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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oCMzUkMP"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "CucoviciAndrei"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:20:35"] [WhiteElo "1708"] [BlackElo "1608"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [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. d4 g6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 f5 10. e5 Na6 11. O-O c5 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. dxc5 a5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Ng5 Rf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qxg6 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rb8 20. Qxe6 Rxb2 21. Nxd5 Qb8 22. Qxf5+ Ke8 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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