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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ph4W7NMV"] [Date "2021.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "French_Defense"] [Black "Stefanos"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.29"] [UTCTime "17:37:09"] [WhiteElo "2352"] [BlackElo "1520"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 { C40 King's Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit } 3. Nxe5 Qh4 4. d4 Bb6 5. Nc3 c5 6. Qf3 cxd4 7. Qxf7+ Kd8 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0