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[Event "Polugaevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/W17AT1fm"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "Sova"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.07"] [UTCTime "17:06:26"] [WhiteElo "1478"] [BlackElo "1864"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. O-O Bd7 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bc4 h6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Na5 12. b3 Nxc4 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Re1 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rc1 Qf6 17. b4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. b5 axb5 20. cxb5 d5 21. a4 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Qf4 23. a5 Qxh2 24. a6 bxa6 25. b6 Rb8 26. Rb1 Rfd8 27. b7 Rd7 28. Ke2 Rdxb7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxd5 Rb2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ g6 33. Qxa6 Rxc2+ 34. Kd1 Rc7 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qb6 Rd7+ 37. Kc1 Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Qd1+ 39. Kb2 Qd4+ 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. Kc3 Rf4 42. Kd3 Rxf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf6 44. f3 h5 45. Kf2 h4 46. Kg2 g5 47. Kh3 Rxf3+ 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 g4 50. Kh1 h3 51. Kh2 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Ra2 53. Kg1 g3 54. Kh1 Ra1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1