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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kZasxJ0u"] [Date "2025.10.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.03"] [UTCTime "12:08:37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1576"] [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 } c5 3. g4 Nf6 4. f3 Nc6 5. d3 Nd4 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Bxd4 cxd4 8. g5 Nh5 9. Be2 Qxg5 10. Nh3 Qg2 11. Bf1 Qxh1 12. Nd2 Qxh2 13. Nf2 Qf4 14. b3 Ng3 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. a4 Qe3+ 17. Qe2 Nxe2 18. Bxe2 Bxd2+ 19. Kd1 Bxc1 20. Kc2 Qd2+ 21. Kb1 Qb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1