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[Event "Rose98 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WxgefJIE"] [Date "2026.07.09"] [Round "-"] [White "HuKuTa"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.09"] [UTCTime "16:54:56"] [WhiteElo "1971"] [BlackElo "1685"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [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. d4 g6 3. Bxh6 Bxh6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. h4 e6 7. h5 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bxd5 Re8+ 10. Nge2 c6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qd3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 b6 15. Qxg6 Kf8 16. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0