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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dfjkLVRu"] [Date "2026.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "ariana"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.06"] [UTCTime "15:12:11"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #3"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense #3 } Nc6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxh5 Nxc4 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 Nf6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 c6 12. Qd4 O-O-O 13. O-O f6 14. d3 Kb8 15. Be3 b6 16. b4 c5 17. Qc4 Rc8 18. b5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Kb7 20. a4 a6 21. Qd7+ Rc7 22. Qe6 Be7 23. Qd5+ Kb8 24. Rab1 Ka7 25. Rb2 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Ka6 28. Qc4 Rb7 29. Qa4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0