[Event "rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DkXHYsrs"] [Date "2026.01.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Howard1941"] [Black "chess_rule34"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "DkXHYsrs"] [UTCDate "2026.01.13"] [UTCTime "20:02:01"] [WhiteElo "1158"] [BlackElo "1201"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "1800+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game } d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. d4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Ng5 f6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qe7 13. f4 Rfe8 14. O-O Qxe2 15. Qxe2 Rxe2 16. Be3 Rxc2 17. a3 Rxc3 18. Kh1 Rxa3 19. Rac1 Nb4 20. Rb1 g5 21. f5 Nd3 22. Rfd1 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 gxf4 26. Rf1 f3 27. h3 b5 28. h4 b4 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc6 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra3 32. Rxf6 Kg7 33. Re6 Rd8 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 Rxd4 36. Rh6+ Kxf5 37. Rh7 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Ra1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1