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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RRNVAW3M"] [Date "2026.03.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "marindragutan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.28"] [UTCTime "10:32:04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [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. Na3 Nf6 4. Nc2 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Ng5 7. Be4 Ne6 8. Bf5 Nf4 9. Bh3 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 Nxc1 11. Rxc1 d6 12. Nde2 e4 13. Ng3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Be7 15. N1e2 e3 16. fxe3 Bh4 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 O-O 19. Rg1 Bf6 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Rg4 f5 23. Rh4+ Kg6 24. Rcc4 b5 25. Rcg4+ Kf7 26. Rh7 Kg8 27. Rgxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0