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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/heGADBNt"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:00:07"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1563"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [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. Bc4 g6 3. Qf3 Bg7 4. d4 e6 5. Bxh6 Bxh6 6. d5 O-O 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. Qh3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nf3 e5 11. Ng5 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qxg5 13. Nd5 Rd8 14. Nxc7 Qd2+ 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. Nxa8 Nd4 17. Re1 Nf3 18. Re2 Qd1+ 19. Kg2 Qd4 20. b3 Rxa8 21. Kxf3 Rd8 22. Rc1 Kh8 23. c3 Qc5 24. h4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. h5 e4+ 27. Kf4 Qe5+ 28. Kg5 Qf6+ 29. Kf4 Qe5+ 30. Ke3 f4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1