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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ksvRJSQV"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:18:38"] [WhiteElo "2001"] [BlackElo "1790"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Stafford Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 { C42 Russian Game: Stafford Gambit } 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. f3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. Be3 Re8 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. O-O Ng5 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Re2 f4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxf4 Qh5 20. Re1 h6 21. Qc7 c5 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Qxa7 cxd4 24. cxd4 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 b5 27. Qc5 g6 28. b4 g5 29. Qd5+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Ke4 Kd6 33. g4 Ke6 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kd5 Kg6 36. Ke6 h5 37. d5 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg7 39. Ke7 Kg8 40. d6 Kg7 41. d7 Kg8 42. d8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kg6 44. Qf6+ Kh7 45. Qxg5 Kh8 46. Kf6 Kh7 47. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0