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[Event "Duras Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ni6RpGQA"] [Date "2026.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.03"] [UTCTime "17:20:07"] [WhiteElo "1695"] [BlackElo "1815"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-23"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+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. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. Qh3 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qh4 e5 9. Ng5 exd4 10. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0