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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3b8Rtl4o"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:12:51"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Qe2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bxe2 7. Bxe2 Nxe4 8. f3 Ng3 9. Rg1 Qxh4 10. Kf2 g5 11. Nc3 Rg8 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf6+ Ke7 14. Nxg8+ Ke8 15. Nf6+ Kd8 16. Nxh7 Nd7 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Rd1 Ng6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bc4 Nf5+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Kd3 Nf4+ 23. Ke4 Kd7 24. d3 Re8 25. g4 Qxh3 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. b3 Qxf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1