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I played this game earlier in the month. That day, I had played 6 or 7 games and had lost all of them, perhaps, drawing a couple. I was feeling a bit frustrated and decided to play one last game at around midnight. On this game, I played my usual approach with white, which is the Vienna Game, and decided to throw caution to the wind, attacking aggressively and wildly sacrificing for a potential advantage. I got to a highly advantageous position, then blundered it, but in the end, achieved a checkmate down having lost all my minor pieces! This was a super fun game and goes to show that there is a psychological advantage at times playing at this level with aggressive play.

Chess.com game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/29856587249

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "Kees49"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1174"]
[BlackElo "1116"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "6:23:05 PDT"]
[Termination "vitualis won by checkmate"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bc4 d6 9. e6 Qe7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. O-O b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. e7 Bxe7 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Nac6 20. Bh6 Nxd4 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qf7# 1-0