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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/09LmApiS"] [Date "2024.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Mih-Matei_16"] [Black "simion2024"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.12.11"] [UTCTime "15:23:00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. c4 e5 2. e4 { C20 English Opening: The Whale } Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc3 h5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. b3 b6 15. Be2 c6 16. f3 g3 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxh5 b5 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. b4 bxc4 21. h5 Bxb4 22. h6 Nf6 23. h7+ Nxh7 24. Rxh7 Ne6 25. Qh5 Nxg5 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Qh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0