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[Event "Best play Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NlG2y0fC"] [Date "2020.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Aurelian"] [Black "Sofia"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.24"] [UTCTime "16:46:04"] [WhiteElo "1722"] [BlackElo "1245"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Center Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 { C21 Center Game } c5 4. Qd1 c4 5. Bxc4 Bc5 6. Nf3 a5 7. O-O Bb6 8. a4 Bc7 9. Qd5 Nc6 10. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0