[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pQk0aS1i"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "The_rugged_Pyrrhus"] [Black "AArAVgoLd21"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "pQk0aS1i"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "12:04:29"] [WhiteElo "1916"] [BlackElo "1631"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [WhiteBerserk "true"] [BlackBerserk "true"] [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. c3?? { (2.49 → 0.52) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval 0.52] } (2. Nc3 c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bb5 Bd7) 2... c6?? { (0.52 → 2.64) Blunder. Qh4 was best. } { [%eval 2.64] } (2... Qh4 3. Qe2 b6 4. Nf3 Qh5 5. g4 Qa5 6. Qe3 Ba6 7. b4) 3. d4 { [%eval 2.28] } 3... Nh6?! { (2.28 → 3.32) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.32] } (3... d5 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O Bg7 8. g4 O-O 9. Na3) 4. Bxh6 { [%eval 3.24] } 4... gxh6 { [%eval 3.12] } 5. Qh5?! { (3.12 → 1.84) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } { [%eval 1.84] } (5. Nd2 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Ne4 exd4 8. Qh5 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf6+ Kh8) 5... Qg5 { [%eval 1.84] } 6. Qd1 { [%eval 1.62] } 6... Bg7?! { (1.62 → 2.77) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } { [%eval 2.77] } (6... Be7 7. Nf3 Qg4 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Qg7 12. O-O) 7. Nf3?! { (2.77 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.92] } (7. e5 O-O 8. Bd3 Kh8 9. Nd2 d6 10. exd6 Qd5 11. Ne2 Qxd6 12. O-O Nd7) 7... Qe7?! { (1.92 → 2.62) Inaccuracy. Qg6 was best. } { [%eval 2.62] } (7... Qg6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Nh4 Qf6 10. g3 e5 11. Bd3 Bh3 12. Ndf3 dxe4 13. Bxe4) 8. Nbd2?! { (2.62 → 1.80) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } { [%eval 1.8] } (8. e5 O-O 9. Bd3 Kh8 10. O-O f5 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 c5) 8... Na6? { (1.80 → 3.69) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 3.69] } (8... d5) 9. Bd3 { [%eval 2.99] } 9... Rb8?? { (2.99 → 6.00) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval 6.0] } (9... O-O) 10. e5 { [%eval 6.5] } 10... h5?! { (6.50 → 13.33) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } { [%eval 13.33] } (10... Kf8) 11. Ne4 { [%eval 13.03] } 11... Kd8 { [%eval 13.33] } 12. Qd2 { [%eval 11.42] } 12... h4 { [%eval 15.77] } 13. Nd6 { [%eval 10.53] } 13... h5 { [%eval 26.92] } 14. Ng5 { [%eval 24.62] } 14... Kc7 { [%eval 26.14] } 15. Nge4 { [%eval 14.24] } 15... Bh6 { [%eval 14.14] } 16. Qc2 { [%eval 11.7] } 16... Bd2+ { [%eval 20.07] } 17. Qxd2 { [%eval 17.37] } 17... Rg8 { [%eval 29.19] } 18. Rg1 { [%eval 17.46] } 18... h3 { [%eval 26.1] } 19. g3 { [%eval 17.39] } 19... h4 { [%eval 31.06] } 20. Nf6 { [%eval 27.21] } 20... hxg3 { [%eval 42.35] } 21. fxg3 { [%eval 20.3] } 21... Rg4?! { (20.30 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b5 was best. } { [%eval #5] } (21... b5 22. Nxg8 Qd8 23. Nf6 Rb7) 22. Nxg4?! { (Mate in 5 → 25.57) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nfe8+ was best. } { [%eval 25.57] } { Black resigns. } (22. Nfe8+ Qxe8 23. Nxe8+ Kb6 24. Nd6 Re4+ 25. Bxe4 Ra8 26. Nxc8#) 1-0