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[Event "Holt Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/su5ELuqg"] [Date "2025.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:52:32"] [WhiteElo "1756"] [BlackElo "1625"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. d4 e6 5. e5 d6 6. Bg5 f6 7. exf6 Bxf6 8. Bxh6 d5 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Rxe5+ Kd7 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Qf7+ Kd6 16. Qxd5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0