Admitting mistake on Chess Board

This game started with theory but white went for a Queen attack and tried to play aggressively. White soon realizes that it is a risky strategy and came back with the Knight, admitting that they have made the mistake and accepted the mistake as well.

Many times chess players don't want to admit that they have made a mistake and continue with their plan even when they know it will likely fail, just to prove their past mistakes right and this eventually lead to a much worse position than if they have admitted their mistakes and came back. Anyway, this game ended with Black thinking that they can back-rank checkmate white but completely missed the bishop which can easily defend that threat. This lead to black resigning the game.

PGN for the game:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nb5 Nf6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. O-O b4 17. Na4 a5 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. a3 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qc6 24. Rb1 Qc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bf1 1-0

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