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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CP8CjyZk"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "ciobanuvasile"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:26:49"] [WhiteElo "998"] [BlackElo "1597"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [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. c4 Bg7 4. f4 O-O 5. g4 d6 6. h4 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Re8 9. h5 Nc6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. c5 Rxe5 12. Qd5 Rxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. b4 Qxh1 15. Bg2 Qxg1+ 16. Bf1 Bxa1 17. Nc3 Bxg4 18. Bxh6 Bxc3+ 19. Bd2 Re8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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