[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5PYuEMGA"] [Date "2025.04.05"] [White "wernervolkmann"] [Black "shortyadamshardwick"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5PYuEMGA"] [UTCDate "2025.04.05"] [UTCTime "06:46:12"] [WhiteElo "1540"] [BlackElo "1268"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+45"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 { C41 Philidor Defense } Bg4 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Nc3?! { (1.17 → 0.40) Inaccuracy. exd6 was best. } (5. exd6 Bxd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. Be3 O-O-O 9. Bb5 Nge7) 5... Nxe5 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qf6 9. Qd3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Qe6 11. Bxa7 d5 12. O-O-O Bb4?! { (2.73 → 3.49) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (12... d4 13. Nd5 Nf6 14. Bxd4 Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qc4 h5 17. g3 c6 18. Ne3) 13. exd5 Rxd5?? { (3.27 → 7.90) Blunder. Qg6 was best. } (13... Qg6 14. Qb5) 14. Nxd5 Qh6+ 15. Kb1 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Bd4 Qg5 19. Qf3 Bf4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qa5?? { (6.99 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxe3 was best. } (21... Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. a4 c5 25. Rd3+ Kc7 26. Rd1 f5 27. Ka2) 22. Qe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0