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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AugqZzMU"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "CiprianCiopa"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:11:24"] [WhiteElo "1431"] [BlackElo "1594"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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. d3 g6 3. Qe2 Bg7 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O-O d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4 Re8 9. Qd3 Bf5 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Be3 Nxe2+ 13. Ngxe2 c6 14. Bd2 c5 15. Rhe1 d4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nd5 Rd8 19. Nc7 Qd7 20. Bf4 Qa4 21. b3 Qxa2 22. Re1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qc3+ 24. Kd1 Qxc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1