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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UBReY3mf"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:18:11"] [WhiteElo "1466"] [BlackElo "1829"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [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. Bc4 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. g4 d6 7. Qh3 Kg7 8. g5 Bxg5 9. Nf3 Bh6 10. e5 f6 11. exf6+ exf6 12. Nbd2 Bxh3 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Nh4 f5 15. d4 fxe4 16. Rd1 e3 17. fxe3 Rxe3+ 18. Kf2 Qxh4+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kf2 Rf3+ 21. Ke2 Qe4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1