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C20 English Opening: The Whale
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0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/guEv3j4Q"] [Date "2022.08.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "cotomanmaria"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.08.25"] [UTCTime "14:27:35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [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 } d6 3. c5 dxc5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Qd1 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nxe4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nd2 Ng5 10. Ndf3 h6 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. b4 Bxb4+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Qd3 Bc3 15. Rb1 a5 16. Rb3 a4 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. Qb1 axb3 19. axb3 Ra1 20. Qc2 Ba6+ 21. Ne2 d3 22. Nxc3 dxc2+ 23. Kg1 Rxc1+ 24. Nd1 Rxd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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