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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FRbzRHji"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "SlivForNokia10"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:51:37"] [WhiteElo "2112"] [BlackElo "1850"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 e6 8. hxg6 fxg6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. e5 Nc6 11. c3 Rf4 12. Qe2 Qf8 13. O-O-O b6 14. g3 Rf7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. f4 Bb7 18. Qg4 Rf8 19. Bxg6 Qf6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Ne5 Bc6 23. Nxc6 a6 24. f5 b5 25. fxe6 Rxg6 26. e7 Kf7 27. e8=Q+ Kxe8 28. Qxg6+ Kd7 29. Rxh6 Kc8 30. Nxa5 { White wins on time. } 1-0