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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gTRSRXiK"] [Date "2026.10.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.13"] [UTCTime "16:22:27"] [WhiteElo "1658"] [BlackElo "1491"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O Qe7 6. d3 Be6 7. Bg5 Bxc4 8. dxc4 O-O-O 9. Nd5 Qe8 10. Nxf6 gxf6 11. Bxf6 Bh6 12. Bxd8 Qxd8 13. a4 Na5 14. Qe1 Nxc4 15. Qb4 Bd2 16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f6 18. a5 Qe8 19. a6 bxa6 20. Rxa6 Rg8 21. Rxa7 Kb8 22. Qa5 Qg6 23. Ra8+ Kb7 24. Qa6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0