[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/aMfOvrLu"] [Date "2020.10.30"] [White "Holstentor"] [Black "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.30"] [UTCTime "22:07:26"] [WhiteElo "2227"] [BlackElo "2434"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6?! { (2.33 → 3.21) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6) 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5?! { (3.40 → 4.60) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } (4... Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6 6. Bf4 d6 7. e5 d5 8. Qd2 Nge7 9. Bd3) 5. b4 Bb6 6. d4 Nge7? { (2.46 → 4.10) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (6... Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Ne4 d5 9. exd6 O-O 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. h3) 7. Be3 d6?! { (4.01 → 5.42) Inaccuracy. Ng6 was best. } (7... Ng6 8. h4 h6 9. h5 Nge7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O e5 12. Nd5) 8. Bd3 e5? { (4.60 → 10.55) Mistake. h6 was best. } (8... h6 9. O-O) 9. d5?? { (10.55 → 3.44) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (9. Ng5) 9... O-O 10. O-O?? { (3.28 → 1.04) Blunder. dxc6 was best. } (10. dxc6) 10... Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. e5 Ng6 14. Qh5?! { (1.25 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (14. Ne4 Qh4 15. f4 Kh8 16. Qe1 Bf5 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Rae1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 Rae8) 14... dxc3 15. Rae1?? { (1.02 → -2.65) Blunder. e6 was best. } (15. e6 fxe6 16. dxe6 Qh4 17. Bxg6 Qxh5 18. Bxh5 Bxe6 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Re3 Kh8 21. Rae1 d5) 15... dxe5 16. Rxe5?! { (-2.31 → -3.15) Inaccuracy. Re3 was best. } (16. Re3) 16... Qf6?? { (-3.15 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (16... h6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. Re7 Rf7 22. R7e3 Raf8 23. f3) 17. Qxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rh5+ Kg8 19. Rh8+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0