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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/940zlC7o"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "David_2014"] [Black "ElisabetaL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:46:51"] [WhiteElo "1318"] [BlackElo "1327"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-66"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Bb5+ Ke7 4. d4 Nf6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nxe4 8. Rf1 Bg4+ 9. f3 Bh5 10. Bg5+ f6 11. Bf4 Kd8 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Rxe4 Re8 14. Rxb4 Nd7 15. Re4 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. Rxe5+ Kf7 19. Rxh5 Rd8+ 20. Nd2 Kg8 21. h3 a5 22. a3 b5 23. g4 c5 24. g5 c4 25. g6 hxg6 26. Rxb5 a4 27. Ra5 Rf8 28. Rxa4 Rc8 29. Nxc4 g5 30. b4 g6 31. b5 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 Re8 33. c3 Re1+ 34. Kb2 Re2+ 35. Kb1 Rf2 36. Ra8+ { White wins on time. } 1-0