[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Es8B8fFW"] [Date "2024.02.26"] [White "Taxman999"] [Black "MeneerMandje"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.26"] [UTCTime "21:11:12"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-36"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Ne7 3. Nf3 Ng6 4. d4 Nh4?? { (1.65 → 3.84) Blunder. Bb4 was best. } (4... Bb4 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 cxb4 8. Nb5 O-O 9. axb4) 5. Nxh4 Qxh4 6. Qf3?! { (3.70 → 2.30) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (6. a3) 6... Qxe4+?? { (2.30 → 13.54) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (6... Nc6 7. Be3) 7. Qxe4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. O-O f5 10. Qh4 O-O 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Bf4 Rf7 14. c3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 h6 17. Qh5 Rf6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Kg7 20. Ne7 Be8?! { (19.34 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } (20... Kh7 21. Rfe1) 21. Qe2?! { (Mate in 8 → 25.21) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxh6+ was best. } (21. Qxh6+ Rxh6 22. Nxf5+ Kh7 23. Rfe1 Rf6 24. Re3 Bh5 25. Rh3 Rh6 26. Nxh6 g4 27. Rxh5 g3) 21... Kf7?! { (25.21 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf7 was best. } (21... Bf7) 22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. Nxf5+ Rxf5 24. Qxe6 Rxf2 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qg7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0