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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/G9PJA7gu"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "16:20:55"] [WhiteElo "1496"] [BlackElo "1604"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6 { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bxh6 Bxh6 8. g4 c6 9. g5 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 11. Kh1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 d4 14. Rg1 Qh6 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6+ 17. f3 Qf4 18. Nxe8 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 20. Rg2 Na6 21. Nd6 Nc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qxe4 24. Rg1 d3 25. cxd3 Qxd3 26. Rg3 Qe4+ 27. R3g2 Rd8 28. h3 Rd2 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rxd2 Qb4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rf1 Qc5 33. Rd7 Qa5 34. Rfxf7+ Kh6 35. Rh7+ Kg5 36. Rdg7 Qf5 37. Kg3 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. Rg8 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Kf4 41. Rf7+ Ke3 42. Re8 Kd2 43. Rd7+ Ke3 44. Rxe6+ Kf3 45. Rf7+ Qf4 46. Rxf4+ Kxf4 47. Rf6+ Kg3 48. Rxg6+ { White wins on time. } 1-0