[Event "Three-check Shield Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dIC26zLw"] [Date "2026.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "sterpfi"] [Black "Polytopiaplayer"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "dIC26zLw"] [UTCDate "2026.05.24"] [UTCTime "16:13:27"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [BlackElo "1606"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "FM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 2.07] } 1... e6 { [%eval 2.49] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 2.01] } { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } 2... Bb4? { (2.01 → 3.96) Mistake. c5 was best. } { [%eval 3.96] } (2... c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Ne4) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 3.23] } 3... c5?! { (3.23 → 4.27) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 4.27] } (3... Nc6 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Qf6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Bc4) 4. e5 { [%eval 3.84] } 4... g6?? { (3.84 → 9.40) Blunder. Nh6 was best. } { [%eval 9.4] } (4... Nh6 5. Ne4 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd6 f5 8. Neg5 Qxd6 9. cxb4 Nc6 10. Bc4) 5. Ne4 { [%eval 8.43] } 5... Bxd2+? { (8.43 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c4 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (5... c4 6. c3) 6. Qxd2 { [%eval #5] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval #3] } 7. Nd6+ { [%eval #2] } 7... Kf8 { [%eval #2] } 8. Qh6+ { [%eval #1] } 8... Ke7 { [%eval #1] } 9. Qg5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0