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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9UHZyEwb"] [Date "2020.12.23"] [Round "-"] [White "costelconstantin"] [Black "Stefanos"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.23"] [UTCTime "17:02:31"] [WhiteElo "1922"] [BlackElo "1217"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 Qh4 5. g3 Qxe4+ 6. Nxe4 { Black resigns. } 1-0