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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rWY5OaQD"] [Date "2020.11.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "DavidR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.27"] [UTCTime "17:39:00"] [WhiteElo "1116"] [BlackElo "1192"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [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 } h6 2. Nf3 h5 3. Ne5 f6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Ne5 fxe5 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qf3 Nb4 8. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0