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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/n3kk1dA4"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:32:08"] [WhiteElo "1568"] [BlackElo "1739"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. Qh3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bxb2 8. Ng5 h5 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3+ Kg7 12. g4 Bxa1 13. gxh5 Qf8 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Rg1 Bg7 17. Rg5 Ne5 18. Qf5 Qxf5 19. Rxf5 Nc6 20. h6 Bxh6 21. Rh5 Kh7 22. f4 e6 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 d6 25. f6 Bh3 26. f7 Rf8 27. Rxh3 Rxf7 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Kd1 Nd4 30. Ke1 Nxc2+ 31. Kd1 Nd4 32. Ke1 Nb5 33. Ke2 Nd4+ 34. Kd1 Nb3 35. Ke1 Nc5 36. Ke2 Na4 37. Kd1 Nc3+ 38. Ke1 Nd5 39. Ke2 Nb6 40. Kd1 Na4 41. Ke1 Nc5 42. Ke2 Na6 43. Kd1 Nb4 44. Ke1 { White wins on time. } 1-0