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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jaoLh1zQ"] [Date "2020.10.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Nicolas9"] [Black "Meli3274"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.22"] [UTCTime "16:43:59"] [WhiteElo "1277"] [BlackElo "1083"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-21"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense } 2. Qf3 Be6 3. exd5 Bd7 4. d6 cxd6 5. Bc4 f6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qd5 Na6 8. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0