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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gpELIibJ"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:08:24"] [WhiteElo "1511"] [BlackElo "1584"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-50"] [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. Bc4 g6 3. Qh5 Bg7 4. Qf3 d6 5. Nh3 e6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nf4 c6 8. Na3 d5 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Nxd5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 exd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Re1 Ng4 16. Re3 Qd6 17. Rg3 Re8 18. Kh1 h5 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Rh3 Qe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1