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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8CbkZfjn"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "TihonConstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:22:00"] [WhiteElo "1609"] [BlackElo "1487"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 { C40 Elephant Gambit } 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg4 6. Qe2 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Qxf7+ Kd8 9. Qxf8+ Kd7 10. Qxg7+ Ke8 11. Qxh8 b5 12. Qxg8+ Kd7 13. Qxh7+ Kd6 14. Qg6+ Kc5 15. Qe4 Nd7 16. b4+ Kxb4 17. Ba3+ Ka4 18. Qc2+ Ka5 19. Bxb5 Kxb5 20. Qc3 Nc5 21. Qxc5+ Ka6 22. Qxc6+ Ka5 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. O-O Rb6 25. Qc5+ Rb5 26. Qxb5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0