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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UMWHq69L"] [Date "2026.05.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.19"] [UTCTime "18:36:34"] [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 } a6 3. a4 b6 4. a5 bxa5 5. Rxa5 h5 6. Rxa6 Rxa6 7. Nc3 c5 8. Nd5 d6 9. Nc7+ Qxc7 10. Qxh5 Qd8 11. Qxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nf3 d5 13. exd5 g5 14. Nxe5+ Ke8 15. Nd7 Qxd7 16. d6 Qxd6 17. d4 cxd4 18. Bxg5 Rh5 19. Bf4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qc7 21. g4 Re5+ 22. Kd2 Qxc4 23. b3 Qc7 24. b4 Nc6 25. b5 Nb4 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. f4 Ra5 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Kd3 Qxf4 30. Kc4 Qxg4 31. Re1+ Kd8 32. Re8+ Kxe8 33. h3 Qxh3 34. Kxd4 Qh1 35. Kc3 Ra1 36. Kb3 Rb1+ 37. Ka4 Qa8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1