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C20 English Opening: The Whale
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Checkmate, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/56QPJRlp"] [Date "2020.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "eduardherbeck"] [Black "Mariana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.05.06"] [UTCTime "13:25:04"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1346"] [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 } Nf6 3. f3 Bc5 4. Ne2 d6 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Nec3 Bd7 7. g3 h6 8. Bg2 Be6 9. d3 b6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qa6 Ra8 19. Qb5 Ne8 20. d4 Nc7 21. Qe2 exd4 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rxa2 24. Rd2 Ra4 25. Bh3 Rxc4+ 26. Rc2 Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Qe7 28. Ra1 d3+ 29. Kxd3 d5 30. exd5 Qd6 31. g4 Qxd5+ 32. Kc2 Bd4 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Ra7 Nc4 35. Rxc7 Ne3+ 36. Kc1 Qf4 37. Rc3 Nd5+ 38. Qd2 Qe5 39. Re3 Qxe3 40. Qxe3 Rc8+ 41. Kd2 Nc3 42. Qxc3 Rd8+ 43. Kc2 Kh7 44. g5 hxg5 45. Bf5+ Kh6 46. Qc6+ Kh5 47. f4 gxf4 48. Kc1 f3 49. Qxf3+ Kh4 50. Qg4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
00000000000001½0½½11Mariana6
11111111111110½1½½00eduardherbeck17
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