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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FnlIOHtm"] [Date "2020.12.14"] [Round "-"] [White "damianganjea"] [Black "Stefanos"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.14"] [UTCTime "18:05:58"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "1247"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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 } Qh4 3. Nxh4 Be7 4. g3 Bxh4 5. gxh4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 f5 9. Bf3 g5 10. hxg5 Rf6 11. gxf6 Nc6 12. Rg1+ Kf7 13. d4 Kxf6 14. Bg5+ Kg7 15. Bd8+ Kh8 16. Bf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0