[Event "rated variant:threeCheck game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/C7D9jiJg"] [Date "2025.09.20"] [Round "-"] [White "TheFinnisher"] [Black "Diablo4747"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "C7D9jiJg"] [UTCDate "2025.09.20"] [UTCTime "17:45:07"] [WhiteElo "2317"] [BlackElo "1940"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nc3 { [%eval 1.34] } 1... e6 { [%eval 2.71] } 2. e4 { [%eval 2.51] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 1.82] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 2.84] } 3... Bb4 { [%eval 2.95] } 4. a3 { [%eval 1.91] } 4... Ba5 { [%eval 3.34] } 5. b4 { [%eval 1.82] } 5... Bb6 { [%eval 3.25] } 6. d4 { [%eval 2.21] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 3.82] } 7. Be3?! { (3.82 → 2.58) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.58] } (7. e5 Ng4 8. Ne4 d5 9. Nc5 Qe7 10. Bd3 f5 11. h3 Nh6) 7... Ng4 { [%eval 3.94] } 8. Be2?! { (3.94 → 2.56) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval 2.56] } (8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nd5 Kh8 11. b5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 d6) 8... O-O { [%eval 2.31] } 9. O-O { [%eval 2.17] } 9... d5 { [%eval 2.7] } 10. e5 { [%eval 2.31] } 10... f5 { [%eval 2.77] } 11. h3? { (2.77 → 1.38) Mistake. Bf4 was best. } { [%eval 1.38] } (11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. h3 h6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Bd3 a5) 11... Nxe3 { [%eval 1.07] } 12. fxe3 { [%eval 1.3] } 12... g5 { [%eval 1.87] } 13. Qe1 { [%eval 2.51] } 13... Kh8 { [%eval 2.83] } 14. Qg3? { (2.83 → 0.98) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 0.98] } (14. b5 Na5 15. h4 g4 16. Ng5 c5 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nb5 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Ng6) 14... Rg8 { [%eval 1.28] } 15. Rad1? { (1.28 → 0.07) Mistake. b5 was best. } { [%eval 0.07] } (15. b5 Nb8) 15... Bd7 { [%eval 0.0] } 16. Bd3 { [%eval 0.15] } 16... g4 { [%eval 0.17] } 17. Nh2?? { (0.17 → -10.54) Blunder. Nh4 was best. } { [%eval -10.54] } (17. Nh4 Nxd4 18. Kh1 Nf3 19. gxf3 gxf3 20. Qxg8+ Qxg8 21. Rg1 Qg2+ 22. Nxg2 fxg2+) 17... gxh3 { [%eval -10.44] } 18. Qxh3 { [%eval -10.14] } 18... Qg5 { [%eval -9.85] } 19. Rf2 { [%eval -11.46] } 19... Nxe5 { [%eval -9.54] } 20. Kh1 { [%eval -11.15] } 20... Rg6 { [%eval -10.92] } 21. Nf3 { [%eval -33.39] } 21... Nxf3 { [%eval -29.97] } 22. Rxf3?! { (-29.97 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf1 was best. } { [%eval #-3] } (22. Bf1 Qxe3) 22... Rag8?? { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 3) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxg2+ was best. } { [%eval #3] } (22... Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Rh6+ 24. Kg1 Rh1#) 23. Qxh7+ { [%eval #2] } 23... Kxh7 { [%eval #2] } 24. Rh3+ { [%eval #1] } 24... Kg7 { [%eval #1] } 25. Rh7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0