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[Event "Ståhlberg Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eL84SIc0"] [Date "2025.08.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Iaroslav2016"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.28"] [UTCTime "16:54:56"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1460"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation } 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc6+ Be7 6. Nxd8 Kxd8 7. Qe3 Nd5 8. Qg3 Bd6 9. Qxg7 Re8+ 10. Be2 Bf8 11. Qg5+ Ne7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Qh5 Ng6+ 15. Kd1 Nb4 16. Qg5+ Ne7 17. Bxf7 Bh6 18. Qxh6 Rf8 19. Qxf8+ Kc7 20. Qxe7 Kb6 21. Qxb4+ Kc7 22. Qf4+ Kb6 23. Nc3 d5 24. Na4+ Ka6 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qd6+ Kb5 27. Qc5+ Kxa4 28. b3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0