[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/BiOEpHhW"] [Date "2023.07.24"] [White "UnholyCrusade"] [Black "ThreeCheckIsTheBest"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.24"] [UTCTime "21:44:12"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2282"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Nf6?! { (3.24 → 4.64) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (3... Bb4 4. e5 h6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Ne2 Bf8 8. O-O) 4. Bb5?! { (4.64 → 3.00) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 Bb4 6. Qd2 f5 7. a3 Ba5 8. h3 Nh6) 4... Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Qe2 Bxd4 7. e5 Bxc3?? { (2.66 → 5.46) Blunder. O-O was best. } (7... O-O 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. O-O d5 10. Qh5 c6 11. Be2 g6 12. Qf3) 8. dxc3 Nd5 9. O-O? { (5.90 → 3.50) Mistake. Qg4 was best. } (9. Qg4) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bh6 f5?! { (4.15 → 5.31) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (11... b5 12. a4 f5 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. Qd2 Qg7 15. axb5 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qf4 17. Qxf4 Nxf4 18. Ra4) 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. f4?? { (4.55 → 0.08) Blunder. Qd2 was best. } (13. Qd2) 13... Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne3?? { (0.16 → 2.74) Blunder. b6 was best. } (14... b6 15. Rf3) 15. Qf2?? { (2.74 → -1.34) Blunder. b4 was best. } (15. b4) 15... Qb6?? { (-1.34 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b6 was best. } (15... b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Nxf1 18. Qxf1 Be4 19. Qe2 Rf8 20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Rd4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3) 16. Qh4 c6 17. Qe7?! { (Mate in 5 → 32.08) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf3 was best. } (17. Rf3 Kf8 18. Qxh7 Ng4 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8#) 17... Ng4?! { (32.08 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc5 was best. } (17... Qc5 18. Qxc5) 18. Qe8+ Kg7 19. Qe7+ Kh6 20. Qxh7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0