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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QglDl2DJ"] [Date "2025.03.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Kursk"] [Black "denysan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.06"] [UTCTime "17:45:25"] [WhiteElo "2166"] [BlackElo "1537"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit } 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 g6 7. Nc3 f5 8. Qe2 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qg7 10. f4 Be6 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxb7 Qd8 13. Qxa8 Qc8 14. Be3 Rg8 15. O-O-O Bh6 16. g3 c6 17. Qxa7 Bd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bb5+ Qd7 20. Bxd7+ Nxd7 21. Rxd5 Rg7 22. Rhd1 Nf8 23. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0