The 2,000,000th post game

Game was more than 40 moves, will only relate a fraction of them.

Guy forced the action well enough that, though I originally planned to use an "open" attack on him all throughout the game, I felt the need to duck and cover,
i.e. castle for safety, less than halfway through the match:

Opponent messed up on move 26, and it's probably good for me that he did.

The action above interests me for the threat the Knights pose to fortifying rulers.
Smother mate or valuable piece forking would have taken place, likely. Putting self in a 4 square corner castle before Knights are off the board is suicide.

Conclusion.

Lucked out a bit ... game would have been a time loss had I
delayed a bit more ...

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Game played against a Japanese player.
He might've messed up, for he offered a draw.
Had I the ability to chat with him, I'd probably have accepted;
nearly always I'll honor requests from cordial, friendly people.

But I wanted to see the game log, and wanted to see what would happen in this crazier-than-normal game if we kept playing. Unfortunately, he or she opted to take their chances with time out. Mores the pity; it WAS an interesting game:

[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} a3 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 10. Nbxd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 11. Nc4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 13. Nce5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 15. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 16. g5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 17. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 18. Rae1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 19. f5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 20. fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 21. Nh4 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 22. Rf7 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 23. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} a2 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 24. Ra1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 25. Nf7 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 26. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:0:11]Guest559835 bietet Remis . Zeit} 0-1

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ANTE
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BOARD
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BUTTON
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