[Event "Casual Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/IxrG8Zjk"] [Date "2022.01.18"] [White "Nikolas1408"] [Black "Niclas"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.01.18"] [UTCTime "21:15:52"] [WhiteElo "2152"] [BlackElo "1500"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. c3?! { (2.89 → 1.75) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bb5 Qf6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Qxd4 7. d3 c6) 3... d5?! { (1.75 → 2.73) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. d4) 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Qa4 Qd5? { (3.00 → 5.46) Mistake. Bb7 was best. } (6... Bb7 7. Ne5) 7. Ne5?? { (5.46 → 2.36) Blunder. c4 was best. } (7. c4) 7... Ne7?? { (2.36 → 12.84) Blunder. Qb5 was best. } (7... Qb5 8. Qxe4) 8. Nc4?? { (12.84 → 2.88) Blunder. Ng4 was best. } (8. Ng4 Kd8 9. d3 f6 10. dxe4 Qd3 11. Qd4+ Qxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. O-O Bxg4 14. dxe5 Ke8) 8... Kd8?? { (2.88 → 10.18) Blunder. Qb5 was best. } (8... Qb5) 9. Ne3 Qd3 10. Qd4+ Qxd4 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. d3 f6 15. Bf4 Kd7 16. dxe4 Bb4 17. Rc1 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5?! { (31.40 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } (18... Ke8 19. a3) 19. Rd1 Kc8 20. Rxd5 Bd6 21. Be3 Rb8 22. b3 Rd8 23. Kd2?! { (Mate in 4 → 25.43) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Na4 was best. } (23. Na4 Bb4+ 24. Bd2 Bxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Nb6+) 23... c6?! { (25.43 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb6 was best. } (23... Rb6 24. Bc5) 24. Rc1 Rb4 25. Ke1 Kb7 26. Na4 Kb8 27. Rb5+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0