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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/g0yNiZ0S"] [Date "2020.12.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "cristinach"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.30"] [UTCTime "18:07:31"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1131"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-23"] [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 } b5 2. c4 bxc4 3. Bxc4 a5 4. Qh5 c6 5. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0