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[Event "Duz-Khotimirsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/llOKKlV3"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.17"] [UTCTime "17:46:59"] [WhiteElo "1966"] [BlackElo "1672"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [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. d4 g6 3. e5 Bg7 4. h4 O-O 5. h5 d6 6. hxg6 fxg6 7. Bxh6 Bxh6 8. Rxh6 dxe5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Qe2 b6 11. Qxe5+ Rf6 12. c3 Na6 13. Qh2 Qg8 14. Bxg8 Kxg8 15. Rxh7 Rf7 16. Rh8+ Kg7 17. Qe5+ Rf6 18. Qxe7+ Rf7 19. Rh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7+ Kh6 21. Nf3 Bg4 22. Nbd2 Bd7 23. O-O-O Re8 24. Rh1+ Bh3 25. Rxh3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0