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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/tPvjttQc"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "15:45:27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. Nd5 Qg5 6. d3 b6 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Bxg5 Be6 9. Nc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Kc8 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Ba6+ Kb8 13. Nxd4 Kxa8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxb4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Nc8 19. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0