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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZJ3CbDVY"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "tapesvlad"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:27:28"] [WhiteElo "1549"] [BlackElo "1600"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [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. d3 g6 3. Bxh6 Bxh6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Nf3 e6 7. d5 Bxb2 8. Nc3 Bxa1 9. Qxa1 exd5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Ne2 c6 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. Qc3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 b5 16. Bxb5 cxb5 17. O-O Qg5+ 18. Ng3 Nd7 19. h4 Qxh4 20. Qc7 Nf6 21. Qc6 Nh5 22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Rd1 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Rac8 25. Qd7 Rcd8 26. Qc7 Rxd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                  ½1paliciucpavel1½
                  ½0tapesvlad½
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