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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/G5UQtAv4"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "MaximBasac"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "16:12:53"] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1582"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+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. Bc4 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Re8 7. O-O c6 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Nd2 d5 10. e5 dxc4 11. Nf3 c5 12. dxc5 b6 13. c6 Nxc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nh4 Ba6 16. Nd1 c3 17. bxc3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxe5 19. g3 Rac8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Nf2 Nd2+ 22. Ke1 Nc4 23. Rd1 Bg7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nd3 Bxc3+ 26. Ke2 a5 27. a4 b5 28. axb5 a4 29. Nc1 a3 30. b6 Nxb6 31. h3 Ra8 32. g4 a2 33. Nxa2 Rxa2 34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Nxf5 Rxc2+ 37. Kd3 Rc1 38. h4 Nd5 39. h5 Nf4+ 40. Ke3 Nxh5 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Nd6 f5 44. Nc4 Kg5 45. Nd6 f4+ 46. Ke4 Ng3+ { Black wins on time. } 0-1