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[Event "ELOTER Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WfPaDBu1"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "palaiciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "17:05:44"] [WhiteElo "1519"] [BlackElo "1690"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+73"] [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. Ng5 Qxg5 4. d4 Qd8 5. Bxh6 gxh6 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Bg7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. Qe4 Re8 10. f3 Rxe4+ 11. fxe4 Qe8 12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O-O cxd5 14. exd5 Qe5 15. Nc4 Qf4+ 16. Nd2 Na6 17. Re1 d6 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. Rhe1 Bd7 21. Rxa8 Qxh2 22. Re3 Qh1+ 23. Nf1 Qxf1+ 24. Kd2 Qxg2+ 25. Re2 Qxd5+ 26. Ke1 Qxa8 27. c3 Bg4 28. Re4 { White resigns. } 0-1