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[Event "Gunsberg Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/T1EnujwE"] [Date "2025.10.25"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Stefanmartie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.25"] [UTCTime "16:26:19"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "1275"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit } exd4 4. Qxd4 c5 5. Qe5+ Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qh5 O-O 9. Qxh6 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Qd8 11. Bd3 c4 12. Nxc4 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bc5 14. O-O-O Bxf2 15. e5 fxe5 16. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0