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[Event "Open blitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/f5cKHFt2"] [Date "2020.12.01"] [Round "-"] [White "France_Defence"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.01"] [UTCTime "18:17:52"] [WhiteElo "1909"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-53"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. d4 e5 4. d5 Nb4 5. Nxe5 f6 6. Nd3 Na6 7. c4 b5 8. cxb5 Nb8 9. Be3 c5 10. Nxc5 d6 11. Ne6 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qf3 f5 15. Qf4 Qb6 16. Qxf5 Bxe6 17. Qxe6+ { White wins on time. } 1-0