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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6shjM9bM"] [Date "2026.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.16"] [UTCTime "16:20:38"] [WhiteElo "1592"] [BlackElo "1509"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 c6 6. Nb4 c5 7. Nd5 Nc6 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5 Qd7 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bg5+ f6 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Bg4 f5 16. Bh3 g5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Qe8 19. Kf1 Qf8 20. Ba5+ b6 21. Bxb6+ axb6 22. c3 h5 23. Be6 g4 24. cxd4 Bh4 25. Bxg8 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1