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[Event "Rose1 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QjB1nsCv"] [Date "2026.08.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.01"] [UTCTime "16:43:54"] [WhiteElo "1728"] [BlackElo "1623"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Nf3 e6 3. Qe2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 c6 6. e5 O-O 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. O-O-O d6 9. Qe3 dxe5 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 exd4 12. Ng5 Rd8 13. Qxh7+ Kf8 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxc7 dxc3 17. Rxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0