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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dRwwckXf"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "18:00:49"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1848"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-30"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+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 Kg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qh4 e5 9. Qg3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Kg8 13. O-O Re8 14. Nc3 c5 15. Qd5 Be6 16. Qxb7 Bxc4 17. Nd5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Qa3 Rxc2 21. Qh3 Rd2 22. Qxh6 Qb8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0