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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/laqASTGW"] [Date "2020.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucadita"] [Black "Stefanos"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:38:03"] [WhiteElo "1844"] [BlackElo "1242"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Qd5 Bd6 9. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0