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C20 English Opening: The Whale
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FEN
[Event "Alekhine Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3nwwOrup"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragos_Dosca"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2025.02.18"] [UTCTime "17:55:06"] [WhiteElo "1014"] [BlackElo "1599"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+45"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. c4 { C20 English Opening: The Whale } c5 3. g4 Qh4 4. d3 d6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Be2 Bxa4 7. g5 h6 8. gxh6 Rxh6 9. h3 Rf6 10. Nc3 Qxf2+ 11. Kd2 Qg2 12. Rh2 Qxh2 13. Nf3 Nh6 14. Nxh2 Rf2 15. Ke1 Rxh2 16. Bh5 Rxh3 17. Bxf7+ Nxf7 18. Nxa4 Rxd3 19. b4 cxb4 20. Nb2 Rd4 21. Be3 Rxe4 22. Nd1 Ng5 23. a3 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Rxc4 25. Nb2 Rc2+ 26. Kg3 Rxb2 27. Bg5 Rb3 28. Bh4 bxa3 29. Kh3 Nxh4+ 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Rh1 Bg5 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Rb2 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rf8+ Kxf8 { Draw by stalemate. } 1/2-1/2