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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/F72NskTu"] [Date "2026.09.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.09.22"] [UTCTime "16:24:14"] [WhiteElo "1621"] [BlackElo "1795"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [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. Be2 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. c3 Bd6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. f3 Qg6 13. d4 Bh3 14. g4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 Rae8 16. c4 c5 17. Re1 cxd4 18. Bd3 Qg5 19. Be2 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. Nc2 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1