[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SyCaDozX"] [Date "2020.12.30"] [White "gavity"] [Black "nihalsarin2004"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.30"] [UTCTime "18:11:27"] [WhiteElo "2379"] [BlackElo "2082"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6?! { (2.33 → 3.21) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6) 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5?! { (3.59 → 4.60) Inaccuracy. Bxc3 was best. } (4... Bxc3 5. dxc3 Qf6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O h6 9. e5) 5. b4 Bb6 6. d4 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Ne4 d5 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. bxc5 f6 11. Bd3 fxe5? { (4.66 → 8.94) Mistake. Qe7 was best. } (11... Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nh4 O-O 16. c3 Nf7 17. Bf4 g6 18. Kh1) 12. Nxe5 Ncxe5 13. Bb5+?? { (5.90 → -3.13) Blunder. dxe5 was best. } (13. dxe5) 13... Kf8?? { (-3.13 → 26.82) Blunder. c6 was best. } (13... c6 14. O-O O-O 15. dxe5 Qh4 16. Qxg4 Qxg4 17. Bd3 Kh8 18. Rb1 Qh5 19. f4 Rf5 20. h3) 14. dxe5 Nxe5?! { (27.27 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } (14... Nf6 15. Qf3) 15. Qh5 Kg8 16. Qxe5?! { (Mate in 5 → 21.58) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Be8 was best. } (16. Be8 Kf8 17. Qxe5 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Bd7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bb2+) 16... Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. O-O c6 19. Bd3 Kf8?! { (20.28 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e5 was best. } (19... e5 20. Rb1) 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bxh7+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0