[Event "rated variant:threeCheck game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AoQ72C5i"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "sairaj_2014"] [Black "kesmnoff"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "AoQ72C5i"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "08:49:04"] [WhiteElo "1278"] [BlackElo "1188"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+108"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } 1... f6?? { (0.11 → 3.46) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 3.46] } { A04 Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense } (1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3) 2. e3?! { (3.46 → 2.15) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } { [%eval 2.15] } (2. e4 c6 3. Be2 Nh6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Nf7 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Bc4 e6) 2... Nc6?! { (2.15 → 3.45) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } { [%eval 3.45] } (2... c6 3. c4 e6 4. Be2 Nh6 5. Nc3 d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bd3) 3. Bd3 { [%eval 3.59] } 3... Ne5?? { (3.59 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nb4 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (3... Nb4 4. Be2) 4. Nh4?? { (Mate in 6 → -2.86) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -2.86] } (4. Nxe5 g6 5. Qg4 f5 6. Bxf5 e6 7. Bxg6+ Ke7 8. Nc6+ dxc6 9. Qxe6#) 4... Nxd3+ { [%eval -3.0] } 5. cxd3 { [%eval -2.83] } 5... Nh6?? { (-2.83 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (5... g6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. d3 Bg7 9. e4 d5 10. O-O O-O 11. exd5) 6. Qh5+ { [%eval #4] } 6... g6 { [%eval #4] } 7. Qd5?? { (Mate in 4 → -2.74) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxg6 was best. } { [%eval -2.74] } (7. Nxg6 Nf7 8. Nxh8 d5 9. Qxf7+ Kd7 10. Qxd5#) 7... e6 { [%eval -2.48] } 8. Qb5?! { (-2.48 → -3.48) Inaccuracy. Qb3 was best. } { [%eval -3.48] } (8. Qb3 f5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. d4 b6 11. d5 O-O 12. d4 a5 13. Nc3 Ba6) 8... a6 { [%eval -2.61] } 9. Qa5? { (-2.61 → -4.87) Mistake. Qb3 was best. } { [%eval -4.87] } (9. Qb3 Ng4 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd1 Nf6 13. h4 Nd5 14. a3 Qf6) 9... b6 { [%eval -4.29] } 10. Qa4 { [%eval -5.0] } 10... c6? { (-5.00 → -2.54) Mistake. Bb7 was best. } { [%eval -2.54] } (10... Bb7) 11. Nc3 { [%eval -2.76] } 11... a5?? { (-2.76 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (11... f5 12. Nf3) 12. a3?? { (Mate in 5 → -3.32) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval -3.32] } (12. Ne4 Nf7 13. Qd4 d6 14. Nxd6+ Nxd6 15. Qg4 Be7 16. Qxg6#) 12... Qc7?? { (-3.32 → 4.15) Blunder. f5 was best. } { [%eval 4.15] } (12... f5 13. Nf3) 13. Nf3? { (4.15 → 2.03) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval 2.03] } (13. Ne4 Kd8) 13... Bc5?? { (2.03 → 17.03) Blunder. f5 was best. } { [%eval 17.03] } (13... f5 14. Qd4 Nf7 15. Qf6 d6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Nxe6) 14. d4?? { (17.03 → 3.38) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval 3.38] } (14. Ne4) 14... Bd6?? { (3.38 → 9.37) Blunder. b5 was best. } { [%eval 9.37] } (14... b5 15. Qc2 d5 16. dxc5 Nf7 17. d4 O-O 18. e4 Ra7 19. Ne2 dxe4 20. Qxe4) 15. e4?? { (9.37 → -9.37) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval -9.37] } (15. Ne4 Kd8 16. d5 e5 17. Nxf6 Nf7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. d6 Nxd6) 15... Ng4 { [%eval -5.59] } 16. e5 { [%eval -8.45] } 16... fxe5?? { (-8.45 → 11.72) Blunder. Bxe5 was best. } { [%eval 11.72] } (16... Bxe5 17. Ne4) 17. dxe5?? { (11.72 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval #-12] } (17. Ne4) 17... Bxe5?? { (Mate in 12 → 8.74) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval 8.74] } (17... Bc5) 18. Ne4?? { (8.74 → -8.07) Blunder. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval -8.07] } (18. Qxg4) 18... Nxh2?? { (-8.07 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxf2 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (18... Nxf2) 19. Rxh2?! { (Mate in 5 → 28.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6+ was best. } { [%eval 28.53] } (19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qe4 Nxf3+ 21. Kd1 Kd8 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rxh8#) 19... Bxh2?! { (28.53 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf4 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (19... Bf4 20. Qd4 Qe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd2+ 22. Bxd2 O-O 23. Nxd7) 20. Nf6+ { [%eval #3] } 20... Kf7 { [%eval #1] } 21. Ng4 { [%eval #1] } 21... Bg3 { [%eval #1] } 22. Nfe5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0