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[Event "Rated Rapid tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/QVWT8cyd"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mTbdRAfl"] [Date "2025.08.16"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "palaiciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.16"] [UTCTime "16:34:39"] [WhiteElo "1593"] [BlackElo "1350"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-20"] [BlackRatingDiff "+24"] [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. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bd5 Nd4 6. Ne2 c6 7. Nfxd4 exd4 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nb3 Nxe4 11. Qf3+ Ke8 12. Qxe4+ Kd7 13. Qf5+ Kc7 14. Qf7+ Kb8 15. d4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. dxc5 Kc7 18. cxd6+ Kxd6 19. Bf4+ Kc6 20. Nd4+ Kb6 21. O-O Re8 22. Rae1 Bc5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nb3 Bb5 25. Nxc5 Kxc5 26. Be3+ Kc6 27. Rd1 Kc7 28. Bxa7 b6 29. Rd5 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1