Taming The Knights!!

It is not a matter of coincidence that all chess world champions were fond of bishops.But there were players who were fond of knights. Like Mikhail Chigorin, Nimzowitch,Morozevitch and many more. Having looking at Chigorin games I now have a fondness on knights. Here is a game in which I very much concentrated on knight moves.

Prakash, Om (1776) - Correa De Almeida, Claudio (1670)

Result: 1-0

Site: Lechenicher SchachServer

Date: 2011.07.04

This game shows the superiority of knights in exploiting fix weaknesess.

[...] 1.e4 c6 2.c3!2...d5 3.e5 ♗f5 4.d4 e6 5.♗d3!?5...♕b6?6.♗xf5!6...exf5 7.♘e2! My Last Book move. Opening always plays a key role in correspondencee chess. After all "Well begun is half done" 7...♘e7 8.O-O ♘d7 (8...♘a6!?9.♕c2 ♘c7 10.♘d2⩲) 9.a4 O-O-O 10.♕d3 c5?11.♘a3!⩲11...c4 12.♕c2!12...a6 13.a5!13...♕b3 14.♕xb3 cxb3 15.♘b1! The starting of cool Knight manouveres. 15...♔c7 16.♘d2 g5 17.♘f3 h6 18.h4!18...gxh4 19.♘xh4 ♖e8 20.♖e1 ♘b8 21.♘f4 ♘bc6 22.♘h5 ♖d8 23.♖e3 b6 24.axb6 ♔xb6 25.♖f3 ♖d7 26.♗d2 ♔b5 27.♘xf5 ♘xf5 28.♖xf5 a5 29.♘f6 ♖d8 30.♘g4 ♖h7 31.♘e3 ♔a6 32.♖f6 ♔b5 33.♘xd5!33...♖xd5 34.c4!34...♔xc4 35.♖xc6 ♔d3 36.♗xa5 ♗e7 37.f3!! Stopping the escape route. 37...♗h4 38.♔f1 ♔e3 39.♗e1 ♖xd4 40.♖c3 ♖d3 41.♖xd3 ♔xd3 42.♗xh4 ♖h8 43.♖c1 ♖a8 44.♖c3 ♔d4 45.♗f6 ♔d5 46.♖xb3 ♖a1 47.♔f2 ♖a8 48.♖b7 ♖f8 49.g4 ♔c6 50.♗g7 ♔xb7 51.♗xf8 ♔c6 52.e6 fxe6 53.♗xh6 Its mate in 15. B;ack resigns.