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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MSWMpyek"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Ion123"] [Black "ButnaruDelia"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "16:09:05"] [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. e5 d6 3. exd6 cxd6 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 g5 6. Nb5 Qd7 7. Bd3 Qd8 8. Bxg5 a5 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Qh5 e6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qxh6 b6 13. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0