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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gO7lssfq"] [Date "2026.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.18"] [UTCTime "16:23:54"] [WhiteElo "1828"] [BlackElo "1467"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nd3 Bb6 5. e5 Qf5 6. g3 Qe4+ 7. Be2 Qxh1+ 8. Bf1 Qxh2 9. Qf3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Nd5 Ba5 13. b4 cxb4 14. N3xb4 b6 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 b5 17. Bxb5 Bb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. d3 d6 20. Nc6+ Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qg1+ 22. Kd2 Qxf2+ 23. Kc3 Qxg3 24. Qxb6+ Ke7 25. Qc7+ Ke6 26. Qxc8+ Kd5 27. Qc4+ Ke5 28. Qe4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0