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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/X3artGrF"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "MateiR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:46:21"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1516"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+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. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Qd4 7. d3 Bg4 8. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 9. dxe4 O-O-O 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4+ hxg4 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Rhe8 14. Nd5 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 cxd5 16. Ke3 Rxe5 17. Rad1 Rxe4+ 18. Kd2 d4 19. Kc1 d3 20. cxd3 Red4 21. Kc2 c5 22. Rhe1 c4 23. Re3 cxd3+ 24. Rexd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Kxd3 b5 27. b4 f5 28. f3 gxf3 29. gxf3 g5 30. Kd4 g4 31. fxg4 fxg4 32. Kc5 a6 33. Kb6 a5 34. bxa5 b4 35. a6 Kb8 36. Kb5 Ka7 37. Kxb4 Kxa6 38. Kc4 Kb6 39. Kd4 Kc6 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Kxg4 { Black resigns. } 1-0