I would have done 21. Nh6#. It helps your pattern recognition, if you make the less common move.
The Power of a Knight retreat
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Jul 4, 2009
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Yeah being that it was just a 2 min game I guess I was concerned with my time. Good advice.
nice!
Unlike other pieces, sometimes moving the knight 1 step back can lead to 2 steps forward into an attack. Here is an example where a knight back to h2 leads to a powerful attack on the kingside.