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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7MNI2TYp"] [Date "2026.09.23"] [Round "-"] [White "laur_ghituica"] [Black "Mihail1960"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.23"] [UTCTime "13:26:52"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "1777"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation } 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. Qf3 Qxe5 6. Qxf7+ Kd8 7. O-O Nd6 8. Qd5 Qe8 9. d3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Bg5+ Qe7 12. Bxe7+ Bxe7 13. Nc3 d5 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Qxg7 Re8 16. Qxh7 Na6 17. a3 Bf6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kc7 20. Qf7 Bd4 21. Re7 c5 22. Rxd7+ Kb6 23. Qe6+ Ka5 24. Qxd5 Rf8 25. Rf7 Rc8 26. Rxb7 Rf8 27. Rb5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0