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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xaiMz8Ss"] [Date "2020.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "PVlad"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.11"] [UTCTime "17:39:42"] [WhiteElo "1255"] [BlackElo "1492"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } f6 3. Qh5+ g6 4. Qf5 Nh6 5. Qf3 Na6 6. Qd3 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Qd3 Bh6 11. Qd5 Ne7 12. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0