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[Event "Blumenfeld Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KJ9PxqYK"] [Date "2025.10.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.18"] [UTCTime "16:38:37"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1597"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-28"] [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. Qh5 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nd4 11. g4 Bxg4 12. Rd2 c6 13. Nf6+ Kh8 14. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0