[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3KQpudac"] [Date "2024.05.14"] [White "Mellisuga"] [Black "medusa_bocas"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.14"] [UTCTime "11:31:56"] [WhiteElo "1708"] [BlackElo "1761"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+25"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "480+15"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6?! { (1.44 → 2.23) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. h3 Nc6 5. e5 Nd5 6. d4 Ncb4 7. Nxd5) 3. Nf3 Nh6?! { (1.76 → 2.89) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (3... Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. b4 Bb6 6. d4 Nge7 7. Na4 d5 8. e5) 4. h3 Bc5?! { (2.31 → 3.38) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (4... a6 5. d4) 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Qf6?? { (2.38 → 5.18) Blunder. O-O was best. } (6... O-O 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Nf7 11. a3 Be7 12. Bf4) 7. e5 Qf5?! { (4.80 → 7.14) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (7... Qe7 8. Bd3) 8. Bd3 Qe4+?! { (6.53 → 17.23) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qh5 10. Rg1 Ng8 11. g4 Qh6 12. Bd2 g5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxg5) 9. Bxe4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nb5 O-O-O?! { (31.34 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } (12... Kf8 13. Bxb4) 13. Nxa7+ Kb8 14. Nc6+ dxc6 15. Bxb4 Nxd5 16. Nd4 Kc8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. Nd6 Nf5 20. Nxf7?! { (Mate in 5 → 42.32) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qd3 was best. } (20. Qd3 Nd4 21. Qa3 Ba6 22. Qxa6 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 cxd6 24. Qxb6#) 20... d4?! { (42.32 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. c5 was best. } (20... c5 21. a4) 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Qh5 Bxg2 23. Rfd1 Be4 24. Qf7 Nh4 25. Qxc7# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0