[Event "rated variant:threeCheck game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QMkp1ixF"] [Date "2026.02.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Now321ban"] [Black "Canterville_Ghost23"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "QMkp1ixF"] [UTCDate "2026.02.18"] [UTCTime "10:25:20"] [WhiteElo "1947"] [BlackElo "2260"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+80"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } 1... Nc6?? { (0.11 → 2.56) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.56] } { A04 Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense } (1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3) 2. e3?? { (2.56 → -0.62) Blunder. e4 was best. } { [%eval -0.62] } (2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. e5 Bxd4) 2... e6? { (-0.62 → 0.77) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 0.77] } (2... e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Ncb4 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4) 3. Bb5?! { (0.77 → -0.20) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.2] } (3. Nc3 f5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Be2 g6 6. d4 d5 7. O-O Bd7) 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.28] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.32] } 4... a6?! { (0.32 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 0.93] } (4... Bb4 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Ng4 7. d4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. h3) 5. Be2?? { (0.93 → -0.90) Blunder. Bxc6 was best. } { [%eval -0.9] } (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 e5 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 c5) 5... d5 { [%eval -1.0] } 6. d4 { [%eval -1.15] } 6... Bd6 { [%eval -1.09] } 7. Bd2 { [%eval -1.3] } 7... O-O { [%eval -1.07] } 8. g3? { (-1.07 → -2.91) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -2.91] } (8. O-O Bd7 9. Bd3 Kh8 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe1 Qe7) 8... Ne4? { (-2.91 → -1.56) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval -1.56] } (8... e5 9. dxe5) 9. Bc1? { (-1.56 → -2.96) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -2.96] } (9. O-O f5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxe5 13. Rad1 Bf6 14. Bf3 c6) 9... f5?! { (-2.96 → -2.13) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval -2.13] } (9... Bb4 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxb4 exf3 13. Bxf8 fxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxf8 15. a3) 10. Bd3? { (-2.13 → -4.09) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval -4.09] } (10. O-O Bd7) 10... Qf6 { [%eval -3.84] } 11. Qe2?! { (-3.84 → -4.87) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } { [%eval -4.87] } (11. a3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Be8 13. O-O Bh5 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nh4 Bh3) 11... Nb4?! { (-4.87 → -3.61) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval -3.61] } (11... Bd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Be8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4) 12. Bd2?! { (-3.61 → -5.47) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } { [%eval -5.47] } (12. O-O Qh6 13. Rd1 g5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Bf1 g4 17. Nh4 Be7) 12... Nxd3+ { [%eval -5.18] } 13. cxd3 { [%eval -5.31] } 13... c5 { [%eval -4.62] } 14. dxe4? { (-4.62 → -8.63) Mistake. dxc5 was best. } { [%eval -8.63] } (14. dxc5 Nxc5) 14... fxe4 { [%eval -7.94] } 15. O-O-O { [%eval -9.79] } 15... exf3 { [%eval -8.07] } 16. Qd3 { [%eval -10.04] } 16... c4 { [%eval -10.15] } 17. Qc2 { [%eval -9.03] } 17... Bd7 { [%eval -7.86] } 18. h4 { [%eval -10.84] } 18... b5 { [%eval -9.71] } 19. h5 { [%eval -14.62] } 19... b4 { [%eval -12.97] } 20. h6 { [%eval -14.36] } 20... g6 { [%eval -10.2] } 21. e4 { [%eval -22.07] } 21... bxc3 { [%eval -20.49] } 22. Bxc3?! { (-20.49 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxc3 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (22. Qxc3 dxe4) 22... dxe4?! { (Mate in 2 → -13.01) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5+ was best. } { [%eval -13.01] } (22... Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qc1#) 23. d5?! { (-13.01 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kb1 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (23. Kb1 e3) 23... exd5?? { (Mate in 2 → 6.28) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5+ was best. } { [%eval 6.28] } (23... Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Qc1#) 24. Rxd5?? { (6.28 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf6 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (24. Bxf6 Bc6) 24... Be6?? { (Mate in 2 → 0.00) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qg5+ was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (24... Qg5+ 25. Rxg5 Bf4#) 25. Kb1?? { (0.00 → -9.28) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } { [%eval -9.28] } (25. Bxf6 c3 26. Bxc3 Bxd5 27. Qd2 Rf5 28. Qd4 Re5 29. Qb6 Re6 30. Qd4) 25... Bxd5 { [%eval -7.26] } 26. Rd1?! { (-7.26 → -29.70) Inaccuracy. Bxf6 was best. } { [%eval -29.7] } (26. Bxf6 Rxf6) 26... Bc6?? { (-29.70 → 19.32) Blunder. Be5 was best. } { [%eval 19.32] } (26... Be5) 27. Rc1?? { (19.32 → -25.05) Blunder. Bxf6 was best. } { [%eval -25.05] } (27. Bxf6) 27... Ba4 { [%eval -14.26] } 28. Ka1 { [%eval -55.43] } 28... Bxc2 { [%eval -46.83] } 29. Rxc2 { [%eval -38.36] } 29... Qe6 { [%eval -32.07] } 30. Rc1?! { (-32.07 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd2 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (30. Rd2 e3 31. Rc2 Rab8 32. g4 e2 33. Rc1 Rxb2 34. Bxb2 e1=Q 35. g5 Qxc1+) 30... Qd5 { [%eval #-5] } 31. Rb1 { [%eval #-5] } 31... Qb5 { [%eval #-4] } 32. Rc1 { [%eval #-4] } 32... Qxb2+ { [%eval #-3] } 33. Bxb2 { [%eval #-3] } { White wins on time. } 1-0