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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z57abiO9"] [Date "2020.12.20"] [Round "-"] [White "France_Defence"] [Black "costelconstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.20"] [UTCTime "18:05:43"] [WhiteElo "2116"] [BlackElo "1942"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [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 d5 4. e5 f6 5. c3 fxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Ne7 10. h5 O-O 11. Bg3 Nf5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qd3 Nxg3 14. Qxg3 { Black resigns. } 1-0