[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/uHb5v9oX"] [Date "2023.07.26"] [White "afanoffun"] [Black "WWJCD"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.26"] [UTCTime "14:47:55"] [WhiteElo "2416"] [BlackElo "2516"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-36"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "NM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Nge7 4. d4 Ng6 5. Bd3 Nh4 6. Nxh4 Qxh4 7. Be3? { (4.77 → 2.76) Mistake. g3 was best. } (7. g3) 7... a6? { (2.76 → 5.07) Mistake. Bb4 was best. } (7... Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Rf3 exd5 12. Bxh7+ Qxh7 13. Rg3 g6 14. f5) 8. g3 Qh3?! { (5.30 → 7.15) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (8... Qe7) 9. Bf1 Qh6?! { (7.47 → 14.60) Inaccuracy. Qxf1+ was best. } (9... Qxf1+ 10. Kxf1) 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O b5 13. e5 Bb7 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Nc5 h5 16. Nxb7 Kxb7 17. a4 b4 18. c3 Ka7 19. cxb4 Rb8 20. b5 Nb4?! { (22.38 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rhc8 was best. } (20... Rhc8 21. bxc6 d5 22. exd6 h4 23. Qd3 Rb6 24. d7 Rd8 25. Qe3 h3 26. Bxh3 Kb8 27. Bg2) 21. Rc1?! { (Mate in 7 → 36.26) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qc1 was best. } (21. Qc1 Nc6 22. Qc5+ Rb6 23. a5 Kb8 24. axb6 d6 25. bxc7+ Kc8 26. Qxc6 dxe5 27. Qxa6#) 21... Rhe8?! { (36.26 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb7 was best. } (21... Rb7 22. Bxb7) 22. Rxc7+ Kb6 23. Qc1 Ka5 24. Qc3 Rb6 25. Qxb4+ Kxb4 26. Rc4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0