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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Jmp8cfiX"] [Date "2023.06.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Viky"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.06.18"] [UTCTime "16:39:53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1422"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Stafford Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5 Nf6 { C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit } 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be2 h5 7. O-O Ng4 8. h3 Qd6 9. e5 Qxe5 10. g3 f5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Re1 Be3 13. Bxe3 Rxh3 14. Bg5 f4 15. Rxe5+ Be6 16. Rxe6+ Kf7 17. Re7+ Kg6 18. Qxg4 Rah8 19. Re6+ Kf7 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0