[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wgHs5QIi"] [Date "2024.05.04"] [White "Statham_13"] [Black "Zhigalko_Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.04"] [UTCTime "18:26:54"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2630"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [WhiteTitle "CM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } e6?! { (0.90 → 1.80) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (1... Nc6 2. e4 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. axb4) 2. Nf3 Nc6?! { (1.30 → 2.50) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (2... c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Ne7 9. a4) 3. e4 Bb4 4. Bc4 Ba5?? { (1.81 → 4.26) Blunder. Nge7 was best. } (4... Nge7 5. O-O) 5. O-O Nge7?! { (4.00 → 5.38) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (5... b5 6. Bxb5) 6. d4?! { (5.38 → 3.88) Inaccuracy. Ng5 was best. } (6. Ng5 O-O 7. Nxh7 Ng6 8. Qh5 Nf4 9. Qg4 Kxh7 10. d4 Rh8 11. Qxf4 Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6) 6... d6?? { (3.88 → 12.53) Blunder. O-O was best. } (6... O-O 7. e5) 7. Bd3? { (12.53 → 5.00) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (7. Ng5 O-O 8. Nxh7 Ng6 9. Bg5 Kxh7 10. Qh5+ Kg8 11. Bxd8 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nf4 13. Qg4 Nxd8) 7... Bb6? { (5.00 → 11.07) Mistake. Bxc3 was best. } (7... Bxc3 8. Ng5) 8. e5? { (11.07 → 5.15) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (8. Ng5 Ng6 9. Nxf7 Qh4 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxh4 Rxf7 12. e5 Bd7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne4 Bxd4) 8... d5? { (5.15 → 13.63) Mistake. h6 was best. } (8... h6 9. Ne4 Nf5 10. c3 Bd7 11. a4 dxe5 12. a5 Bxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. b3 O-O 15. Ba3) 9. Ng5 Nf5 10. Nxf7 Qh4 11. Nd6+ cxd6 12. Bxf5 Nxd4?! { (24.23 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kf8 was best. } (12... Kf8 13. g3) 13. Qh5+ Qxh5 14. Bg6# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0