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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ntttxhQW"] [Date "2026.06.16"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.16"] [UTCTime "16:33:19"] [WhiteElo "1636"] [BlackElo "1558"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [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. Nf3 e6 3. e5 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. g3 Re8 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nc5 e5 13. c3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg7 15. Qa4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qa5 20. b4 Qxa2 21. Bb5 b6 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Nd3 Qb1+ 24. Ne1 Qxe1+ 25. Bf1 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
0½010001011½11001000AlexandrG14
1½101110100½00110111paliciucpavel17
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