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[Event "Kovalevskaya Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/c8YsWszK"] [Date "2025.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.11"] [UTCTime "17:22:02"] [WhiteElo "1751"] [BlackElo "1548"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [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. d4 Bg7 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. Qh3 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qg3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. O-O Qxe4 14. Qxf7+ Kh8 15. Nd2 Rf8 16. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0