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C20 English Opening: The Whale
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½-½
Draw
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PGN
[Event "Tricolici Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aVk6fSG0"] [Date "2025.03.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Vasile"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2025.03.11"] [UTCTime "16:55:56"] [WhiteElo "1499"] [BlackElo "1421"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "English Opening: The Whale"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. c4 { C20 English Opening: The Whale } Bc5 3. d4 exd4 4. a3 d3 5. b4 Bb6 6. Qxd3 Qf6 7. g3 Qxf2+ 8. Kd1 d6 9. Ne2 Qf6 10. c5 dxc5 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Qxa1 13. Qb5+ c6 14. Qxc5 Qxb1+ 15. Nc1 Na6 16. Qc2 Qb5 17. Bxb5 cxb5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4+ Bd7 20. Qd4 Rc8 21. Qxg7 Nc7 22. Qxh8 Ne6 23. Qxg8+ Ke7 24. Qxh7 Rc6 25. Qg7 Rd6+ 26. Bxd6+ Kxd6 27. e5+ Ke7 28. Rf1 Nxg7 29. Nd3 Bg4+ 30. Kd2 Ne6 31. Rh1 Bf3 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. h4 Nc5 34. Nxc5 b6 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Ke1 Bh7 37. h5 a5 38. h6 b5 39. Rf2 a4 40. Re2 a3 41. e6 fxe6 42. g4 b4 43. g5 b3 44. Rg2 a2 45. Kd2 b2 46. Kc3 a1=Q 47. Rxb2 Qa5+ 48. Rb4 Qa3+ 49. Rb3 Qc5+ 50. Kb2 Qd4+ 51. Rc3 Qb4+ 52. Rb3 Qd2+ 53. Ka3 Qc1+ 54. Rb2 Qa1+ 55. Ra2 Qc3+ 56. Ka4 Qc6+ 57. Ka5 Qc5+ 58. Ka4 Qc4+ 59. Ka3 Qc5+ 60. Ka4 Qa7+ 61. Kb3 Qb7+ 62. Ka4 Qa7+ 63. Kb3 Qb7+ 64. Ka4 Qa7+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
    000100011½000101Vasile5½
    111011100½111010Matei201710½
Computer analysis Move times Crosstable FEN & PGN