Hello Walter:
Thanks for the games and your usual effort! This dance of the knights deserves a soundtrack. How about one of the same name?
Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights
Talking about dancing knights, I still remember the game in the 2010 WCC where Anand did 13 consecutive knight moves in one of the games (from move 22 to move 34):
Viswanathan Anand vs Veselin Topalov (2010 WCC, 6th game
[pgn][Event "Anand - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "116"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3
cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd3 Ba7
13.Qa4 Nc6 14.Rac1 e5 15.Bxc6 b5 16.Qc2 Qxc6 17.Ncxe5 Qe4
18.Qc6 Bb7 19.Qxe4 Bxe4 20.Rc2 Rfe8 21.Rfc1 f6 22.Nd7 Bf5
23.N7c5 Bb6 24.Nb7 Bd7 25.Nf4 Rab8 26.Nd6 Re5 27.Nc8 Ba5
28.Nd3 Re8 29.Na7 Bb6 30.Nc6 Rb7 31.Ncb4 a5 32.Nd5 a4 33.Nxb6
Rxb6 34.Nc5 Bf5 35.Rd2 Rc6 36.b4 axb3 37.axb3 b4 38.Rxd4 Rxe2
39.Rxb4 Bh3 40.Rbc4 Rd6 41.Re4 Rb2 42.Ree1 Rdd2 43.Ne4 Rd4
44.Nc5 Rdd2 45.Ne4 Rd3 46.Rb1 Rdxb3 47.Nd2 Rb4 48.f3 g5
49.Rxb2 Rxb2 50.Rd1 Kf7 51.Kf2 h5 52.Ke3 Rc2 53.Ra1 Kg6 54.Ra6
Bf5 55.Rd6 Rc3+ 56.Kf2 Rc2 57.Ke3 Rc3+ 58.Kf2 Rc2 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
I remember that I followed that game at ChessBomb broadcast back in the days when the
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull caused an important
air travel disruption.
Regards from Spain.
Ajedrecista.