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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4eaDmzzY"] [Date "2020.11.16"] [Round "-"] [White "damianganjea"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.16"] [UTCTime "18:02:55"] [WhiteElo "1562"] [BlackElo "1562"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 Bb6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nxe5 Bxd4 7. Nf3 Ng4 8. Nxd4 h5 9. O-O Qh4 10. Re1 Nxf2 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. h3 d6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5+ Ne3 15. Qxe3+ Qe7 16. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0