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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UBReY3mf"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:18:11"] [WhiteElo "1466"] [BlackElo "1829"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Hippopotamus Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nh6? { (0.12 → 1.42) Mistake. Best move was e6. } { B00 Hippopotamus Defense #2 } (1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O) 2. Bc4?! { (1.42 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } (2. Nf3 e6) 2... g6 3. d3?! { (1.12 → 0.34) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (3. d4 c6) 3... Bg7?! { (0.34 → 1.02) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (3... Nc6) 4. Bxh6? { (1.02 → -0.56) Mistake. Best move was Nf3. } (4. Nf3 Nc6) 4... Bxh6 5. Qf3?! { (-0.05 → -0.80) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } (5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Qb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Re1 cxd4) 5... O-O?! { (-0.80 → -0.27) Inaccuracy. Best move was e6. } (5... e6 6. Ne2) 6. g4? { (-0.27 → -2.03) Mistake. Best move was h4. } (6. h4 e6) 6... d6?! { (-2.03 → -1.17) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bc1. } (6... Bc1 7. Nd2) 7. Qh3? { (-1.17 → -2.45) Mistake. Best move was h4. } (7. h4 Nc6) 7... Kg7? { (-2.45 → -0.13) Mistake. Best move was Bc1. } (7... Bc1) 8. g5?? { (-0.13 → -7.92) Blunder. Best move was Qg3. } (8. Qg3 Bc1) 8... Bxg5?? { (-7.92 → -2.60) Blunder. Best move was Bxh3. } (8... Bxh3) 9. Nf3?? { (-2.60 → -10.98) Blunder. Best move was Qg3. } (9. Qg3 Bc1) 9... Bh6?? { (-10.98 → -2.55) Blunder. Best move was Bxh3. } (9... Bxh3 10. Nxg5 Bg4 11. Rg1 Qd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Bb5 f5 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. exf5) 10. e5?? { (-2.55 → -17.17) Blunder. Best move was Qg3. } (10. Qg3 e5) 10... f6?? { (-17.17 → -3.51) Blunder. Best move was Bxh3. } (10... Bxh3 11. Rg1 dxe5 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. a4 Qd4 15. Rb1 Qf4 16. Ngf3 Nd7 17. Rg3) 11. exf6+?! { (-3.51 → -4.21) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qg2. } (11. Qg2 fxe5 12. h4 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. c3 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Bxg4 17. b4 a6) 11... exf6?! { (-4.21 → -3.46) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rxf6. } (11... Rxf6 12. Qg2 d5 13. Bb3 Bc1 14. a4 Nc6 15. Kd1 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Rf4 17. Rxb2 Bg4 18. Nd2) 12. Nbd2?? { (-3.46 → -16.76) Blunder. Best move was Qg3. } (12. Qg3) 12... Bxh3 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Nh4 f5 15. d4?! { (-24.16 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nxf5+. } (15. Nxf5+ Bxf5) 15... fxe4?! { (Mate in 5 → -28.97) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Best move was Qxh4. } (15... Qxh4 16. Kd1 Qxe4 17. c3 Bg4+ 18. f3 Bxf3+ 19. Be2 Qxe2#) 16. Rd1 e3 17. fxe3?! { (-32.05 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Nf3. } (17. Nf3 Bg2 18. Rd3 Bxf3 19. fxe3 Qh4+ 20. Kd2 Bxh1 21. Kc3 Rxe3 22. d5 Be4 23. Rxe3 Bxe3) 17... Rxe3+ 18. Kf2 Qxh4+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kf2 Rf3+?! { (Mate in 1 → Mate in 2) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Qg2#. } (20... Qg2#) 21. Ke2 Qe4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1