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[Event "Gilg Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rjRcVCqs"] [Date "2025.09.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.02"] [UTCTime "16:40:22"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "1598"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 { C40 Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit } 4. Qe2 c6 5. Qxe4+ Be7 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb5 Nh6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qc3 Bf6 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Nc3 Qh5 14. h3 Bg4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Qf4 Bd6 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qxd6+ Kg8 19. Ne2 { Black left the game. } 1-0