[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/q7VYAOs8"] [Date "2023.12.25"] [White "Troubadix_18"] [Black "Dr_Thomas_Tal"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.12.25"] [UTCTime "22:30:45"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2020"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+24"] [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 Nh6 4. Bb5 Be7?! { (2.34 → 3.32) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (4... a6 5. Bxc6) 5. O-O?! { (3.32 → 2.15) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (5. d4 O-O) 5... O-O? { (2.15 → 3.84) Mistake. a6 was best. } (5... a6 6. Bxc6) 6. d4 Ng4?! { (2.76 → 3.68) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (6... d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qh5 Kh8 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qxe5+ Bf6 12. Qg3 Qd6 13. Rfe1) 7. e5 f5 8. h3?! { (4.18 → 2.87) Inaccuracy. exf6 was best. } (8. exf6) 8... Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. d5 Nb4?! { (2.77 → 3.92) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (10... Kh8 11. a3) 11. a3 Na6 12. Qe2? { (4.92 → 2.66) Mistake. d6 was best. } (12. d6 Kh8 13. Nd5 Bh4 14. Bxa6 c6 15. Ne7 Bxe7 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Be2 Qg7 18. g3 b6) 12... Kh8 13. Kh1 Qe8 14. Nd4?! { (2.71 → 1.85) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (14. b4) 14... Qg6 15. Rg1 Rg8?! { (1.94 → 2.64) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } (15... Nc5 16. g4) 16. Rad1? { (2.64 → 1.06) Mistake. g4 was best. } (16. g4) 16... c6?! { (1.06 → 1.75) Inaccuracy. Nc5 was best. } (16... Nc5) 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Rd3 Bh4 19. Nf3 Qh5?? { (1.69 → 4.05) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (19... Be7 20. d6 Bd8 21. Ne1 Qf7 22. Na4 Bb6 23. Rb3 Bb7 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rxb6 Rab8 26. Qf3) 20. Rd4?? { (4.05 → -0.46) Blunder. dxe6 was best. } (20. dxe6) 20... Bd8?? { (-0.46 → 1.35) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (20... Be7 21. Qf1 cxd5 22. Ne2 Bb7 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. Qc1 a5 25. Qd2 Rac8 26. a4 Bd8 27. g3) 21. dxe6 dxe6 22. Qd3 Bb7?? { (1.46 → 8.38) Blunder. Be7 was best. } (22... Be7 23. Ne2 Qf7 24. Rd6 Rb8 25. b4 a5 26. Ned4 Qh5 27. Nxc6 Bb7 28. Qf1 axb4 29. axb4) 23. Rd7 Be7 24. Rxe7?? { (8.75 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd4 was best. } (24. Nd4) 24... Qxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 c5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1