[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/11hi4SWH"] [Date "2023.08.03"] [White "VariantsTheorist"] [Black "Alexander_Player"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.08.03"] [UTCTime "09:45:49"] [WhiteElo "2387"] [BlackElo "1348"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+25"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Nc3 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Nf6 5. Kg1 Ng4?? { (2.77 → 5.91) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (5... Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qd5 9. c4 Qh5 10. h3) 6. d4 O-O 7. e5 f6 8. Bd3 g6 9. h3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Ne4 Kf7?! { (17.88 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } { Black offers draw } (12... d5 13. Nf2) 13. Qf1 Kg8 14. Nf6+?! { (Mate in 6 → 30.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxe5 was best. } (14. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 c5 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Nxe8 h6 18. Nxg6+ Kh7 19. Rf7#) 14... Rxf6 15. Bxf6 Qf7?! { (36.39 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (15... d5 16. Nxe5) 16. Nxe5 Qf8 17. Nxg6?? { (Mate in 5 → Mate in 2) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf2 was best. } (17. Qf2 b5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxg6 Nc6 20. Bf7+ Qxf7 21. Qg3#) 17... Qc5+ 18. Kh2 Qe5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1