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[Event "Gilg Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4bcKqNvW"] [Date "2025.09.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "mihai9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.02"] [UTCTime "16:36:52"] [WhiteElo "1893"] [BlackElo "1447"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Stafford Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 { C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit } 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. f3 Qb4 7. a3 Qd4 8. d3 Bb4+ 9. axb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ra4 Qd6 12. g3 b5 13. Ra6 c5 14. Rxd6 cxd6 15. Nxb5 Bc4 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. dxc4 Rb8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. e5+ dxe5 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Kf5 24. Qe5+ Kg6 25. Bd3+ f5 26. Qxf5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0