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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7X7GPxKy"] [Date "2021.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Betsi"] [Black "CornelCoslet"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.17"] [UTCTime "17:13:27"] [WhiteElo "1756"] [BlackElo "1618"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+46"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [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. e5 Ng4 6. h3 Nxe5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Nc3 b5 9. d4 Nc4 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bf6 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxc7 Rae8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. b3 Bxa1 19. bxc4 Bc3 20. Re3 Ba5 21. Ba3 Bd2 22. Rd3 Bh6 23. c5 Bxa2 24. c6 Rb8 25. c7 Rc8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. cxd8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0