[Event "Top Calibre Three-Check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/kCEdWQSi"] [Date "2026.02.22"] [Round "-"] [White "beastie1"] [Black "JemBok"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "kCEdWQSi"] [UTCDate "2026.02.22"] [UTCTime "15:39:11"] [WhiteElo "2107"] [BlackElo "1791"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [WhiteTitle "BOT"] [BlackTitle "BOT"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "360+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nc3 { [%eval 2.13] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 2.57] } 2. e4 { [%eval 3.22] } 2... e6 { [%eval 3.12] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 2.92] } 3... Nf6?! { (2.92 → 4.06) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 4.06] } (3... Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nd4) 4. e5 { [%eval 4.08] } 4... Nd5 { [%eval 3.22] } 5. d4 { [%eval 4.83] } 5... Bb4 { [%eval 3.75] } 6. Bd2 { [%eval 4.25] } 6... b6 { [%eval 5.32] } 7. Bd3 { [%eval 3.96] } 7... a5 { [%eval 4.14] } 8. Qe2 { [%eval 3.84] } 8... h6 { [%eval 3.76] } 9. O-O { [%eval 4.53] } 9... Bxc3 { [%eval 4.3] } 10. bxc3 { [%eval 4.31] } 10... Nde7 { [%eval 4.49] } 11. c4 { [%eval 4.23] } 11... Bb7 { [%eval 5.3] } 12. d5 { [%eval 5.35] } 12... Nb4 { [%eval 4.53] } 13. Be4 { [%eval 4.99] } 13... exd5 { [%eval 5.0] } 14. cxd5 { [%eval 4.84] } 14... Bxd5 { [%eval 4.69] } 15. Rfd1 { [%eval 4.76] } 15... Bc6? { (4.76 → 18.41) Mistake. Nbc6 was best. } { [%eval 18.41] } (15... Nbc6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 O-O 18. Qxd5 Qe7 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. c4 Qg6 21. Bc3) 16. Bxb4 { [%eval 11.08] } 16... axb4 { [%eval 38.03] } 17. e6 { [%eval 19.92] } 17... Kf8 { [%eval 30.25] } 18. Ne5 { [%eval 20.06] } 18... d5?! { (20.06 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (18... f5 19. Nxd7+ Bxd7 20. Bxa8 Kg8 21. Rxd7 Kh7 22. Be4 g6 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rd1) 19. Bxd5 { [%eval #5] } 19... Qxd5 { [%eval #5] } 20. Rxd5 { [%eval #4] } 20... Re8 { [%eval #4] } 21. Ng6+ { [%eval #3] } 21... Nxg6 { [%eval #3] } 22. Qg4 { [%eval #2] } 22... b3 { [%eval #2] } 23. Rf5 { [%eval #2] } 23... b2 { [%eval #2] } 24. Qb4+ { [%eval #1] } 24... Re7 { [%eval #1] } 25. Qxe7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0