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[Event "Estrin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FH6EoLdS"] [Date "2026.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.29"] [UTCTime "17:10:03"] [WhiteElo "2037"] [BlackElo "1620"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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. e5 e6 4. h4 Bg7 5. h5 c6 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Be3 Nf5 8. Rxh8+ Bxh8 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. g4 Ng7 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. O-O-O Nb4 16. a3 Na6 17. Bf6 Qh2 18. Nf3 Qh1 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Qh6 Nc7 21. Qxh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0