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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VA7soq0D"] [Date "2026.10.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.24"] [UTCTime "16:21:22"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "1665"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [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. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Rxe2 Qd4 11. Nb1 Nxe4 12. d3 Nxf2 13. Qf1 Rxe2 14. Qxe2 Nh3+ 15. Kh1 Qg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1