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[Event "Gukesh Dommaraju Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WOnAD7BP"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Aurelian"] [Black "VladM"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.08.25"] [UTCTime "16:05:58"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "916"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Ware Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a5 { B00 Ware Defense } 2. Qh5 Ra6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qe5 c6 5. Qxh8 f6 6. Qxg8 Rb6 7. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0