[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WAq65MHW"] [Date "2024.01.03"] [White "Dr_Thomas_Tal"] [Black "lion2006-45"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.01.03"] [UTCTime "06:58:07"] [WhiteElo "2088"] [BlackElo "2402"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3?! { (1.64 → 0.97) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. b4 Bb6 6. d4 Nge7) 2... e6? { (0.97 → 2.25) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... Nd4 3. Nb5 Nxb5 4. Bxb5 c6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nh3) 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4? { (2.31 → 0.73) Mistake. e5 was best. } (4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qd2 Nb4 7. a3 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 Nd3+) 4... Bb4?? { (0.73 → 2.87) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (4... Be7 5. O-O d5 6. Bb5 O-O 7. e5 Ne4 8. Ne2 f6 9. d3) 5. O-O O-O 6. e5 Nd5? { (3.20 → 5.60) Mistake. Bxc3 was best. } (6... Bxc3 7. dxc3) 7. d4?! { (5.60 → 4.35) Inaccuracy. Bxd5 was best. } (7. Bxd5) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxc3?? { (3.46 → 8.12) Blunder. f5 was best. } (8... f5 9. exf6) 9. Qd3 f5?! { (7.63 → 47.78) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. exd6) 10. Qxc3?! { (47.78 → 7.63) Inaccuracy. exf6 was best. } (10. exf6) 10... Qe7 11. Bg5?! { (11.67 → 7.07) Inaccuracy. Ba3 was best. } (11. Ba3 d6) 11... Qf7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Ne7 14. Qd2?! { (7.82 → 5.04) Inaccuracy. Bxe7 was best. } (14. Bxe7) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 d5?! { (5.33 → 7.99) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (15... b6 16. Nh4) 16. h4?! { (7.99 → 4.84) Inaccuracy. exd6 was best. } (16. exd6 cxd6) 16... Ne7 17. h5 Bd7 18. Qf4?! { (5.76 → 3.82) Inaccuracy. Bh4 was best. } (18. Bh4 Rae8 19. g4 Bb5 20. Bxb5 fxg4 21. Nh2 Qxh5 22. Bg3 Nf5 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Rab1 b6) 18... Qxh5 19. Qh4?! { (3.62 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (19. Qd2) 19... Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Kf7?! { (2.92 → 4.53) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (20... g5 21. Nf3 Kg7 22. Bh2 b6 23. Rab1 Rab8 24. Rfc1 c5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Rfc8 27. Nd2) 21. f4 Ng6? { (4.30 → 8.25) Mistake. Kg8 was best. } (21... Kg8 22. Be2) 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. e6+ Bxe6 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Re5?? { (23.37 → -1.88) Blunder. Rxe6 was best. } (25. Rxe6) 25... Nxe5 26. fxe5 Kg8 27. Bh4 Bd7?? { (-2.39 → -0.60) Blunder. Kh8 was best. } (27... Kh8 28. Be1) 28. g4?? { (-0.60 → -3.20) Blunder. Rf3 was best. } (28. Rf3 Rf7 29. Rg3 g5 30. Bxg5 Rg7 31. Bf4 Rxg3 32. Bxg3 c5 33. dxc5 Kh7 34. Kf2 Rg8) 28... Rf7?? { (-3.20 → 6.23) Blunder. f4 was best. } (28... f4 29. Bg6 Re6 30. Bf5 Rf7 31. Rxf4 Rg6 32. Kh2 b5 33. Rf2 Bxf5 34. gxf5 Rg4 35. Kh3) 29. gxf5 Ref8? { (5.23 → 10.57) Mistake. g5 was best. } (29... g5 30. Rf2) 30. f6 gxf6?! { (11.92 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g5 was best. } (30... g5 31. Be1) 31. Bh7+?? { (Mate in 9 → -48.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Kh2 was best. } (31. Kh2 Bg4 32. Rg1 Rg7 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Bxf6 Rg5 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Rxg4 Kf8 37. Rxg5 Ke7) 31... Kxh7 32. Kh1 Rg8?! { (Mate in 8 → -42.65) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg7 was best. } (32... Rg7 33. e6 Bxe6 34. Re1 Rfg8 35. Bf2 Rg5 36. Bh4 Rh5 37. Re2 Rxh4+ 38. Rh2 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2) 33. Rf4?! { (-42.65 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. exf6 was best. } (33. exf6 Bh3) 33... Rg4?! { (Mate in 3 → -33.37) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg1+ was best. } (33... Rg1+ 34. Kxg1 Rg7+ 35. Kf1 Bh3#) 34. Bxf6?! { (-33.37 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxg4 was best. } { White wins on time. } (34. Rxg4 Bxg4) 1-0