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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AB4hhmxf"] [Date "2020.12.08"] [Round "-"] [White "France_Defence"] [Black "Paul_1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.08"] [UTCTime "17:20:36"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "1915"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 { C42 Petrov's Defense #2 } Qe7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Nxe4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qe6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qg4 { Black resigns. } 1-0