[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/GtWlh88u"] [Date "2023.08.14"] [White "kos99"] [Black "VariantsTheorist"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.14"] [UTCTime "21:41:12"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "2387"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Qf6?! { (3.12 → 4.51) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (2... Bb4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nge7 7. Bd3) 3. d4?? { (4.51 → 0.95) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nb5 Qd8 5. c3 a6 6. Nxc7+ Qxc7 7. d4 Nf6) 3... Bb4 4. Qd2 Qh6 5. Nf3 Qxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Nf6 7. Bd3 c6?? { (0.37 → 2.98) Blunder. b6 was best. } (7... b6 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Be4 Nc6 12. c4 Rb8 13. Rfb1 Nd8 14. a4) 8. O-O-O?? { (2.98 → 0.99) Blunder. O-O was best. } (8. O-O Bxc3) 8... d6 9. Kb1 Nbd7?? { (1.21 → 4.43) Blunder. Bxc3 was best. } (9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3) 10. Rhe1?? { (4.43 → 1.00) Blunder. Nb5 was best. } (10. Nb5) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e5?? { (1.13 → 5.12) Blunder. a5 was best. } (11... a5 12. Ka1 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. c3 O-O-O 18. g3) 12. dxe5?? { (5.12 → 2.33) Blunder. Bb4 was best. } (12. Bb4 Nb6 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bxd6 Be6 15. b3 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Rxd6 17. exd6 Bd7 18. h3 Nxf2) 12... dxe5?? { (2.33 → 10.94) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. f4 a4 18. Bd6 Bg4 19. Rd2) 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Ng5 b5 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Re3 b4?! { (20.52 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf8 was best. } (17... Nf8 18. Rg3) 18. Rf3?! { (Mate in 6 → 24.42) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg3 was best. } (18. Rg3 g6 19. Rd6 b3 20. Rxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rd3 bxa2+ 22. Ka1 Kg8 23. Rd8#) 18... Kg8 19. Bxe5 Nxe4 20. Rd4 Nc3+ 21. Ka1 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Ba6 23. Rf8+ Nxf8 24. Bxf8 Kh8 25. Bg7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0