[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/i2C7PsLm"] [Date "2023.10.30"] [White "chesspastamasta"] [Black "ThreeCheckIsTheBest"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.10.30"] [UTCTime "19:12:18"] [WhiteElo "1905"] [BlackElo "2346"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Bc4?! { (3.78 → 2.81) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nge7 6. Ng5 Ng6 7. Nxf7 Qh4 8. Qf3 Nce5) 4... Nf6 5. e5?! { (3.39 → 2.04) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (5. O-O O-O 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Kh1 Nd4) 5... Bxc3?! { (2.04 → 3.11) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. Bb5) 6. dxc3 Ne4 7. Bd3 d5? { (3.23 → 5.56) Mistake. Nc5 was best. } (7... Nc5 8. Bb5) 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nd4?? { (7.02 → 2.31) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (10. Ng5) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 Nc6?! { (2.59 → 3.46) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O Rb8?! { (3.65 → 5.32) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (13... c5 14. Rhe1 Bb7 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Be7 Rg8 17. Rd7 Bc6 18. Rxc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. c4) 14. Rd4 f5?? { (5.08 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. h6 was best. } (14... h6 15. Bxh6) 15. Rhd1 h6 16. Rd8 Ba6 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Be3?! { (Mate in 3 → 13.46) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rd7 was best. } (18. Rd7 Kh8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Rh7#) 18... f4?! { (13.46 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bc8 was best. } (18... Bc8 19. Bxa7) 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Rd7 Kh8 21. Rd4?! { (Mate in 2 → 41.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxg7 was best. } (21. Rxg7 e3 22. Rh7#) 21... e3?! { (41.24 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg8 was best. } (21... Rg8 22. Rxe4) 22. Rxf4 Rg8 { Black resigns. } 1-0