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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sCIHX5RU"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "ceavdarialexandr"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "16:43:06"] [WhiteElo "1498"] [BlackElo "1609"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [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. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. e5 d6 7. d4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Re8 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nf6+ Kg7 13. Ng4 Bb7 14. Nxh6 Kxh6 15. Nh4 Kh5 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd2 18. f4 Rxc2 19. Be2+ Rxe2 20. f5 Rxe5 21. Rae1 Rxf5 22. f4 Na6 23. Kf2 Rxf4+ 24. Kg2 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Rd8 26. Rf3 Rd2+ 27. Kf1 Rxb2 28. Rh3+ Kg5 29. Rg3+ Kh6 30. Rh3+ Kg7 31. Ke1 Rxa2 32. Kd1 c5 33. Kc1 b5 34. Kb1 Rg2 35. Kc1 b4 36. Kb1 c4 37. Kc1 Nc5 38. Kb1 b3 39. Kc1 Nd3+ 40. Kb1 Rg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
              1½1001paliciucpavel3½
              0½0110ceavdarialexandr2½
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