[Event "Monthly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ulwEStUq"] [Date "2024.02.04"] [White "Darrow2"] [Black "Toromoreno"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.02.04"] [UTCTime "22:23:01"] [WhiteElo "2258"] [BlackElo "1774"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Bb5 Nf6? { (1.64 → 3.23) Mistake. Nge7 was best. } (4... Nge7 5. O-O) 5. O-O Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4?? { (2.48 → 5.61) Blunder. e5 was best. } (6... e5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nd3 d6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Qf4 Be6 13. Qg3) 7. Re1 Nd6? { (5.16 → 16.05) Mistake. Nxf2 was best. } (7... Nxf2 8. Kxf2) 8. Bxc6?? { (16.05 → 2.88) Blunder. Rxe6+ was best. } (8. Rxe6+) 8... bxc6?? { (2.88 → 12.11) Blunder. dxc6 was best. } (8... dxc6) 9. Bf4?? { (12.11 → 2.54) Blunder. Bg5 was best. } (9. Bg5) 9... Qe7 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. b3 Rb5 12. c4? { (3.00 → 1.65) Mistake. Nd4 was best. } (12. Nd4 Ra5) 12... Rf5?? { (1.65 → 3.96) Blunder. Rh5 was best. } (12... Rh5 13. Rad1 f6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 O-O 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. b4 a5 19. a3) 13. Bxd6 cxd6?? { (3.99 → 9.70) Blunder. Rxf3 was best. } (13... Rxf3) 14. Qxf5 O-O 15. Qh5 h6 16. Rad1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rd4 f5 19. Rxd5 Bb7 20. Rxf5 Rc8 21. c4 a5 22. h3 a4 23. Qg6 axb3?! { (24.39 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf3 was best. } (23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3) 24. axb3?! { (Mate in 4 → 23.12) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf8+ was best. } (24. Rf8+ Kxf8 25. Qh7 Bxf3 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxg7#) 24... Bc6?! { (23.12 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf3 was best. } (24... Bxf3 25. Rxf3) 25. Rf4?! { (Mate in 4 → 25.27) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rf8+ was best. } (25. Rf8+ Kxf8 26. Qh7 Bxf3 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxg7#) 25... Rb8?! { (25.27 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf3 was best. } (25... Bxf3 26. Rxf3) 26. Ne5 { White wins on time. } 1-0