[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/gH8YkMes"] [Date "2026.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Venkatrama788u"] [Black "Chess1QG2"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "gH8YkMes"] [UTCDate "2026.05.17"] [UTCTime "11:13:58"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1576"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e5 Nd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O dxe5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Nc5 15. gxh5 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bg4 17. Rdg1 Bxh5 18. Rh2 Rad8 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Rg5 Qf4 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. Rhg2 Kh7 23. b3 f6 24. Rc5 c6 25. Rc4 { White offers draw } 25... b5 26. Rxf4 a5 27. a3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ne4 f5 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Rxb4 Rd1+ 32. Kb2 f4 33. Ne6 Re8 34. Nxf4 Be2 35. Rxg6+ Kf8 36. Rb7 Bf3 37. Ne6+ Rxe6 38. Rxe6 c5 39. Rc6 Bxc6 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rc8 Be4 42. Rxc5 Kf6 43. Rc4 Bg6 44. b4 Rd5 45. c3 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 Rxf2 47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. c4 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Rh2 50. b5 Rxh4 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. b6 Rd4+ 53. Kc1 Rd8 54. c5 Rb8 55. Kd2 Rd8+ 56. Kc3 Rd3+ 57. Kb4 Rd4+ 58. Kb5 Be8+ 59. Ka6 Ra4+ 60. Kb7 Rc4 61. c6 Bxc6+ 62. Rxc6+ Rxc6 63. Kxc6 Ke7 64. b7 Kd8 65. b8=Q+ Ke7 66. Qd6+ Kf7 67. Kd5 Ke8 68. Ke5 Kf7 69. Qe6+ Kg7 70. Kf5 Kf8 71. Qd7 Kg8 72. Kf6 Kf8 73. Qg7+ Ke8 74. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0