[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9vWLwDru"] [Date "2022.05.14"] [White "Joeroot"] [Black "NickCom"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.05.14"] [UTCTime "06:45:06"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "1639"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3?! { (3.43 → 2.18) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 d5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Bd7) 2... Nc6?! { (2.18 → 3.28) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6) 3. Nf3 Nf6?! { (2.85 → 3.70) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (3... Bb4 4. e5 d5 5. Be2 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3) 4. d4?? { (3.70 → 0.87) Blunder. e5 was best. } (4. e5 a6 5. exf6 Qxf6 6. Be2 d5 7. d4 h6 8. Qd3 Bd6) 4... Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ng4?? { (0.95 → 3.36) Blunder. d5 was best. } (6... d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Qh5 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. Nxe5) 7. O-O Qf6? { (3.12 → 5.24) Mistake. d6 was best. } (7... d6 8. Rb1) 8. h3 Nxf2?! { (4.98 → 8.74) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (8... Qe7 9. e5) 9. Rxf2 d5 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. exd5 Qh5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxh7+ Qxh7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5? { (11.71 → 5.26) Mistake. Qxe5 was best. } (16. Qxe5) 16... Bc4? { (5.26 → 26.44) Mistake. Qg6 was best. } (16... Qg6 17. Qe3) 17. Qf3 Bd5 18. Re1?? { (50.99 → -17.84) Blunder. Qxd5 was best. } (18. Qxd5) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qxc2 20. Rg3?! { (-25.81 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be3 was best. } (20. Be3 Qxc3) 20... Rad8?! { (Mate in 10 → -44.26) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf2+ was best. } (20... Qf2+ 21. Kxf2 f6 22. Bf4 fxe5 23. Rf3 e4 24. Kg1 exf3 25. Kh2 fxg2 26. Rg1 Rxf4 27. Rxg2) 21. Kh2?! { (-44.26 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be3 was best. } (21. Be3 g6) 21... Qxg2+?? { (Mate in 8 → 17.81) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qf2 was best. } (21... Qf2 22. Bh4 Qxg3+ 23. Bxg3 Rd3 24. h4 Rxg3 25. Kxg3 Rd8 26. Re3 Rd1 27. e6 f5 28. Kh3) 22. Rxg2 Rd2?! { (18.17 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd3 was best. } (22... Rd3 23. Be3) 23. Bxd2 Rd8 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg1+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0