [Site "Knights"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pegoraro"] [Black "Scheipel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C86"] [PlyCount "60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. cxb4 {[#] Black can take back but chooses not to, instead making it a gift. For the pawn Black has some initiative. In particular the d4 square is a potential launching-pad} Bg4 {(threat ...Nd4)} 11. Qc4 (11. h3 Nd4 12. Qd3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxh3 {is even worse}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12.Qxc6 Bxe4! {A nice touch that Black must have seen at move 10}) 12...Nd4 13. Bd1 {[#]} Nh5 14. d3 Bg5 {the master touch: the defender of the f4 square is exchanged} 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 {[#] most players dream of one such Knight outpost, but two is just greedy...} 17. Rg1 Nh3 18. Rg2 Qh4 19. Nd2 Nxf2+ 20. Kg1 Nh3+ 21. Kf1 Nf4 22. Rf2 Qh3+ {[#] White is helpless} 23. Kg1 (23. Ke1 Ng2+ 24. Rxg2 Qxg2) 23... Rae8 24. Nf1 Re6 25. Ne3 Rg6+ 26. Kh1 Rg3 27. Rc1 Nxf3 28. Bb3 {[#] White's position is desparate} (28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Ne2#) 28... Rg2 29. Rxg2 Nxg2 {(threatening mate on h2)} 30. Nf1 Ne3 {[#] the Knights dominate the board, and White cannot stop the mate without huge losses} 1-0And a game with more Knight forks in it than most!
[Event "Model game"] [Site "Internet Blitz"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "NN"] [Black "Rhine, Frederick"] [Result "0-1"] {Notes by Geoff Chandler} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 {That is the lone pawn gone....now for the Knights.} 3... Nc6 4. Qa4 Nf6 5. c4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Qc2 Nb4 {The Knights have succeeded in snagging a Bishop.} 8. Qd2 Nbxd3+ 9. Kd1 {We wonder what other damage can the Knights do.} 9... Ne4 10. Qxd3 Nxf2+ {It's a Family Fork (I shall refrain from slipping in 'it's a Nightmare' into the notes.} 11. Ke2 Nxd3 {This Knight has snagged a Queen, After this Nightmare (I lied) White resigned}