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[Event "Holt Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CI5ghm93"] [Date "2025.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:38:51"] [WhiteElo "1765"] [BlackElo "1630"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [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. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O c5 7. e5 Bg4 8. Be4 f5 9. Bxa8 Nc6 10. Bxc6+ Kf7 11. exd6 exd6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd5+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ Bf6 15. Bxh6 Qb6 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Qxd6+ Kc8 18. Qd7+ Kb8 19. Bf4+ Qc7 20. Bxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0