[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HcIRD2dG"] [Date "2025.04.08"] [Round "-"] [White "pottedstuff"] [Black "Alien_From_Mars"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "HcIRD2dG"] [UTCDate "2025.04.08"] [UTCTime "03:15:51"] [WhiteElo "1839"] [BlackElo "1420"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+45"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 1.68] } 1... e6 { [%eval 1.99] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 2.51] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 1.82] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 2.84] } 3... Nb4 { [%eval 2.77] } 4. Bc4 { [%eval 3.08] } 4... Nxc2+?! { (3.08 → 3.96) Inaccuracy. Nd3+ was best. } { [%eval 3.96] } (4... Nd3+ 5. cxd3) 5. Qxc2 { [%eval 4.61] } 5... Qf6? { (4.61 → 10.27) Mistake. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 10.27] } (5... Bb4 6. O-O Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. e5 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. a3) 6. d4?! { (10.27 → 6.25) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } { [%eval 6.25] } (6. Nb5) 6... Nh6 { [%eval 7.55] } 7. Bg5 { [%eval 5.73] } 7... Qg6 { [%eval 5.61] } 8. Nb5?? { (5.61 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd3 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Rac1 b6 12. Qd2 f6 13. e5 Nf5) 8... Bb4+?! { (Mate in 2 → -18.45) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe4+ was best. } { [%eval -18.45] } (8... Qxe4+ 9. Qxe4 Bb4#) 9. Kf1 { [%eval -16.14] } 9... Ng4 { [%eval -15.04] } 10. Kg1 { [%eval -16.0] } 10... Bd6?? { (-16.00 → -2.58) Blunder. O-O was best. } { [%eval -2.58] } (10... O-O 11. Rd1 f6 12. h4 fxg5 13. hxg5 c6 14. a3 Be7 15. Bxe6+ dxe6) 11. Nxd6+ { [%eval -3.53] } 11... cxd6 { [%eval -3.47] } 12. Bb5?? { (-3.47 → -7.33) Blunder. h3 was best. } { [%eval -7.33] } (12. h3 Nf6) 12... O-O { [%eval -7.38] } 13. Bd3 { [%eval -9.56] } 13... e5 { [%eval -7.01] } 14. dxe5? { (-7.01 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc1 was best. } { [%eval #-4] } (14. Rc1 b5) 14... dxe5? { (Mate in 4 → -8.52) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -8.52] } (14... Nxe5 15. Kf1 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Qxg5 17. Qc3 Qc1#) 15. h3? { (-8.52 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc1 was best. } { [%eval #-6] } (15. Rc1 Re8) 15... d6?? { (Mate in 6 → -5.45) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb6 was best. } { [%eval -5.45] } (15... Qb6 16. Nd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Qd2 Nf1 19. Qe3 Ng3 20. Qxd4 Ne2#) 16. hxg4?! { (-5.45 → -7.50) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } { [%eval -7.5] } (16. Re1) 16... Bxg4 { [%eval -7.26] } 17. Be2?! { (-7.26 → -30.29) Inaccuracy. Bc4 was best. } { [%eval -30.29] } (17. Bc4 d5) 17... Bxf3 { [%eval -28.52] } 18. Bxf3?! { (-28.52 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd2 was best. } { [%eval #-2] } (18. Qd2 Bxg2) 18... Qxg5 { [%eval #-1] } 19. Qc7 { [%eval #-1] } 19... Qc1# { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1