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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/p907luL8"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:17:41"] [WhiteElo "1455"] [BlackElo "1605"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [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. d4 d5 3. exd5 g6 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Nf3 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Re8 12. f4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5+ 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Bxe2 16. Qe1 f6 17. Qxe2 Rxe2 18. Rfd1 Qb6+ 19. Rd4 Qxb5 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. Rd7+ Kh6 22. R1d3 Qc6 23. Rh3+ Kg5 24. Rg3+ Kh4 25. Rh3+ Kg4 26. Rg3+ Kf4 27. Rd4+ Ke5 28. Rf3 { White resigns. } 0-1