[Event "Yearly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zNghu3fM"] [Date "2023.08.17"] [White "psychomath"] [Black "VariantsOnly"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.17"] [UTCTime "21:25:41"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2591"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. Bc4? { (2.05 → 0.55) Mistake. Bd3 was best. } (5. Bd3 dxc3 6. O-O Qe7 7. Bg5 Qe6 8. b4 Bxf2+ 9. Rxf2 Nc6) 5... O-O 6. Nd5?! { (0.33 → -0.65) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (6. O-O dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8. e5 Nc6 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qc4 d5) 6... Nxd5 7. O-O d6?! { (0.48 → 1.48) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (7... Nf6 8. Bxf7+ Rxf7 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 d5 11. exd6 Bf5 12. Qb3) 8. Bxd5?! { (1.48 → 0.51) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (8. exd5 Bf5) 8... Be6?? { (0.51 → 2.91) Blunder. Bg4 was best. } (8... Bg4 9. b4 Bb6 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qg3 c6 13. Bb3 Qf6 14. Bf4 d3 15. Kh1) 9. Bg5? { (2.91 → 1.23) Mistake. b4 was best. } (9. b4 Bb6) 9... Qd7?! { (1.23 → 1.82) Inaccuracy. Qe8 was best. } (9... Qe8 10. Bxb7 Nc6 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. Qd3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe4 Qe8 15. Rae1 Ne5 16. Kh1) 10. Nxd4?? { (1.82 → -0.62) Blunder. b4 was best. } (10. b4) 10... Nc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bb3?? { (-0.07 → -2.98) Blunder. Qg4 was best. } (12. Qg4 Rae8 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Kh1 Bb6 15. Qe2 d5 16. f3 e5 17. exd5 Qg6 18. Be3 e4) 12... Rxf2 13. Kh1 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Nd4 15. Qf4 Nxb3 16. Rf1 Qe8? { (-1.30 → 0.00) Mistake. d5 was best. } (16... d5) 17. axb3 d5?? { (-0.46 → 4.87) Blunder. Bd4 was best. } (17... Bd4) 18. Qxc7 Bf8? { (4.87 → 14.33) Mistake. Qg6 was best. } (18... Qg6 19. exd5) 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qxb7?? { (23.06 → 2.45) Blunder. Qf4 was best. } (20. Qf4) 20... Rc8?? { (2.45 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (20... Kh8) 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qg8+ Kxg8 23. Rxf8# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0