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[Event "Kan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CP0TdGMo"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "cezar_cojocaru"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "17:18:04"] [WhiteElo "1376"] [BlackElo "1566"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [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. d4 Bg7 4. d5 O-O 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 exd5 8. exd5 Re8+ 9. Be2 d6 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. f3 Bc8 12. O-O c5 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. N5a3 c4+ 15. Bf2 Qxb2 16. Nxc4 Qxa1 17. Nxd6 Re7 18. Nxc8 Qxa2 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. d6 Nd7 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Be1 Ke6 23. Bc4+ Ke5 24. Qe2+ Kxd6 25. Ne4+ Kxe7 26. Bxa5 Rc8 27. Nc5+ Kf8 28. Nxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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