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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PHFKZyyV"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Yakub19"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:23:23"] [WhiteElo "1893"] [BlackElo "1736"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+28"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [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. d4 g6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Be3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Re8 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Rxe8+ Kg7 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Na5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Ra3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 b6 18. Nc3 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Bd2 21. Nxd2 c4 22. Nxc4 Rb8 23. Rxa7 Rb3 24. Ree7 Rb7 25. Raxb7 Bxb7 26. Rxb7 h6 27. Nd6 Kh7 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Nd5 Kh8 30. Bxg6 Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0