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[Event "Duz-Khotimirsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GhY7wzBo"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.17"] [UTCTime "17:54:22"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "1668"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [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 d6 5. Bxh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. e5 Na6 8. exd6 exd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. d5 cxd5 11. Bxd5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Nxc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Qc3+ Kg8 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. Nd7+ Kg8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qc7 Rc8 21. Qxb7 d5 22. Nf3 d4 23. Ng5 e5 24. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0