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C20 English Opening: The Whale
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "M35 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rR6pfayx"] [Date "2024.12.02"] [Round "-"] [White "VictorManic"] [Black "ciprianpatrichi01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.12.02"] [UTCTime "15:26:19"] [WhiteElo "1274"] [BlackElo "1360"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-47"] [BlackRatingDiff "+35"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [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. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nd4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qd1 Nf6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5 9. Bh5 Nxh5 10. Nh3 Qc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxh5 O-O 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Ng5 g6 15. Ne4 gxh5 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. g4 Kxf6 18. a4 Bxg4 19. O-O Rfd8 20. f3 Bh3 21. Rf2 cxd5 22. f4 dxc4 23. fxe5+ Kxe5 24. Rf1 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bg4 26. Re3+ Kd4 27. Re1 Kd5 28. Bb2 Bxd2 29. Rf1 Be3+ 30. Kg2 Rg8 31. h3 Be2+ 32. Kh2 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Rac8 34. Rd1+ Kc6 35. Re1 Bf4+ 36. Kh1 Rg3 37. Kh2 Rb3+ 38. Kg1 Rxb2 39. Rf1 Rb3 40. Rxf4 Re8 41. Rf6+ Kc5 42. Rf5+ Kb4 43. Rxh5 Rb2 44. Rxh7 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1