[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ie4Xwdh4"] [Date "2026.03.08"] [Round "-"] [White "candy-floss"] [Black "Donovan8"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ie4Xwdh4"] [UTCDate "2026.03.08"] [UTCTime "12:18:31"] [WhiteElo "951"] [BlackElo "1088"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+126"] [BlackRatingDiff "-23"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 2.07] } 1... e6 { [%eval 2.49] } { C00 French Defense } 2. Qf3?? { (2.49 → -2.45) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -2.45] } (2. Nc3 c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bb5 Bd7) 2... Nf6?? { (-2.45 → -0.29) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } { [%eval -0.29] } (2... Nc6 3. Qg3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Kd1 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bd3) 3. d3?? { (-0.29 → -11.38) Blunder. e5 was best. } { [%eval -11.38] } (3. e5 Nc6 4. exf6 Nd4 5. Qd3 Qxf6 6. Kd1 d5 7. Nf3 Nxf3) 3... Nc6?? { (-11.38 → -4.28) Blunder. Bb4+ was best. } { [%eval -4.28] } (3... Bb4+ 4. Kd1 d5 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. Bxf6 Qxd3+ 7. Bxd3 exf3 8. Nxf3 gxf6 9. a3) 4. Bg5?? { (-4.28 → -10.69) Blunder. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval -10.69] } (4. Kd1) 4... Nb4?? { (-10.69 → -2.92) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } { [%eval -2.92] } (4... Nd4 5. Kd1 Nxf3 6. Nxf3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. d4 O-O 9. e5 Be7 10. Bd3) 5. Qd1?? { (-2.92 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (5. Kd1 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. cxb4 dxe4 8. Qg3 exd3 9. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 10. Bxd3 Bd7) 5... Ng4?! { (Mate in 5 → -14.69) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxc2+ was best. } { [%eval -14.69] } (5... Nxc2+ 6. Qxc2 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Nxe4 8. dxe4 Qxg5 9. Qc6 Qc1#) 6. f3?! { (-14.69 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg4 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (6. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 7. Kd1 Ne3+ 8. fxe3 Be7 9. Nc3 Bxg5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Be2 Bxe3) 6... g6? { (Mate in 4 → -7.28) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval -7.28] } (6... Qxg5 7. Ne2 Nxd3+ 8. Qxd3 Qc1+ 9. Nxc1 Bb4#) 7. Bxd8 { [%eval -7.78] } 7... Kxd8?? { (-7.78 → 4.53) Blunder. Nxc2+ was best. } { [%eval 4.53] } (7... Nxc2+ 8. Qxc2) 8. fxg4 { [%eval 5.09] } 8... Be7? { (5.09 → 11.30) Mistake. Nxc2+ was best. } { [%eval 11.3] } (8... Nxc2+ 9. Qxc2) 9. g3?? { (11.30 → 4.38) Blunder. Ke2 was best. } { [%eval 4.38] } (9. Ke2 Nc6) 9... Na6?? { (4.38 → 14.07) Blunder. Nxc2+ was best. } { [%eval 14.07] } (9... Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2) 10. Na3 { [%eval 9.25] } 10... Bb4+ { [%eval 10.04] } 11. c3?? { (10.04 → 0.28) Blunder. Ke2 was best. } { [%eval 0.28] } (11. Ke2) 11... Bxc3+ { [%eval -0.45] } 12. bxc3?? { (-0.45 → -2.19) Blunder. Ke2 was best. } { [%eval -2.19] } (12. Ke2 Bg7 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bh3 d6 15. Kf1 Bd7 16. Rc1 Bxb2 17. Nc4 Bxc1) 12... Nc5 { [%eval 0.14] } 13. Ke2 { [%eval -2.81] } 13... e5?? { (-2.81 → 3.28) Blunder. f5 was best. } { [%eval 3.28] } (13... f5 14. e5) 14. Ke3?? { (3.28 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval #-6] } (14. Qd2 f6 15. Bg2 d6 16. Kf1 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. Nf3 g5 19. Kg1 Bh3) 14... f5 { [%eval #-7] } 15. gxf5 { [%eval #-7] } 15... gxf5 { [%eval #-6] } 16. exf5 { [%eval #-3] } 16... e4?? { (Mate in 3 → Mate in 4) Lost forced checkmate sequence. d5 was best. } { [%eval #4] } (16... d5 17. Ke2 Bxf5 18. d4 Bd3#) 17. Qh5 { [%eval #3] } 17... Nxd3 { [%eval #3] } 18. Bxd3 { [%eval #3] } 18... exd3 { [%eval #3] } 19. Qg5+ { [%eval #2] } 19... Ke8 { [%eval #2] } 20. Qh5+ { [%eval #1] } 20... Kd8 { [%eval #1] } 21. Qg5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0