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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LPOYxwfs"] [Date "2025.08.23"] [Round "-"] [White "leonid1964sah21"] [Black "Alex_Serbinov"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.23"] [UTCTime "07:42:47"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [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. e5 Ne4 6. d3 Nxf2 7. Kxf2 Bc5+ 8. Be3 Bb4 9. c3 Bg4 10. Qxg4 h5 11. Qxb4 Rh6 12. Be2 Rd6 13. Re1 Rxd3 14. Bxd3 f6 15. Bg6+ Kd7 16. Rd1+ Ke6 17. Bxh5 fxe5 18. Qg4+ Ke7 19. Qxg7+ Ke6 20. Bg4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0