[Event "Yearly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/KvWRNktH"] [Date "2022.08.18"] [White "Niccless"] [Black "Pawnstarx1"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2022.08.18"] [UTCTime "21:15:51"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2076"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [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 4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd2?! { (4.87 → 3.59) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (6. h3 Ncxe5 7. dxe5 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 Bc5+ 9. Ke2 d5 10. Qd3 Bd7) 6... Nxf2 7. Kxf2 Nxd4 8. Bd3 Nxf3 9. Qxf3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2?! { (4.53 → 3.28) Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (10. Kf1 Kd8 11. h3 f6 12. g3 Qd4 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Kg2 Rb8 15. Nb5 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5) 10... O-O 11. Raf1?! { (3.07 → 2.37) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (11. Ne4 Bxd2) 11... b6?? { (2.37 → 6.77) Blunder. f5 was best. } (11... f5 12. Qh3) 12. g3?? { (6.77 → 2.46) Blunder. Qh3 was best. } (12. Qh3) 12... Bb7?? { (2.46 → 8.97) Blunder. Qh3 was best. } (12... Qh3 13. Ne4 Bxd2 14. Nf2 Bb7 15. Nxh3 Bxf3+ 16. Rxf3 d6 17. Kxd2 h6 18. exd6 Rad8 19. Kc1) 13. gxh4 Bxf3+ 14. Rxf3 d6 15. Rg1 g6 16. h5?! { (Mate in 7 → 18.48) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne4 was best. } (16. Ne4 f5 17. Rxg6+ hxg6 18. Nf6+ Rxf6 19. exf6 Kf7 20. Bb5 c6 21. Bxc6 g5 22. Be8+) 16... dxe5?! { (18.48 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d5 was best. } (16... d5 17. Bh6) 17. hxg6?? { (Mate in 6 → 4.33) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ne4 was best. } (17. Ne4 f5 18. Rxg6+ hxg6 19. Nf6+ Rxf6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Bh6 e4 22. Bg7+) 17... fxg6 18. Bxg6?? { (6.35 → -1.26) Blunder. Rgf1 was best. } (18. Rgf1) 18... Kh8 19. Bf7?? { (-1.69 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rgf1 was best. } (19. Rgf1 Rxf3) 19... Rad8 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Bf4 Re3+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1