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B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2
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Time out, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "lion26 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QMOyCndo"] [Date "2023.01.13"] [Round "-"] [White "ioanaj"] [Black "Teodor_Ababii"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.01.13"] [UTCTime "17:21:40"] [WhiteElo "1351"] [BlackElo "1501"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb3 Qe7+ 6. Qe2 Be6 7. Qb5+ c6 8. Qe2 Na6 9. Nd4 Nb4 10. Nxe6 Nxc2+ 11. Bxc2 fxe6 12. d4 b5 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Qf6 15. Be5 Qg5 16. h4 Qxg2 17. Qf1 Qe4+ 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxb5+ Kd8 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Qb7 Ng4 22. Bc7+ Rxc7 23. Qb8+ Kd7 24. c6+ Kxc6 25. Na3 Ne5 26. Qb5+ Kd6 27. Qa6+ Kd7 28. Nb5 Nd3+ 29. Kd2 Nxf2 30. Nxc7 Nxh1 31. Rxh1 Kxc7 32. Qxa7+ Kc8 33. Qb6 Kd7 34. Rc1 Be7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qxh8 Kf6 38. Qf8+ Ke5 39. Rc5+ Kd4 40. Rc4+ Kxc4 41. Qf1+ Kd5 42. Qb5+ Kd6 43. Qb6+ Ke5 44. Qb5+ Kf6 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Qxg7+ Kxg7 47. h5 Bb4+ 48. Ke2 Kh6 { Black wins on time. } 0-1