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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ybatsfa6"] [Date "2026.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Ceavdari"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.21"] [UTCTime "16:29:49"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1585"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [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. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. d4 d5 6. e5 O-O 7. Bxh6 Bxh6 8. Qe2 Re8 9. g4 b6 10. g5 Bg7 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Qc3 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 Qxb5 15. Qxc7 Qxb2 16. O-O Na6 17. Qb7 Rac8 18. Qxa6 Qxc2 19. Qxa7 b5 20. Rac1 Qb2 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. a4 Qb3 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Qa1 Qb7 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Qb2 h6 27. Qb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Bf8 29. gxh6 Kh7 30. Ng5+ Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Bxh6 32. Rb7 Qd2 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf6 Qxd4 35. Rxe6 Qxf2 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 Bf4 38. Ra6 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1