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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9jaugJdv"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1722"] [BlackElo "1616"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bxh6 Bxh6 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. g4 O-O 9. g5 Bg7 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Qb5 c6 12. Qxb7 Na6 13. Bxa6 Bg4 14. Rde1 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 Re8 17. Nd3 Qd2 18. Qxc6 Re2 19. Nxe2 Qxe2 20. Re1 Qd2 21. Qe8+ Bf8 22. Re7 Qd1+ 23. Nc1 Qf3 24. Be2 Qf5 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
01100000100110110100paliciucpavel18
10011111011001001011Vlad22011726
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