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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9HM5s12C"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "Vladimir-Gh"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.20"] [UTCTime "16:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1575"] [BlackElo "1579"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. c4 Qe6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3 b6 9. d4 e4 10. d5 Qf5 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. dxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 Bc5 14. Qe5+ Be6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Qc3 Qe8 18. Be2 Qg8 19. O-O Bh3 20. Qxh3+ Rd7 21. Bg4 f5 22. Bxf5 Qxc4 23. Bxd7+ Kb8 24. Be6 Qe2 25. Qb3+ Ka8 26. Bd5+ c6 27. Bxc6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0