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[Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/98Tl8tXe"] [Date "2026.09.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Vladimir-Gh"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.22"] [UTCTime "16:45:32"] [WhiteElo "1768"] [BlackElo "1617"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+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. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bc4 Nxe5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O Qg5 10. d4 Qh4 11. dxe5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rad8 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Qf3 Rd7 16. e6 Re7 17. Ba3 Qa4 18. Bxe7 Ra8 19. Bh4 Qxh4 20. g4 Rf8 21. Rae1 g6 22. e7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 b6 24. Qf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0