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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/yWSp23rK"] [Date "2021.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "Matei22995"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.05"] [UTCTime "17:11:02"] [WhiteElo "1430"] [BlackElo "1369"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [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. e4 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nh3 O-O 5. Ng5 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Qh5 Nd6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qxh7+ Kf8 12. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0