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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/S29539MR"] [Date "2021.01.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "David2012"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.16"] [UTCTime "17:34:31"] [WhiteElo "1483"] [BlackElo "1287"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-39"] [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. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 d4 5. c4 dxc3 6. Qh5 cxb2 7. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0