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[Event "Englisch Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aCrmpQ8T"] [Date "2026.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.19"] [UTCTime "17:17:38"] [WhiteElo "1459"] [BlackElo "1613"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [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. Bc4 g6 3. Qf3 Bg7 4. h4 e6 5. h5 O-O 6. hxg6 fxg6 7. Bd3 Rxf3 8. Nxf3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Qe8 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O Nxe5 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. c4 Ng4 15. g3 Qxg3+ 16. Kh1 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. d4 Qh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                 000CristeaIon0
                 111paliciucpavel3
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