[Event "Three-check Shield Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ddf4AeyE"] [Date "2023.09.24"] [White "VariantsOnly"] [Black "tamotdons"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2023.09.24"] [UTCTime "19:01:52"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2222"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. e5?! { (3.78 → 2.42) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nge7 6. Ng5 Ng6 7. Nxf7 Qh4 8. Qf3 Nce5) 4... d5?! { (2.42 → 3.32) Inaccuracy. Nh6 was best. } (4... Nh6 5. Bb5 O-O 6. O-O f5 7. Ne2 Nf7 8. d4 Be7 9. Nf4) 5. Bb5? { (3.32 → 1.69) Mistake. Be2 was best. } (5. Be2 d4 6. Bb5 dxc3 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O cxb2 9. Bxb2 Bb7) 5... Bd7 6. O-O h6 7. Ne2 Nge7? { (3.23 → 5.10) Mistake. a6 was best. } (7... a6 8. Ba4) 8. c3 Ba5 9. d4 Ng6 10. Ng3 a6?! { (5.46 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (10... Qe7 11. a4 a6 12. Bd3 Kd8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Ba3 Qe8 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. a5 Ba7 17. b5) 11. Nh5 Rg8 12. Ba4?! { (7.57 → 4.73) Inaccuracy. Bxh6 was best. } (12. Bxh6) 12... Nh4 13. Bxh6 gxh6?! { (4.89 → 7.30) Inaccuracy. Nxf3+ was best. } (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qh4 15. Nxg7+ Rxg7 16. Bxg7 O-O-O 17. Qg3 Qh5 18. Bf6 Re8 19. h3 Bb6 20. Bxc6) 14. Nf6+?? { (7.30 → -7.53) Blunder. Nxh4 was best. } (14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nf6+ Qxf6 16. exf6 O-O-O 17. Kh1 Bb6 18. Qh5 Rdf8 19. Bc2 Kb8 20. Bh7 Rh8) 14... Qxf6 15. exf6? { (-7.66 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh1 was best. } (15. Kh1 Qf4) 15... Rxg2+ 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. Rg1 Rxg1+ 18. Qxg1 Nxf3?! { (Mate in 2 → -10.78) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf5 was best. } (18... Nf5 19. Bxc6 Ng3#) 19. Qg2 Ng5 20. f3 e5 21. b4 Bh3 22. Qxh3+ Nxh3 23. Rg1 Nf2# { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1