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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BlNiT5pW"] [Date "2026.09.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.09.01"] [UTCTime "16:39:09"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1676"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+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. d3 Bc5 6. c3 Nxe4 7. dxe4 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qxd1 9. Bc4 Qxh1 10. b4 Qxc1 11. Nd2 Qxa1 12. Nf3 Qxc3 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Ke8 15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. Nf3 Qc4+ 17. Ke3 Rd8 18. Ne5 Qc3+ 19. Kf4 Bd1 20. g4 Rf8+ 21. Kg5 Qxe5+ 22. Kh4 Qxh2+ 23. Kg5 Qh6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1