Knights before Bishops.

Otherwise your Rook and Queen will end up among rocks and hard places. I won as White.

[Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "lichess.org/mAlcgmjQ"] [Date "2022.09.27"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.09.27"] [UTCTime "00:38:47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "D21"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 { D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal Variation } 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bxc4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d5 exd5 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. c4 a6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. Bh6+ Rg7 16. Ng5 Kg8 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

That's not the reason why Black lost.

@Nerwal said in #2:
> That's not the reason why Black lost.

Why so serious? Basic openings want Knights before Bishops with some exceptions. The Rooks location on g7 is fairly amusing.

lol the "basic" rule

@luckykangaroo said in #4:
> lol the "basic" rule

That is the spirit.

Hehe... look at Black's pieces, look at the rook...

Confession: I like to make people look like monkeys Way more than winning games. This one is such example.