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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/k0yZVrwR"] [Date "2020.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "Paul_1234"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:31:50"] [WhiteElo "1257"] [BlackElo "1821"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [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 } e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Ne5 Qf6 7. Ng4 Qf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. O-O Qxg4 10. f3 Qe6 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. e4 Qg6 14. d5 Bh3 15. Kh1 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1