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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/T5XRt3tf"] [Date "2026.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.20"] [UTCTime "16:00:40"] [WhiteElo "1680"] [BlackElo "1583"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+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. Nc3 c5 4. Nd5 Be6 5. d3 Bxd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. c4 Be7 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Qc2 g6 13. O-O a5 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. Nd2 Nc8 16. Bf3 b6 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Re2 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Ra6 21. Re4 a4 22. Rg4 h5 23. b3 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Qg5 25. Bh3 Nf5 26. Re3 Nxe3 { Black wins on time. } 0-1