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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9MACWOzg"] [Date "2025.05.01"] [Round "-"] [White "MateiR"] [Black "Dragos1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.01"] [UTCTime "16:27:32"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [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. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Bh4 9. g3 Bxg3 10. fxg3 Qf6 11. Rd1 Qh6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Ke7 14. Bf4 Bh3 15. Ne5 Kxd6 16. Nxf7+ Ke7 17. Nxh8 Ra7 18. Nf7 Kd7 19. Ne5+ Kd6 20. Bxg8 Nd7 21. Nxc6+ Kxc6 22. Bd5+ Kb6 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rf7 25. Bxf7 Kc5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nxa4+ Kb4 28. Be8 a5 29. c3+ Kb3 30. Rb1 Kc2 31. b4 Kxb1 32. bxa5 Kc2 33. c4 Kd3 34. c5 Kxe4 35. Bxg7 h5 36. c6 Kf3 37. a6 Kg4 38. c7 h4 39. a7 hxg3 40. c8=Q+ Kf3 41. Qc3+ Kg4 42. Bd7+ Kh4 43. Bf6+ Kh5 44. Qxg3 Bxd7 45. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0