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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FIbhFBSW"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:20:25"] [WhiteElo "1492"] [BlackElo "1583"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [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. Bc4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. e5 Bg7 7. Bd3 d6 8. exd6 exd6 9. h4 Re8+ 10. Kd1 Bxd4 11. h5 Bxb2 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qh3 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 Kg7 15. Nc3 Bxa1 16. Nd5 c6 17. Ne3 Bd4 18. Ng4 Bxf2 19. Rh6 Rh8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Rxh8 Qxh8 22. Ke2 Bxg1 23. Kf1 Qh1 24. Nf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 c5 26. g4 Nc6 27. g5 Nd4 28. c3 Rf8+ 29. Ke3 Qf3+ 30. Kd2 Qe2+ 31. Kc1 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1