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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZnUjeOVt"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "Stefanos"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.22"] [UTCTime "17:43:16"] [WhiteElo "1850"] [BlackElo "1222"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 { D06 Queen's Gambit } { Black resigns. } 1-0