[Event "Daily Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EDM0VINR"] [Date "2023.08.20"] [White "IronFever"] [Black "Bestinblitz"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.20"] [UTCTime "01:21:19"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "2118"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+31"] [BlackRatingDiff "-34"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [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 Nf6?! { (3.24 → 4.64) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (3... Bb4 4. e5 h6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Ne2 Bf8 8. O-O) 4. d4?? { (4.64 → 0.83) Blunder. e5 was best. } (4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 Bb4 6. Qd2 f5 7. a3 Ba5 8. h3 Nh6) 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nxc3?? { (0.00 → 1.91) Blunder. d5 was best. } (7... d5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 f5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Bf4 Be8 12. Qe3) 8. bxc3 Qf6 9. O-O d6? { (2.54 → 4.53) Mistake. Ne7 was best. } (9... Ne7 10. Ne5) 10. h4? { (4.53 → 2.55) Mistake. d5 was best. } (10. d5 Bd7 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 g6 13. Qd2 Qg7 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qh4 Bd7 16. Rab1 e5) 10... Bd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7?? { (1.92 → -4.00) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rb1 Kf8 14. Rxb7 Rc8 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. Rbb1 Qxh4 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 a6) 12... Qxf7 13. Qg4 O-O-O?? { (-3.75 → 1.73) Blunder. Ne7 was best. } (13... Ne7) 14. Rab1 Na5?? { (1.50 → 7.95) Blunder. Rdf8 was best. } (14... Rdf8 15. Rxb7 Qxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rxf2 17. Rb1 Kd8 18. h5 Rf6 19. Be4 Rhf8 20. Bf3 Rf4 21. Qg3) 15. Ba6 Bc6 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Qa4 Qg6 18. f3 Rdf8?! { (17.81 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qg5 was best. } (18... Qg5 19. hxg5) 19. Qxa5 Kd8 20. Bxb7?! { (Mate in 6 → 18.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxc7+ was best. } (20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Rxb7+ Bxb7 22. Rb1 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 24. Kh2 Kd8 25. Rb8#) 20... Rxf3?! { (18.76 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxg2+ was best. } (20... Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2) 21. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 exd5 23. Qxd5 Re8 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Rf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxe8# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0