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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/S3ugaQdk"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:22:23"] [WhiteElo "1585"] [BlackElo "1835"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. d4 g6 3. Bxh6 Bxh6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Nc3 f6 6. e5 Kg7 7. exf6+ exf6 8. Bd3 Re8+ 9. Ne5 fxe5 10. d5 e4 11. Bxe4 c6 12. Qd4+ Kg8 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. O-O Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. g4 c5 19. gxh5 Nc6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 Red8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne4 Ne5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nh5+ Kxg6 26. f4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Rd1 Bxf4 29. Nxf4+ Kg5 30. Kf2 Kxf4 31. Ke2 Ke4 { Black wins on time. } 0-1