[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/X2ED4gqN"] [Date "2023.12.10"] [White "gordonpt8"] [Black "VL55h1"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.12.10"] [UTCTime "06:43:42"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "1556"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nc6?! { (4.82 → 6.69) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (6... b6 7. Bd3) 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6? { (6.76 → 3.37) Mistake. d5 was best. } (8. d5 Qg6 9. Bd3 Nd8 10. O-O Qh6 11. Bb4 Nf6 12. c4 a5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. e5 Ng4) 8... bxc6 9. d5 e5? { (3.11 → 6.07) Mistake. Qf4 was best. } (9... Qf4) 10. Bxe5 Qg6 11. Bg3?? { (4.92 → -13.15) Blunder. Qd4 was best. } (11. Qd4) 11... Nh6?? { (-13.15 → 3.16) Blunder. Qxe4+ was best. } (11... Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 a5 14. Kd1 Ba6 15. Kc1 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Rd1 Nxd5 18. Rxd5) 12. O-O Ng4?? { (3.21 → 10.31) Blunder. O-O was best. } (12... O-O 13. Nh4) 13. dxc6?! { (10.31 → 5.38) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (13. Nh4) 13... dxc6?? { (5.38 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d6 was best. } (13... d6 14. e5) 14. Nd4?? { (Mate in 3 → 2.25) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd8+ was best. } (14. Qd8+ Kxd8 15. Rad1+ Ke7 16. Rd7#) 14... Ne5?? { (2.25 → 7.61) Blunder. O-O was best. } (14... O-O 15. Qf3) 15. Bxe5 Bh3?! { (7.38 → 16.45) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (15... O-O 16. Qd3) 16. Bg3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qxe4+ 18. Qf3?! { (33.93 → 7.34) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (18. f3) 18... Qxf3+ 19. Nxf3 O-O 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Rad1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 f5?! { (11.54 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c5 was best. } (22... c5 23. Re7) 23. Re7?! { (Mate in 8 → 18.37) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxc7 was best. } (23. Bxc7 f4 24. Re7 Kh8 25. Be5 Rg8 26. Kh3 Rd8 27. Bxg7+ Kg8 28. Bc3 Rd1 29. Rg7+ Kf8) 23... Kh8?! { (18.37 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f4 was best. } (23... f4 24. Bh4) 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Bxg7+?? { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 1) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Ng5 was best. } (25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8#) 25... Rxg7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1