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[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BwkpIVKp"] [Date "2021.01.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "kidman"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.22"] [UTCTime "08:00:57"] [WhiteElo "1481"] [BlackElo "1499"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. d3 e5 3. d4 Qf6 4. dxe5 Qxe5 5. Nf3 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Qg4 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Nf5 9. Nfd2 Qg6 10. Bh5+ Be7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nf3 c5 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0