[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xVCv6sSz"] [Date "2022.02.23"] [White "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Black "TackoFall"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.02.23"] [UTCTime "20:22:26"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2412"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3?! { (3.43 → 2.18) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 d5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Bd7) 2... Nc6?! { (2.18 → 3.28) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6) 3. Nf3 Nf6?! { (2.78 → 3.70) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (3... Bb4 4. Bb5 Qf6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Qxd4 7. d3 c6 8. Bc4) 4. Bb5?! { (3.70 → 2.85) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (4. e5 a6 5. exf6 Qxf6 6. Be2 d5 7. d4 h6 8. Qd3 Bd6) 4... Bb4 5. O-O?! { (3.38 → 2.53) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Qh5 Nf3+ 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Be2 O-O 11. d4 Bd6) 5... Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4? { (2.72 → 5.09) Mistake. e5 was best. } (6... e5 7. Bxc6) 7. Re1 Nd6? { (4.54 → 12.00) Mistake. Nxf2 was best. } (7... Nxf2) 8. Bd3? { (12.00 → 4.56) Mistake. Rxe6+ was best. } (8. Rxe6+ fxe6) 8... Ne7? { (4.56 → 10.95) Mistake. Qe7 was best. } (8... Qe7 9. Nd4 g6 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 f5 13. Qf4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Bxf8) 9. Ne5 b6 10. Qg4 g6?! { (16.45 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ndf5 was best. } (10... Ndf5 11. Bxf5) 11. Bg5?! { (Mate in 7 → 15.84) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qh4 was best. } (11. Qh4 h5 12. Ng4 Ne4 13. Rxe4 f5 14. Rxe6 fxg4 15. Rxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bg5+) 11... Bb7 12. Bf6 Rg8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Bb5 Nxb5 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxd7 O-O-O?! { (18.60 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd5 was best. } (16... Bd5 17. Ne5) 17. Nxb6+ axb6 18. Bxe7?! { (Mate in 3 → 15.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxe6 was best. } (18. Rxe6 Rd7 19. Rc6+ Kb8 20. Be5+) 18... Rd7 19. Qa4 Rxe7?! { (51.25 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best. } (19... Re8 20. Bf6) 20. Qxb5 Kc7 21. Re5 Kb8 22. Qxb6 Rd7 23. Re1?! { (Mate in 7 → 15.53) Lost forced checkmate sequence. h4 was best. } (23. h4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rc8 25. Re4 c4 26. Re5 Rh1+ 27. Kxh1 Rc5 28. Qd6+ Ka8 29. Qa6+) 23... Rgd8 24. Qxc5 Rd1?! { (18.50 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f6 was best. } (24... f6 25. Qb4) 25. Qe5+ R8d6 26. Qxd6+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0