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[Event "Rublevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hfpnD6G8"] [Date "2026.01.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.31"] [UTCTime "17:35:50"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1649"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [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 d6 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. e5 Bg7 7. exd6 c6 8. dxc6 exd6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Bxb2 12. Qxa8 Bxa1 13. Qxa7 Re8+ 14. Kd1 Qg5 15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Qxe8+ Kg7 17. Qf7+ Kh6 18. f4 Qxg2 19. Qf8+ Kh5 20. Be2+ Kh4 21. Qh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0