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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PacwZcdP"] [Date "2026.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Contautomat2002"] [Black "DANIEL16"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.03"] [UTCTime "08:40:14"] [WhiteElo "1660"] [BlackElo "1232"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Nf3 Ng4 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 Qc7 5. h3 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8. exf6 d5 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. exd5 Qa5 11. dxc6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxa1 14. Qxa1 Rxg7 15. Qxg7 bxc6 16. Bc4 a6 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Bg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0