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[Event "Blitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/En8953gD"] [Date "2020.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.03"] [UTCTime "18:23:29"] [WhiteElo "1695"] [BlackElo "2046"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qe2+ Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 10. Kd1 d4 11. Nb5 Qxb5 { White resigns. } 0-1