My Chess Game Collection #222. Four Knights Game: Italian Variation

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Click and watch the game in GIF file!, I am also providing the PGN file. I played with Blacks on 04/21/2021. The game was almost lost, however, Whites could not finish it off and Blacks came back with a vengeance .

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Four Knights Game: Italian Variation

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.04.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Felp36"]
[Black "marcusantoniu26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[WhiteElo "1122"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[Termination "marcusantoniu26 won by checkmate"]

1 e4 {[%clk 0:29:56.7]} 1... e5 {[%clk 0:29:57.1]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 0:29:55.1]}
2... Nc6 {[%clk 0:29:53.9]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 0:29:52.3]} 3... Nf6 {[%clk
0:29:49.6]} 4. Bc4 {[%clk 0:29:48.4]} 4... h6 {[%clk 0:29:43.6]} 5. Bb5 {[%clk
0:29:30.3]} 5... Bc5 {[%clk 0:29:38.6]} 6. Bxc6 {[%clk 0:29:23.4]} 6... dxc6
{[%clk 0:29:32.9]} 7. d3 {[%clk 0:29:16.7]} 7... O-O {[%clk 0:29:22.1]} 8. h3
{[%clk 0:29:12.5]} 8... Be6 {[%clk 0:29:09]} 9. Na4 {[%clk 0:29:00.3]} 9... Bd6
{[%clk 0:27:13.3]} 10. Bd2 {[%clk 0:28:35]} 10... b5 {[%clk 0:27:07.1]} 11. Nc3
{[%clk 0:28:24.6]} 11... Bc5 {[%clk 0:27:00.4]} 12. Nxe5 {[%clk 0:28:12.7]}
12... Bxf2+ {[%clk 0:25:54.4]} 13. Kxf2 {[%clk 0:27:36.3]} 13... Qd4+ {[%clk
0:25:25.6]} 14. Be3 {[%clk 0:27:31.7]} 14... Qxe5 {[%clk 0:25:15.7]} 15. d4
{[%clk 0:27:01.2]} 15... Qh5 {[%clk 0:24:26]} 16. g4 {[%clk 0:26:46.4]} 16...
Qh4+ {[%clk 0:24:15.5]} 17. Kg2 {[%clk 0:26:38.3]} 17... Nxg4 {[%clk 0:22:34.1]} 18. hxg4 {[%clk 0:26:02]} 18... Bxg4 {[%clk 0:21:52.7]} 19. Qf1 {[%clk
0:25:40.6]} 19... Qe7 {[%clk 0:20:48.3]} 20. Qe1 {[%clk 0:24:58.9]} 20... f5
{[%clk 0:19:54.2]} 21. e5 {[%clk 0:24:37.7]} 21... f4 {[%clk 0:19:32.5]} 22. Bd2
{[%clk 0:23:13.1]} 22... f3+ {[%clk 0:19:17.9]} 23. Kf2 {[%clk 0:23:09.2]} 23...
Rad8 {[%clk 0:18:20.4]} 24. Qe4 {[%clk 0:22:58.2]} 24... Qe6 {[%clk 0:17:32.4]} 25. Rag1 {[%clk 0:22:48]} 25... Bf5 {[%clk 0:17:06.9]} 26. Qh4 {[%clk
0:22:28.2]} 26... Kh8 {[%clk 0:16:02.1]} 27. Qg3 {[%clk 0:22:03]} 27... g5
{[%clk 0:15:39.4]} 28. Bxg5 {[%clk 0:21:56.1]} 28... Rxd4 {[%clk 0:15:16.7]} 29.
Rxh6+ {[%clk 0:21:39.9]} 29... Bh7 {[%clk 0:15:02.3]} 30. Rxh7+ {[%clk 0:20:57]}
30... Kxh7 {[%clk 0:14:24.9]} 31. Rh1+ {[%clk 0:20:47]} 31... Kg8 {[%clk
0:14:07.8]} 32. Be3+ {[%clk 0:20:03.2]} 32... Rg4 {[%clk 0:13:54]} 33. Rh8+
{[%clk 0:17:55.8]} 33... Kxh8 {[%clk 0:13:31.7]} 34. Qh3+ {[%clk 0:17:48.4]}
34... Kg8 {[%clk 0:13:08]} 35. Qh5 {[%clk 0:17:40.7]} 35... Rg2+ {[%clk
0:12:39.9]} 36. Kf1 {[%clk 0:17:35.4]} 36... Qc4+ {[%clk 0:12:27.4]} 37. Ke1
{[%clk 0:17:13]} 37... f2+ {[%clk 0:12:15.8]} 38. Bxf2 {[%clk 0:17:05.1]} 38...
Rfxf2 {[%clk 0:11:26.2]} 39. Qe8+ {[%clk 0:16:38.1]} 39... Kg7 {[%clk
0:11:10.8]} 40. Qe7+ {[%clk 0:16:03.3]} 40... Rf7 {[%clk 0:10:55]} 41. Qh4
{[%clk 0:15:21.3]} 41... Qf1# {[%clk 0:10:38.7]} 0-1