[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FowUOSe4"] [Date "2023.12.02"] [White "LuukDeGrote"] [Black "politeia"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.02"] [UTCTime "20:06:34"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2418"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Ne7 3. Nf3 Ng6 4. d4?! { (4.48 → 3.48) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (4. h4 Nc6 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd2 h6 7. h5 Nge7 8. d5 d6) 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 c5?! { (2.93 → 4.61) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (5... Nc6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. d5 O-O 10. dxc6) 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. bxc5 O-O 9. e5?! { (4.86 → 3.39) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (9. h4 Bf4) 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. O-O b6 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Bb7 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Rb1 Rab8?! { (2.92 → 4.23) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (17... h6 18. d5) 18. Qe2?? { (4.23 → 1.77) Blunder. cxb6 was best. } (18. cxb6 a6 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Ba2 Be4 21. Be7 Nxe7 22. Ng5 Qg6 23. dxe7 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Nc6) 18... bxc5 19. dxc5 Kh8? { (2.31 → 4.45) Mistake. Na5 was best. } (19... Na5 20. Rxb7) 20. Bd2? { (4.45 → 2.20) Mistake. h4 was best. } (20. h4 h6 21. Qe3 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 hxg5 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. hxg5 Kg8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8) 20... e5?? { (2.20 → 8.57) Blunder. Qf6 was best. } (20... Qf6 21. Qe3) 21. Ng5?? { (8.57 → 1.01) Blunder. Rxb7 was best. } (21. Rxb7) 21... Qf6?? { (1.01 → 17.06) Blunder. Qd5 was best. } (21... Qd5 22. Be4) 22. Qh5 h6?! { (16.48 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg5 was best. } (22... Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Nd4 24. Be3 Ne2+ 25. Bxe2 Be4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. f3 Bxc2 28. c6 dxc6 29. d7) 23. Bc4?? { (Mate in 9 → 5.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf7+ was best. } (23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Bxh6 Kg8 25. Bc4 Qe6 26. Bxe6 dxe6 27. Qxg6 Ne7 28. dxe7 Re8 29. Bxg7 Rxg7) 23... Nf4? { (5.00 → 29.61) Mistake. f4 was best. } (23... f4 24. Nf7+) 24. Bxf4 exf4?! { (28.98 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rbd8 was best. } (24... Rbd8 25. Nf7+) 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Re8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0