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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/urDxbUfw"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:45:44"] [WhiteElo "1513"] [BlackElo "1590"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [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. d4 Bg7 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. Nh3 e6 7. g3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. Nc3 Re8+ 12. Ne2 Bxh3 13. Qxf7+ Kh8 14. O-O-O Rf8 15. Qc4 b5 16. Qe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qg5+ 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bb3 Re8 20. Nc3 Na6 21. d5 Rad8 22. dxc6 b4 23. Nb5 Qxb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
 0000010010010010100Markits5
 1111101101101101011paliciucpavel14
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