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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/yHBKhSv1"] [Date "2026.10.13"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.13"] [UTCTime "16:55:56"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1564"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+19"] [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. d3 c6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 c5 7. Qd5 Nc6 8. Bf4 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Re8+ 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Nc3 Bxb4 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. Nb1 Qxb1+ 20. Kd2 Qc2+ 21. Ke1 Rad8 22. Rd4 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1