[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nJenKgB8"] [Date "2023.02.05"] [White "JosephHowardchess"] [Black "bijiy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2023.02.05"] [UTCTime "01:59:44"] [WhiteElo "2032"] [BlackElo "2229"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e3?! { (0.15 → -0.74) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } (1. Nc3 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6) 1... a5?? { (-0.74 → 1.36) Blunder. Nf6 was best. } (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 e5 4. d5 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3) 2. Nf3 h5?? { (1.41 → 8.07) Blunder. c6 was best. } (2... c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd3) 3. Nc3?? { (8.07 → 3.38) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (3. Ng5 e6) 3... h4?? { (3.38 → 15.48) Blunder. e6 was best. } (3... e6 4. e4) 4. h3?? { (15.48 → 3.69) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (4. Ng5) 4... a4?? { (3.69 → 13.92) Blunder. e6 was best. } (4... e6 5. a3 c6 6. d4 Nh6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O g5 10. Nh2 Bf6 11. Be3) 5. a3?? { (13.92 → 4.26) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } (5. Ng5) 5... Nc6? { (4.26 → 8.03) Mistake. Ra5 was best. } (5... Ra5 6. d4) 6. d4?! { (8.03 → 5.62) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (6. Ng5 Nh6 7. Nge4 d5 8. Nd6+ Qxd6 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. Nxd6 exd6 11. d4 Be7 12. Bd2 Be6) 6... Nf6 7. d5 e6?! { (5.85 → 11.73) Inaccuracy. Nxd5 was best. } (7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5) 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bb5?! { (15.68 → 7.28) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (10. Ng5 Ke8 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. axb4 Ke7 13. Bd2 a3 14. bxa3 Rd8 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Bxg7 Ncxb4) 10... Be7?! { (7.28 → 15.69) Inaccuracy. Bd7 was best. } (10... Bd7 11. e4) 11. Bxc6?! { (15.69 → 7.51) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (11. Ng5) 11... bxc6 12. Ne5? { (7.73 → 3.95) Mistake. e4 was best. } (12. e4 Bb7) 12... Ke8 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Nxa4?? { (5.00 → 1.21) Blunder. O-O-O was best. } (14. O-O-O Rh5 15. f4 Rd8 16. Nxc6 Rd7 17. Nxe7 Rxe7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Rd4 Kf8) 14... Nd5?? { (1.21 → 3.54) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (14... Ne4 15. Nc3) 15. Nxc6 Rh5 16. Rd1? { (3.57 → 1.73) Mistake. Nxe7 was best. } (16. Nxe7) 16... Rg5?? { (1.73 → 7.73) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } (16... Bd6 17. Nc3) 17. Rg1?? { (7.73 → 1.15) Blunder. e4 was best. } (17. e4) 17... Bd6 18. c4?? { (1.38 → -0.65) Blunder. Nc3 was best. } (18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bb7 20. Nd4 Bh2 21. Rh1 Be5 22. Kd2 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 c5 24. Nb5 Rd8+) 18... Nxe3?? { (-0.65 → 13.52) Blunder. Bxc4 was best. } (18... Bxc4 19. Nc3) 19. Bxe3 Bxc4 20. Nc3 Rf5 21. Ne4 Kf8 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Rd5?! { (30.91 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ke8 was best. } (23... Ke8 24. Rd4) 24. Rd8+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2