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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YEhXYH1v"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Francesco5"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:27:54"] [WhiteElo "1553"] [BlackElo "1573"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-42"] [BlackRatingDiff "+69"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Bb5 c6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb3 dxe4 5. Qh5 g6 6. Qg4 Nxg4 7. d4 Qxd4 8. Ne2 Qxf2+ 9. Kd2 e3+ 10. Kd3 Bf5+ 11. Kc4 b5+ 12. Kc5 e6+ 13. Kd4 Qxe2 14. Kc3 Qxg2 15. Rd1 b4+ 16. Kc4 Qe4+ 17. Rd4 Qe5 18. Nc3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                  01Mate20171
                  10Francesco51
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