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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/IuKxn1Rg"] [Date "2020.11.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Dominic"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.26"] [UTCTime "17:55:03"] [WhiteElo "1503"] [BlackElo "1387"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. d6 c4 5. Bxc4 e4 6. f3 exf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0