[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hsQOEgDk"] [Date "2026.02.18"] [Round "-"] [White "SenithWijesinghe"] [Black "captainhaddock45"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "hsQOEgDk"] [UTCDate "2026.02.18"] [UTCTime "06:30:25"] [WhiteElo "1056"] [BlackElo "1245"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+52"] [BlackRatingDiff "-227"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e3 { [%eval -0.23] } { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } 1... e5?? { (-0.23 → 4.01) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval 4.01] } (1... Nc6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O) 2. Qh5 { [%eval 4.43] } 2... Nc6?? { (4.43 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (2... Qe7 3. Bc4 Kd8 4. Nf3 f6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Qh4) 3. Nf3?? { (Mate in 4 → -2.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf7+ was best. } { [%eval -2.3] } (3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Bc4+ Ke7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nd5#) 3... Nf6?? { (-2.30 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (3... g6 4. Qg4) 4. Qh3?? { (Mate in 4 → -5.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf7+ was best. } { [%eval -5.24] } (4. Qxf7+ Kxf7 5. Bc4+ Ke7 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nd5#) 4... Bc5?! { (-5.24 → -3.68) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -3.68] } (4... d5) 5. Bc4? { (-3.68 → -6.10) Mistake. a3 was best. } { [%eval -6.1] } (5. a3) 5... O-O?! { (-6.10 → -4.46) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval -4.46] } (5... d5 6. Qh4) 6. Bxf7+ { [%eval -4.44] } 6... Rxf7 { [%eval -4.77] } 7. Ng5 { [%eval -4.71] } 7... d6?? { (-4.71 → -0.84) Blunder. Re7 was best. } { [%eval -0.84] } (7... Re7 8. O-O) 8. Nc3?? { (-0.84 → -16.61) Blunder. Nxf7 was best. } { [%eval -16.61] } (8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qh4 d5 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. O-O Nxc2 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bd2 exd4) 8... Bxh3 { [%eval -15.98] } 9. gxh3 { [%eval -16.23] } 9... Re7 { [%eval -15.77] } 10. Rg1 { [%eval -19.67] } 10... d5 { [%eval -15.9] } 11. h4 { [%eval -25.09] } 11... Ne4 { [%eval -15.3] } 12. d3 { [%eval -21.03] } 12... Nxc3 { [%eval -18.92] } 13. bxc3 { [%eval -19.52] } 13... d4 { [%eval -14.46] } 14. h5 { [%eval -20.66] } 14... h6 { [%eval -13.56] } 15. f4 { [%eval -23.53] } 15... hxg5 { [%eval -21.0] } 16. Rxg5 { [%eval -44.32] } 16... dxe3 { [%eval -29.07] } 17. h6 { [%eval -44.17] } 17... Kh7 { [%eval -39.34] } 18. hxg7 { [%eval -48.69] } 18... Rxg7?? { (-48.69 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #2] } (18... Kg8 19. Rg2 exf4 20. Bb2 e2 21. d4 Ne5 22. Rxe2 Nf3+ 23. Kd1 Rxe2) 19. Rh5+ { [%eval #1] } 19... Kg6 { [%eval #1] } 20. Rg5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0