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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YMrXpZ8E"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:21:51"] [WhiteElo "1563"] [BlackElo "1661"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [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. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. O-O-O d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Rde1 c5 12. dxc5 c6 13. Ng5 Qc7 14. Re2 Bg4 15. Re6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Rab8 19. Nf4 Qb7 20. b3 Qa6 21. Kb1 Qa3 22. Nd3 e5 23. f3 e4 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qc3 Bxc3 { White resigns. } 0-1