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[Event "Ponziani Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ehXlu4cN"] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.10"] [UTCTime "17:07:10"] [WhiteElo "1721"] [BlackElo "1624"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [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 e6 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. dxe6 dxe6 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Nh3 Bg7 9. O-O Bxb2 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Nc3 Bxa1 12. Rxa1 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qg4 Nd7 15. Rxd7 Bxd7 16. Ng5 c6 17. Qh4 h5 18. g4 Kg7 19. gxh5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Rh8 21. Qg4 Rag8 22. Nxe6+ Kh7 23. Qxg8+ Rxg8+ 24. Kh1 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Ne2 Qxe4+ 27. f3 Qxe2 28. h4 Qxc2 29. a4 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1