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[Event "Sigurjónsson Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Z4M7qyXC"] [Date "2025.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.30"] [UTCTime "16:21:38"] [WhiteElo "1919"] [BlackElo "1623"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+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 } Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. a3 b5 6. Ba2 d5 7. O-O Bc5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Nxe5 Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nc3 b4 16. axb4 a6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Rd8 21. Qxh6 Nf5 22. Qxf6 Qe6 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. h3 Re8 25. Ne5 Qh6 26. Qxf5 a5 27. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0