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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xcDECxYO"] [Date "2026.10.31"] [Round "-"] [White "LaurentiuCSI"] [Black "Lucaous28"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.31"] [UTCTime "17:27:06"] [WhiteElo "1692"] [BlackElo "1450"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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 } Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. h3 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Be6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 d5 13. exd5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Nd8 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Rde1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nc6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Be4 Qxc4+ 22. Kb1 Re8 23. Ng5 Qxd4 24. Qh4 f6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rc1 fxg5 27. Bg6 Re7 28. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0