[Event "Daily Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pCmqbsjl"] [Date "2025.01.04"] [White "HopefulRomantic"] [Black "chessph2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.01.04"] [UTCTime "01:17:45"] [WhiteElo "2143"] [BlackElo "2014"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4?! { (2.02 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (4. e5 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 c4) 4... Bd6? { (0.98 → 2.48) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } (4... Nd4 5. Nb5 Nxb5 6. Bxb5 a6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. d4) 5. Nb5 Bb8 6. e5 a6?? { (2.35 → 5.41) Blunder. Kf8 was best. } (6... Kf8 7. b3) 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. exd6 Qf6? { (4.71 → 8.76) Mistake. b5 was best. } (8... b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qg3 h5 14. h4) 9. O-O b5 10. Bd5 Nh6 11. d4 O-O 12. Be4 Kh8?! { (7.77 → 18.38) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (12... Nf5 13. Bg5) 13. Bg5 Qxg5?! { (17.38 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qf5 was best. } (13... Qf5 14. Bxh6) 14. Nxg5 f5?! { (39.00 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (14... f6 15. Nf7+) 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxc6?! { (Mate in 5 → 31.75) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh5 was best. } (16. Qh5 Nxd4 17. Qg5 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Ng3+ 19. fxg3 fxe4 20. Qxg7#) 16... dxc6?! { (31.75 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ng4 was best. } (16... Ng4 17. Qd2) 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Rae1?! { (Mate in 3 → 16.67) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg3 was best. } (18. Qg3 Ng4 19. Qh4 c4 20. Qxh7#) 18... Raf8?! { (16.67 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf6 was best. } (18... Rf6 19. Qg3) 19. Qg3 Ng4 20. h3 Rf6 21. hxg4 Rh6 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxg7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0