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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/plGNCZpM"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "17:26:54"] [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 } b6 3. g3 g6 4. a4 d6 5. g4 h5 6. gxh5 gxh5 7. Nh3 Qh4 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Qe3 Bh6 10. Qc3 Ne7 11. d4 Nec6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nd7 14. b5 Ne7 15. a5 bxa5 16. Qxa5 Bxc1 17. Nc3 Bd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bf3 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. Kc2 Qxf2+ 21. Kb3 Qxg1 22. Ng5 Rxg5 23. Qxc7 Rd8 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7 25. Nd5 Rg2 26. Nxe7 Rd1 27. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 28. Kb4 Kxe7 29. c5 Qxf1 30. b6 Rb2+ 31. Ka5 Qe1+ 32. Ka6 Be2+ 33. Kxa7 Qa5+ 34. Kb7 Qxc5 35. Ka8 Qxb6 36. h4 Ra2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1