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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/K7yp3gN3"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "ANYMANY959"] [Black "Alexei03"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "16:37:26"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Ba6 4. d4 e6 5. Bxa6 Nxa6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. O-O Nc5 8. Nb5 Nxe4 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 Ng4 12. f3 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1