[Event "Yearly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/59nwE5Bc"] [Date "2023.08.17"] [White "staskamaev"] [Black "UnholyCrusade"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.17"] [UTCTime "21:51:16"] [WhiteElo "2229"] [BlackElo "2429"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+24"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [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 Nf6?! { (3.24 → 4.64) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (3... Bb4 4. e5 h6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Ne2 Bf8 8. O-O) 4. Be2?? { (4.64 → 2.16) Blunder. e5 was best. } (4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 Bb4 6. Qd2 f5 7. a3 Ba5 8. h3 Nh6) 4... d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4?? { (1.96 → 0.08) Blunder. O-O was best. } (6. O-O Bb4) 6... Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3?! { (0.07 → 0.91) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (7... O-O 8. O-O f5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Qc1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ng5) 8. bxc3 Bd7?! { (0.63 → 1.30) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (8... O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O b6 11. c4 Qe8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c3 a5 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. Bxa6) 9. O-O Na5 10. Rb1 Bc6 11. Be1?! { (0.99 → 0.14) Inaccuracy. Qc1 was best. } (11. Qc1) 11... Qd7? { (0.14 → 1.50) Mistake. Nc4 was best. } (11... Nc4 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nd2 Nexd2 14. Bxd2 Qh4 15. f4 f6 16. Be1 Qh6 17. Rf3 fxe5 18. Rh3) 12. Qc1 Nc4?! { (0.98 → 1.65) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (12... Qe7 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. Nd2 Nexd2 15. Bxd2 h6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. f5 g5 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rf6) 13. Bxc4? { (1.65 → 0.38) Mistake. Nh4 was best. } (13. Nh4) 13... dxc4 14. Qa3 a6 15. Qb4 Bd5 16. a4? { (-0.30 → -1.51) Mistake. Nd2 was best. } (16. Nd2 c5) 16... g5 17. Nd2 g4 18. Nxc4? { (-2.59 → -4.50) Mistake. Nxe4 was best. } (18. Nxe4 Bxe4) 18... Ng5 19. f4?? { (-4.48 → -37.24) Blunder. Nd6+ was best. } (19. Nd6+ cxd6) 19... Nh3+?? { (-37.24 → -4.69) Blunder. gxf3 was best. } (19... gxf3) 20. gxh3 gxh3 21. Bg3?! { (-4.31 → -6.55) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best. } (21. Kf2) 21... Rg8?? { (-6.55 → 2.07) Blunder. h5 was best. } (21... h5) 22. Kf2 Rg4?! { (2.23 → 3.26) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (22... h5 23. Ke1) 23. Ne3?? { (3.26 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke1 was best. } (23. Ke1 Rxg3) 23... Rxf4+ 24. Bxf4 O-O-O?? { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 4) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd8 was best. } (24... Qd8 25. Qf8+ Kxf8 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Nxd5 Qh4#) 25. Qxb7+ Bxb7 26. Rxb7 Qb5 27. Rxc7+ { Black resigns. } 1-0