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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1D6Ked0a"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei_Ghensari11"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "15:40:06"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [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 } Qg5 3. c5 Bxc5 4. Bb5 Qf4 5. g3 Qxe4+ 6. Kf1 Qxh1 7. d3 c6 8. Bc4 d6 9. Qh5 Bh3+ 10. Qxh3 Qf3 11. Qh5 Qxh5 12. Nc3 Qxh2 13. Nf3 Qh1+ 14. Ke2 h5 15. Ng5 h4 16. gxh4 Qxh4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Kxf7 19. Nc7 Qd8 20. Nxa8 Na6 21. Bd2 Qxa8 22. Rg1 Qe8 23. Rg3 Qe6 24. Rf3+ Nf6 25. Bg5 Qf5 26. Rxf5 g6 27. Rxf6+ Kg7 28. Ne4 Nc7 29. Ng3 { Black resigns. } 1-0