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[Event "Hourly Blitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DEOGlLth"] [Date "2025.08.18"] [Round "-"] [White "DmItry_TaraSevich133"] [Black "Dema"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.18"] [UTCTime "09:24:49"] [WhiteElo "2089"] [BlackElo "1456"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Be2 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 h6 6. Nxe5 Bxh3 7. gxh3 Nc6 8. Bh5 Qd7 9. d3 Rd8 10. Bxh6 b5 11. Bxg7 a6 12. Bxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0