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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5ZdTU3Hx"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir2018"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:05:56"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1706"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-97"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening: From's Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 e5 { A02 Bird Opening: From's Gambit } 2. d4 exf4 3. Bxf4 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. a4 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxf4+ 7. Ke1 Qf2+ 8. Kd2 Be3+ 9. Kc3 Qf6+ 10. Kb4 a5+ 11. Kc4 d5+ 12. Kxd5 Qd8+ 13. Kc4 Qxd1 14. c3 Be6+ 15. Kb5 Qd5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1