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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/JrpzxNt5"] [Date "2025.10.18"] [Round "-"] [White "leonid1964sah21"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.18"] [UTCTime "10:41:33"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 { C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation } dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nxe5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. Bc4 c5 9. Nxf7+ Ke8 10. Nxh8 Nxe4 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 h5 13. Rxe4+ Kf8 14. Ng6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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