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[Event "Sicilian Defense Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ukqdYfEm"] [Date "2025.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Sicilian_Defense"] [Black "XXI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.18"] [UTCTime "19:44:48"] [WhiteElo "2982"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "15+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. e4 d5 { C40 Elephant Gambit } 3. Bc4 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Nxf7 Qd4 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. c3 Bc5 8. cxd4 Bxd4 9. d3 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 Ng4 11. Kd2 exd3 12. Qe1+ Kd8 13. Qxf2 Kd7 14. Re1 c6 15. Qf7+ Kd6 16. Re6+ Kc5 17. Qc7 Kb4 18. Rxc6 { White wins on time. } 1-0