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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1r5CUEnM"] [Date "2026.10.13"] [Round "-"] [White "LaurentiuCSI"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.13"] [UTCTime "16:30:51"] [WhiteElo "1524"] [BlackElo "1466"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. c4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 Ng4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. g4 Qe8 12. d4 Rf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Qb3 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bc4 Ng2 22. Rg1 Nf4 23. Rxg7 Nxh3 24. Rg2 Nf4 25. Rg4 Nh3 26. Rg2 Nf4 27. Rh2 Rg8 28. Nxe5 f6 29. Nf7 Qe8 30. Nd6+ cxd6 31. Bxg8 Kc7 32. Bf7 Qe7 33. Qc4+ Kd7 34. Bd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 a6 36. Qd3 axb5 37. Qxb5+ Kc7 38. Qa5+ b6 39. Qa7+ Kc8 40. Qxe7 Kb8 41. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0