[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4aHfWOpX"] [Date "2026.01.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Vyga2012"] [Black "lekshmisnair2014"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "4aHfWOpX"] [UTCDate "2026.01.30"] [UTCTime "05:54:04"] [WhiteElo "2397"] [BlackElo "1984"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "C46"] [Opening "Three Knights Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nc3 { [%eval 2.13] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 2.57] } 2. e4 { [%eval 3.22] } 2... e5? { (3.22 → 5.13) Mistake. e6 was best. } { [%eval 5.13] } (2... e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 3.78] } { C46 Three Knights Opening } 3... Bc5 { [%eval 4.61] } 4. Qe2?? { (4.61 → -3.84) Blunder. d4 was best. } { [%eval -3.84] } (4. d4 Nxd4 5. Bc4 Qf6 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qh5 O-O) 4... Nf6 { [%eval -3.01] } 5. d3?? { (-3.01 → -12.08) Blunder. a3 was best. } { [%eval -12.08] } (5. a3 O-O) 5... d6?? { (-12.08 → -1.59) Blunder. Bxf2+ was best. } { [%eval -1.59] } (5... Bxf2+) 6. Be3 { [%eval -1.97] } 6... Bg4?! { (-1.97 → -1.13) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -1.13] } (6... Nd4 7. Bxd4 exd4 8. Nd5 Bb4+ 9. Nxb4 c5 10. a3 cxb4 11. Qd2 bxa3 12. bxa3) 7. h3?! { (-1.13 → -1.84) Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval -1.84] } (7. Qd2 Nd4) 7... Bxf3 { [%eval -2.0] } 8. Qxf3? { (-2.00 → -4.13) Mistake. gxf3 was best. } { [%eval -4.13] } (8. gxf3 Nh5) 8... Nd4 { [%eval -4.42] } 9. Bxd4 { [%eval -4.63] } 9... exd4 { [%eval -4.38] } 10. Be2 { [%eval -4.37] } 10... dxc3 { [%eval -3.99] } 11. bxc3 { [%eval -3.96] } 11... c6 { [%eval -3.69] } 12. O-O { [%eval -4.07] } 12... d5?? { (-4.07 → 0.76) Blunder. Qa5 was best. } { [%eval 0.76] } (12... Qa5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bf3 Qg5 16. a4 Rfe8 17. a5 Bc7 18. Rab1) 13. d4?? { (0.76 → -6.15) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval -6.15] } (13. e5) 13... dxe4 { [%eval -6.55] } 14. Qg3 { [%eval -8.37] } 14... Bd6 { [%eval -8.2] } 15. Qxg7 { [%eval -9.85] } 15... Rg8 { [%eval -9.32] } 16. Qxf7+ { [%eval -26.15] } 16... Kxf7 { [%eval -24.87] } 17. Bh5+?! { (-24.87 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } { [%eval #-6] } (17. g3 Kf8 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rb4 Qf6 21. hxg4 Rxg4 22. Ra4 Qh4) 17... Nxh5 { [%eval #-5] } 18. g4 { [%eval #-3] } 18... Rxg4+ { [%eval #-2] } 19. hxg4 { [%eval #-2] } 19... Qh4 { [%eval #-2] } 20. f3 { [%eval #-1] } 20... Qh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1