My Chess Game Collection #172. English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Three Knights System

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Click and watch the game in GIF file! I am also providing the PGN file. I played with Blacks on 07/24/2020. Blacks built pressure in the direction of the White King. A powerful attack was launched by the Black Knight opening the way by its sacrifice.

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English Opening: Reversed Sicilian, Three Knights System

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Ne4 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.e3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Qg3 g6 9.Qf3 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 f5 11.Qd5 Qe7 12.a3 O-O-O 13.b4 Bb6 14.Bd2 Rhe8 15.g3 Nd4 16.exd4 exd4+ 17.Be2 Qxe2#

PGN File

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Choco8149"]
[Black "marcusantoniu26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/English-Opening-Reversed-Sicilian-Three-Knights-System"]
[CurrentPosition "2krr3/ppp4p/1b1p2p1/3Q1p2/1PPp4/P2P2P1/3BqP1P/R3K2R w KQ -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.25"]
[UTCTime "02:18:10"]
[WhiteElo "1085"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[Termination "marcusantoniu26 won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "02:18:10"]
[EndDate "2020.07.25"]
[EndTime "02:31:00"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/5200148481"]

1. c4 {[%clk 0:29:59.9]} 1... e5 {[%clk 0:29:57]} 2. Nc3 {[%clk 0:29:54.9]} 2... Nc6 {[%clk 0:29:52.3]} 3. Nf3 {[%clk 0:29:45]} 3... Bc5 {[%clk 0:29:48.9]} 4. Ne4 {[%clk 0:29:31]} 4... d6 {[%clk 0:29:45.8]} 5. d3 {[%clk 0:29:05]} 5... Bg4 {[%clk 0:29:40.9]} 6. e3 {[%clk 0:28:17.7]} 6... Bxf3 {[%clk 0:29:37.8]} 7. Qxf3 {[%clk 0:28:13.9]} 7... Nf6 {[%clk 0:29:28]} 8. Qg3 {[%clk 0:27:47]} 8... g6 {[%clk 0:29:13.9]} 9. Qf3 {[%clk 0:25:40.1]} 9... Nxe4 {[%clk 0:28:44]} 10. Qxe4 {[%clk 0:25:26.7]} 10... f5 {[%clk 0:28:36.2]} 11. Qd5 {[%clk 0:24:54.3]} 11... Qe7 {[%clk 0:28:13.3]} 12. a3 {[%clk 0:24:23]} 12... O-O-O {[%clk 0:28:05.8]} 13. b4 {[%clk 0:24:18.9]} 13... Bb6 {[%clk 0:27:51.2]} 14. Bd2 {[%clk 0:23:33.7]} 14... Rhe8 {[%clk 0:26:56.8]} 15. g3 {[%clk 0:21:58.8]} 15... Nd4 {[%clk 0:26:05.4]} 16. exd4 {[%clk 0:21:28.4]} 16... exd4+ {[%clk 0:26:00]} 17. Be2 {[%clk 0:21:26.8]} 17... Qxe2# {[%clk 0:25:52.2]} 0-1

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My favorite kind of win, with what I call a mid game gambit. Bishop to King three would have extended the game a little.

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