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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HzOyHlKw"] [Date "2021.01.16"] [Round "-"] [White "David2012"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.16"] [UTCTime "17:36:03"] [WhiteElo "1248"] [BlackElo "1372"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-44"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. g4 Qh4 3. Nf3 Qxg4 4. Ng1 Qxe4+ 5. Be2 Qxh1 6. Kf1 Bc5 7. c3 Qxh2 8. Nf3 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1