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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/s98T65LE"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Sova"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:34:19"] [WhiteElo "1628"] [BlackElo "1874"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-61"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C25"] [Opening "Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 { C25 Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit #2 } 3. Bd3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. c4 Qd8 9. Ba3 Be6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Be4 Rb8 13. d4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Re8 16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g3 Rd8 19. Qd3 c5 20. Qd2 Rxd4 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Qe2 h6 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Nf3 Qxa2 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qd3 a5 27. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0