illiterate blitz?

I was white
this was a pretty mate,

[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.11.9"]
[Round "?"]
[White "rubberjaw30"]
[Black "George Washington"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. f2-f4 e5xf4 3. Ng1-f3 d7-d6 4. Bf1-c4 h7-h6 5. d2-d4 Qd8-e7 6. O-O Bc8-e6 7. Bc4xe6 Qe7xe6 8. Bc1xf4 Nb8-c6 9. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 10. e4-e5 d6xe5 11. Nf3xe5 O-O-O 12. Rf1-e1 Rd8xd4 13. Ne5-d3 Qe6-g4 14. Qd1xg4 Nf6xg4 15. Nd3-c5 g7-g5 16. Re1-e8 Nc6-d8 17. Nc5-b3 g5xf4 18. Nb3xd4 c7-c5 19. Nd4-f5 Kc8-d7 20. Nc3-d5 Kd7xe8 21. h2-h3 Ng4-e5 22. Nd5-f6 1-0




until you look at the game from about move 20 to about move 21
here's what happened:

I played Nd5?? thinking that if Kxe8, Nf6 was mate. when I realized he had a knight on g4 (too late) I groaned, and told him "Nf6 would have been mate, but you had the knight..." and then I play h3 trying to at least win a knight... and what does he do? well, you can see for yourself... and the rest was history.

That was quite generous of you to tip him off about the mate, he didnt take your advice it seems.

Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
That was quite generous of you to tip him off about the mate, he didnt take your advice it seems.

yeah, that's what was almost sad...
I actually had to think whether to give it to him, since I didn't really deserve it...
I probably would have had it been in a real game...
but since it was unrated, it ddoesn't matter, and I wanted to see that pretty knight mate set out on the board 😀

Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
That was quite generous of you to tip him off about the mate, he didnt take your advice it seems.

😲

Originally posted by Dutch Defense
😲

surprised, are we?

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
surprised, are we?

😵

Originally posted by Dutch Defense
😵

that's exactly what she looked like when I whipped out my big ten inch... well, you can finish the rest of Steven Tyler's composition... 😛