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C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "M35 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HKyW3LNl"] [Date "2024.12.06"] [Round "-"] [White "ciprianpatrichi01"] [Black "Damian18"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.12.06"] [UTCTime "15:58:06"] [WhiteElo "1408"] [BlackElo "1562"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+43"] [BlackRatingDiff "-35"] [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. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Qh5 Qd4 7. Qxf7+ Kd8 8. c3 Qxc4 9. Qxc4 Bb4 10. Qxb4 Re8 11. d3 Ng3+ 12. Kd2 Re2+ 13. Kd1 Nxh1 14. Kxe2 Bg4+ 15. Kd2 Nxf2 16. Qxb7 Rc8 17. Qxc6 g5 18. Qd5+ Ke7 19. Qxg5+ Ke6 20. Qe3+ Kf5 21. Qxf2+ Bf3 22. Qxf3+ Ke5 23. Qb7 Re8 24. Qxc7+ Ke6 25. Qxh7 Rf8 26. Qxa7 Rf2+ 27. Ke1 Re2+ 28. Kxe2 Kf5 29. Qa4 Ke5 30. d4+ Ke6 31. Qa5 Kd6 32. c4 Kc6 33. d5+ Kd6 34. Bf4+ Ke7 35. Qa6 Kd7 36. a4 Ke7 37. Ra3 Kd7 38. Rh3 Ke7 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0