[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AQEfjrkW"] [Date "2023.09.04"] [White "VariantsTheorist"] [Black "JonathanCarlstedt"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.09.04"] [UTCTime "20:12:27"] [WhiteElo "2256"] [BlackElo "2220"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-31"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. d3 Nxc3?? { (1.96 → 4.25) Blunder. Nxf2 was best. } (7... Nxf2 8. Kxf2 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qf6+ 10. Kg1 Qxe5 11. d4 Qe4 12. Qf3) 8. Qd2 Nd5 9. c4 Nde7?! { (2.49 → 3.23) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } (9... Nb6) 10. d4 d5 11. c5? { (4.09 → 1.97) Mistake. Qg5 was best. } (11. Qg5) 11... Ng6? { (1.97 → 3.45) Mistake. h6 was best. } (11... h6 12. Bd3) 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Nf8 14. Rh3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Kf1 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5?! { (4.92 → 7.62) Inaccuracy. Nh7 was best. } (18... Nh7 19. Qf4) 19. Kg1 Rd8?! { (7.15 → 11.53) Inaccuracy. Rg8 was best. } (19... Rg8 20. Rg3 a6 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Rg4 Nd8 23. Qg3 c5 24. Rxg7 Rxg7 25. Qxg7 c4 26. Bxh6) 20. Kh1?! { (11.53 → 5.61) Inaccuracy. Rg3 was best. } (20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Rb5 Qe7 22. Qc3 d4 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Rc5 Nd8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qxc7 Nc6) 20... d4?! { (5.61 → 8.90) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (20... Qe7 21. Qc2) 21. Rb5 Qc3 22. Qd1 Nh7 23. Bb2 Ng5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Bxc3 dxc3 26. Qc2 Nd4 27. Qxc3 Nxb5 28. Qc5 g4 29. Bxb5 gxh3?! { (26.66 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a6 was best. } (29... a6 30. Bc6) 30. Bxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qb5 hxg2+ 32. Kxg2 O-O 33. Qxd7 Rb8 34. h6 gxh6 35. Qd3 Kh8 36. Qg3?? { (Mate in 6 → -6.25) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kh2 was best. } (36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Qd2 Rg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kg7 39. Qf4 h5 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qxf7#) 36... Rg8 37. Kf1 Rxg3 38. fxg3 Kg7 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Kg2 Kg4 43. Kf2 h4?! { (Mate in 10 → -18.20) Lost forced checkmate sequence. c5 was best. } (43... c5 44. a4 c4 45. Ke3 Kxg3 46. Kd4 h4 47. a5 h3 48. Kc5 c3 49. Kb4 c2 50. Kb3) 44. gxh4 Kxh4 45. Ke3 Kg5 46. Ke4?! { (-18.19 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke2 was best. } (46. Ke2 Kf4) 46... Kg4?! { (Mate in 11 → -21.69) Lost forced checkmate sequence. f5+ was best. } (46... f5+ 47. exf6 Kxf6 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Kf3 Kd4 50. Ke2 e5 51. Ke1 e4 52. Ke2 e3 53. Kf3) 47. Kd4?! { (-21.69 → Mate in 20) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd3 was best. } (47. Kd3 Kf5) 47... Kf5?! { (Mate in 20 → -25.83) Lost forced checkmate sequence. c5+ was best. } (47... c5+) 48. Kc5?! { (-25.83 → Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke3 was best. } (48. Ke3 Kxe5) 48... Kxe5 49. Kc6 f5 50. a4 f4 51. a5 f3 52. a6 { White wins on time. } 1-0