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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ErgnrZFY"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:42:17"] [WhiteElo "1679"] [BlackElo "1657"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [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. Bc4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. Bxh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. Qc3 e6 8. d5+ Kg8 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Bb3 c5 12. O-O-O b4 13. Qh3 e5 14. Qh6 Re8 15. Ndf3 Bg4 16. Rxd8 Rexd8 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0