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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/tlphAyv0"] [Date "2026.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "patrickgabriel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.11"] [UTCTime "17:39:02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 { C41 Philidor Defense } g5 4. Bxg5 f6 5. Be3 Qd7 6. dxe5 Bh6 7. Bxh6 fxe5 8. Bd2 Nh6 9. Bxh6 Qe6 10. Bd3 Qxh6 11. O-O Qh5 12. Nbd2 Qh6 13. Qc1 Qh5 14. Nc4 a5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bg4 17. h3 Be2 18. Rfe1 Bxd3 19. Rad1 Bxc4 20. Re2 Bxe2 21. Rd2 Rg8 22. Ne6 a4 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 Bh5 25. f3 Ra1+ 26. Kf2 Rh1 27. Nxc7+ Kd7 28. b4 Rh2 29. Rxd6+ Kxd6 30. Ke1 Rgxg2 31. c4 Rh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1