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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3qDiNgH4"] [Date "2020.10.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Stelian"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.17"] [UTCTime "16:19:30"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1331"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nb4 4. Kd1 g6 5. Qf3 d5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Ba4 Bxa4 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nce2 Nf6 11. Nf4 Nh5 12. Nxh5 gxh5 13. Qxh5 Nc6 14. b3 Ne7 15. Bb2 Rg8 16. c4 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Nf3 Rg6 19. Qxh7 Rg8 20. Ne5 Kf8 21. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0