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[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hu2vwRKP"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanos"] [Black "kidman"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.01.18"] [UTCTime "11:01:44"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "1544"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. d3 c5 3. Bxh6 gxh6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qb6 6. Qxh8 Qxb2 7. Qxb2 f6 8. Qe5 Bg7 9. Qg3 Kf7 10. Bc4+ e6 11. Nf3 f5 12. Ne5+ Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Nc6 14. Qc3 b5 15. Bxb5 a6 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Qc7+ Kf6 19. Qxb8 Bd7 20. O-O Bb5 21. Rd1 Be2 22. Rd8 fxe4 23. Rf8+ Kg6 24. Qg3+ Kh5 25. Rg8 e3 26. Qh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0