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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/P0ret6Ew"] [Date "2026.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.08.20"] [UTCTime "16:09:23"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1420"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-19"] [BlackRatingDiff "+19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #3"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense #3 } Qe7 4. d3 Be6 5. O-O Nc6 6. Bxe6 Qxe6 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. c3 f6 11. Qa4 fxg5 12. Bxg5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Ngxe7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Rfe1 Qg5 20. b4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Re8+ Rd8 23. Re1 Qd2 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1