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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OvgYfqtz"] [Date "2026.06.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Sonika2022"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.23"] [UTCTime "16:26:15"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1915"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+109"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Stafford Gambit"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 { C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit } 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 Qd4 7. Qe2 O-O 8. d3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Be6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qa4 13. g4 Rad8 14. g5 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Qxe4 17. Bd3 Qf4+ 18. Bd2 Qxf2 19. Qh5 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qe2 f6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Re1 fxg5 24. Qe2 Qxh3 25. Qe8 Kg8 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Qd3 g4 29. Qe4 Qh3 30. Rh1 Rf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Kg8 34. Kd2 h5 35. Bh4 g5 36. Bxg5 g3 37. Be3 g2 38. Ke2 h4 39. Bg1 h3 40. Kf3 { White wins on time. } 1-0