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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wdj6c0Au"] [Date "2026.02.25"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.25"] [UTCTime "18:29:28"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [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. Qe2 Bc5 6. e5 O-O 7. Qf3 Bg4 8. Qg3 Ne4 9. Qxg4 Nxf2 10. Qg3 Nxh1 11. d3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bd4 13. c3 Bxe5 14. Kf2 Qf6+ 15. Ke3 Qxf1 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Ke4 Bxc3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1