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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vdUxXS7O"] [Date "2025.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "vladimir040117"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:54:06"] [WhiteElo "1501"] [BlackElo "1276"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+46"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit } 5. Qxe4 Qd8 6. Nc6+ Be7 7. Nxd8 O-O 8. Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bc4 Bh4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qxh4 Nc6 12. Qxh7 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Qf5+ Ke7 16. Rxf4 b5 17. Qe5+ Kd8 18. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0