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• Casual •
Corresp.
Diomid (1500?)
Anonymous
Checkmate • White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jt8mKr0L"] [Date "2025.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Diomid"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.20"] [UTCTime "16:34:19"] [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 } Nc6 3. a3 Nd4 4. Qa4 Nc2+ 5. Qxc2 d5 6. cxd5 Nf6 7. a4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bg4 9. Qxg4 f5 10. Qxf5 g6 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. Qxh8+ Kd7 13. Qc3 c5 14. Qe3 c4 15. Qe2 c3 16. dxc3 Bg5 17. Kd1 Bxc1 18. Kxc1 g5 19. h4 gxh4 20. Rxh4 Qxh4 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Nxh4 Rxc3+ 23. bxc3 b5 24. axb5 a6 25. bxa6 h5 26. Qxh5 Kd8 27. Qf7 Kc8 28. Qf8+ Kc7 29. Qf7+ Kc8 30. a7 Kd8 31. a8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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