[Event "Top Calibre Three-Check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/K9s1mYtY"] [Date "2026.02.22"] [Round "-"] [White "beastie1"] [Black "JemBok"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "K9s1mYtY"] [UTCDate "2026.02.22"] [UTCTime "15:22:10"] [WhiteElo "2249"] [BlackElo "1872"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+49"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [WhiteTitle "BOT"] [BlackTitle "BOT"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "360+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 2.07] } 1... Nc6?! { (2.07 → 3.41) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 3.41] } (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Na3 a6 4. Be2 b5 5. c3 e6 6. O-O) 2. Nf3 { [%eval 2.54] } 2... e6 { [%eval 2.75] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 2.92] } 3... a6?! { (2.92 → 3.89) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 3.89] } (3... Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nd4) 4. a3?! { (3.89 → 2.78) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } { [%eval 2.78] } (4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5) 4... Be7 { [%eval 2.83] } 5. d4 { [%eval 2.48] } 5... Nf6?! { (2.48 → 3.42) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.42] } (5... d5 6. e5 h5 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6 9. O-O Kf8 10. Qd2 Kg8 11. Qf4) 6. Bd3 { [%eval 3.6] } 6... d5 { [%eval 4.06] } 7. O-O { [%eval 3.17] } 7... Nxe4? { (3.17 → 5.72) Mistake. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 5.72] } (7... Bd7 8. e5 Ng4 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O) 8. Nxe4 { [%eval 6.07] } 8... dxe4 { [%eval 5.92] } 9. Bxe4 { [%eval 5.48] } 9... Bd7?! { (5.48 → 8.86) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 8.86] } (9... Bd6) 10. d5 { [%eval 8.53] } 10... Kf8 { [%eval 13.36] } 11. dxc6 { [%eval 13.16] } 11... Bxc6 { [%eval 13.51] } 12. Qxd8+ { [%eval 12.39] } 12... Rxd8 { [%eval 11.43] } 13. Bg5 { [%eval 14.53] } 13... f6 { [%eval 18.56] } 14. Bxc6 { [%eval 14.38] } 14... bxc6 { [%eval 26.62] } 15. Rfe1 { [%eval 23.93] } 15... fxg5?! { (23.93 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd6 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (15... Rd6 16. Bf4) 16. Ne5?! { (Mate in 6 → 41.38) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxe6 was best. } { [%eval 41.38] } (16. Rxe6 Rd7 17. Ne5 Kg8 18. Nxd7 a5 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rxe7 a4 21. Re8#) 16... Ke8?! { (41.38 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bc5 was best. } { [%eval #7] } (16... Bc5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bd6 19. Nd7+ Ke7 20. Ne5 Ke8 21. Nxc6 Kf8 22. Re1) 17. Nc4 { [%eval 36.13] } 17... g6?! { (36.13 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (17... Kf8 18. Rxe6) 18. Rxe6 { [%eval #4] } 18... Kf8 { [%eval #4] } 19. Re3 { [%eval #4] } 19... Kg8 { [%eval #4] } 20. Rxe7 { [%eval #3] } 20... h6 { [%eval #3] } 21. Rg7+ { [%eval #3] } 21... Kxg7 { [%eval #3] } 22. Nd6 { [%eval #3] } 22... cxd6 { [%eval #2] } 23. Re1 { [%eval #1] } 23... d5 { [%eval #1] } 24. Re6 { [%eval #1] } 24... c5 { [%eval #1] } 25. Re7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0