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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ExaqeNZ3"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "15:40:08"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [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. d3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ng5 g6 6. Nxf7 Qe7 7. Nxh8 Bg7 8. f4 Bxh8 9. fxe5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. b4 Bc3+ 12. Ke2 a5 13. Qc2 cxb4 14. Nxc3 bxc3 15. Qxc3 Kd8 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qf6 Qxf6 18. e5 Qxe5+ 19. Kd2 Qg5+ 20. Kc2 c4 21. Kb1 cxd3 22. Bf4 Qxf4 23. Kb2 Qf7 24. Bxd3 Qf2+ 25. Kb1 Bc4 26. h4 Bxd3+ 27. Kc1 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1