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[Event "Sosonko Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3o09LOta"] [Date "2025.10.14"] [Round "-"] [White "cezar_cojocaru"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.14"] [UTCTime "16:16:35"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1484"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-29"] [BlackRatingDiff "+67"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Qh5 g6 3. Qe5 f6 4. Qc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. a4 O-O 7. e5 fxe5 8. d4 d5 9. Bb3 exd4 10. Qd3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Qd2 Re8 13. a5 e3 14. Qd1 e2 15. Nxe2 Bg4 16. Nc3 dxc3 17. bxc3 c6 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Rf2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Bxc3 23. Ra4 Nd7 24. a6 Nc5 25. Ra3 Nxa6 26. Ba2 c5 27. Rxc3 Re8+ 28. Be3 Kg7 29. f5 d4 30. Ra3 Rxe3+ 31. Kd2 Rxa3 32. Be6 b5 33. Kd1 b4 34. Ke1 c4 35. Kd1 b3 36. Bxc4 b2 37. Ba2 Rxa2 38. Ke1 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 b1=Q 40. Kf2 Qxc2+ 41. Kg3 Ra4 { Black wins on time. } 0-1