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C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit
1e4e52Nf3Nf63Nxe5Nc64Nxc6dxc65Qe2Bb46e5Bg47f3Bxf38Qxf3O-O9exf6gxf610Qg4+Kh811Qxb4Re8+12Be2Qd513Qg4f514Qf3Qxf315gxf3Re616Nc3Rae817O-Ob518b4c519a3cxb420axb4Rxe221Nxe2Rxe222Rxa7Re723d3Kg824Bh6f425Ra8+Re826Rxe8#
1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
PGN
[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eLKZPxyG"] [Date "2020.11.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.28"] [UTCTime "17:25:28"] [WhiteElo "1921"] [BlackElo "1625"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [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. Qe2 Bb4 6. e5 Bg4 7. f3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 O-O 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qg4+ Kh8 11. Qxb4 Re8+ 12. Be2 Qd5 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Re6 16. Nc3 Rae8 17. O-O b5 18. b4 c5 19. a3 cxb4 20. axb4 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Rxe2 22. Rxa7 Re7 23. d3 Kg8 24. Bh6 f4 25. Ra8+ Re8 26. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
11111110111111111111Paul_123427½
00000001000000000000GrigoreG3½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN