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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sBalNMVi"] [Date "2021.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Ops_MS"] [Black "stefanos12"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.02.24"] [UTCTime "17:55:16"] [WhiteElo "1828"] [BlackElo "1493"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e5 Bg5 8. h4 Bh6 9. g4 g5 10. hxg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Qd3 d5 13. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0