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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8YDS5QGT"] [Date "2020.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "badeaion"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.03"] [UTCTime "17:43:44"] [WhiteElo "1257"] [BlackElo "1381"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Be2 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bh5 g6 5. Bg4 f5 6. Be2 d4 7. Bf1 f4 8. b3 c5 9. Qg4 Bxg4 10. c3 d3 11. c4 Nc6 12. Bxd3 Nd4 13. Be4 Ne6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Ke7 16. Bd5 Kf6 17. Bb2+ Nd4 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd4+ Ke7 21. Bxh8 { Black left the game. } 1-0