[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wBWxK8lZ"] [Date "2023.07.24"] [White "ThreeCheckIsTheBest"] [Black "UnholyCrusade"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.07.24"] [UTCTime "20:30:29"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "2446"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 b6 { B00 Owen Defense } 2. Nc3?! { (3.90 → 2.95) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Bxc3) 2... e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. a3 c5 5. d4 cxd4?! { (6.28 → 11.07) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (5... Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. e6 Qe7 9. Qe2 fxe6 10. Ne5 Qh4 11. Ng6 Qe4 12. Qxe4) 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Be3? { (18.74 → 5.52) Mistake. Ncb5 was best. } (7. Ncb5) 7... Nf6 8. e5? { (9.49 → 5.02) Mistake. Nf5 was best. } (8. Nf5 exf5 9. Bxc5 bxc5 10. Qd6 Qb6 11. Qe5+ Qe6 12. Qxe6+ fxe6 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Bc4 Kh7) 8... Bb7?! { (5.02 → 6.93) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (8... O-O 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 d5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Nce2 e5 14. Nb5 d4 15. O-O) 9. exf6?! { (6.93 → 4.70) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (9. Nf5) 9... Qxf6 10. Qd2 Nc6?? { (4.54 → 15.30) Blunder. O-O was best. } (10... O-O 11. O-O-O) 11. Nf5 d5 12. Nxg7+ Qxg7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bxc5 bxc5?! { (29.73 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. d4 was best. } (14... d4 15. Nb5) 15. Kb1? { (Mate in 7 → 9.85) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nb5 was best. } (15. Nb5 Qg5 16. Nxa7+ Nxa7 17. f4 Qe5 18. Qa5 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 Qc1+ 20. Rxc1 Kb8 21. Qxd8#) 15... a6? { (9.85 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg5 was best. } (15... Qg5 16. f4) 16. Na4 Qxb2+ 17. Kxb2 { Black resigns. } 1-0