[Event "Yearly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/GVag65Qo"] [Date "2022.08.18"] [White "Niccless"] [Black "ShahramTiger2000"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.08.18"] [UTCTime "19:30:16"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2120"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. Nb5 Nf6? { (3.59 → 5.85) Mistake. Bd7 was best. } (5... Bd7 6. c3 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. exd6 e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be2) 6. c3 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. d4 c4 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Be2 h6?! { (2.30 → 3.62) Inaccuracy. Nxe5 was best. } (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Bh5 g6 15. Bf3 Ng5 16. Be2 f5 17. O-O O-O 18. Qd4 Rab8 19. f3) 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 O-O-O?? { (4.26 → 12.26) Blunder. h5 was best. } (14... h5 15. a4) 15. Bxc4 Nxe5 16. Bxa6 Bc6?! { (14.52 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. bxa6 was best. } (16... bxa6 17. Bxe5) 17. Bxb7+ Qxb7 18. Bxe5?! { (Mate in 5 → 47.03) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb3 was best. } (18. Qb3 Qb5 19. Qa3 Qxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Bb5 22. Qa6+) 18... Ne4?! { (47.03 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qb5 was best. } (18... Qb5 19. Bxf6) 19. c4?! { (Mate in 4 → 33.58) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb3 was best. } (19. Qb3 Qb5 20. Qa3 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Bb5 22. Qxd8+) 19... f6?! { (33.58 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd6 was best. } (19... Nd6 20. cxd5) 20. cxd5?! { (Mate in 4 → 61.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb3 was best. } (20. Qb3 Qb5 21. Qa3 Qa4 22. Qe7 fxe5 23. Qxd8+) 20... exd5?! { (61.30 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nc3 was best. } (20... Nc3 21. Qb3) 21. Qg4+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0