My Chess Game Collection #160. Philidor Defense: 3.Bc4

Click and watch the game in GIF file! I am also providing the PGN file. I played with Whites on 6/26/2020. The game was relatively even until Blacks made a mistake and lost a Bishop. Blacks resigned.

Philidor Defense: 3.Bc4

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 b5 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Be3 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Nc3 b4 9.Na4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.O-O Nxe3 12.fxe3 h5 13.c4 g5 14.g3 g4 15.Nh4 Bc5 16.Nxc5

PGN File

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "marcusantoniu26"]
[Black "Pierre_CPT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Philidor-Defense-3.Bc4"]
[CurrentPosition "r2qk2r/p1p5/2n1p3/2N1p2p/1pP3pN/3PP1P1/PP5P/R2Q1RK1 b kq -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[UTCDate "2020.06.27"]
[UTCTime "03:15:23"]
[WhiteElo "1221"]
[BlackElo "1212"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[Termination "marcusantoniu26 won by resignation"]
[StartTime "03:15:23"]
[EndDate "2020.06.27"]
[EndTime "03:23:24"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/5063097968"]

1. e4 {[%clk 0:29:56.6]} 1... e5 {[%clk 0:29:57.8]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 0:29:51.5]} 2... d6 {[%clk 0:29:51.4]} 3. Bc4 {[%clk 0:29:43.2]} 3... Nf6 {[%clk 0:29:32.9]} 4. d3 {[%clk 0:29:38.9]} 4... b5 {[%clk 0:29:26.4]} 5. Bb3 {[%clk 0:29:32.9]} 5... Nc6 {[%clk 0:29:12.2]} 6. Be3 {[%clk 0:29:21.1]} 6... Be6 {[%clk 0:28:55.7]} 7. Bxe6 {[%clk 0:29:15]} 7... fxe6 {[%clk 0:28:51.4]} 8. Nc3 {[%clk 0:29:09]} 8... b4 {[%clk 0:28:41.7]} 9. Na4 {[%clk 0:28:53.4]} 9... d5 {[%clk 0:28:32.1]} 10. exd5 {[%clk 0:28:44.3]} 10... Nxd5 {[%clk 0:28:19]} 11. O-O {[%clk 0:27:52.1]} 11... Nxe3 {[%clk 0:27:22.5]} 12. fxe3 {[%clk 0:27:32.2]} 12... h5 {[%clk 0:26:52.1]} 13. c4 {[%clk 0:27:10.7]} 13... g5 {[%clk 0:26:28.9]} 14. g3 {[%clk 0:26:49.3]} 14... g4 {[%clk 0:26:26]} 15. Nh4 {[%clk 0:26:46.9]} 15... Bc5 {[%clk 0:26:07.7]} 16. Nxc5 {[%clk 0:26:30.2]

Game may have continued...} (16. Nxc5 Qe7 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Qa4 Nb8 19. Qxa7 Rh7 {+8.84}) 1-0