[Event "Hourly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ROy9Sxqt"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "chessph2018"] [Black "DaSlurpyNinja"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "ROy9Sxqt"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "02:56:16"] [WhiteElo "2059"] [BlackElo "2216"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "60+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 2.07] } 1... e6 { [%eval 2.49] } 2. Nc3 { [%eval 2.01] } 2... Nc6?! { (2.01 → 3.12) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } { [%eval 3.12] } { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } (2... c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Ne4) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 2.92] } 3... Bb4 { [%eval 2.95] } 4. Bb5? { (2.95 → 1.50) Mistake. a3 was best. } { [%eval 1.5] } (4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Nd4 O-O) 4... a6 { [%eval 2.45] } 5. Bxc6 { [%eval 1.3] } 5... bxc6 { [%eval 1.69] } 6. O-O { [%eval 1.36] } 6... Ne7 { [%eval 2.62] } 7. d4 { [%eval 0.92] } 7... Ng6 { [%eval 1.36] } 8. e5 { [%eval 1.47] } 8... d5 { [%eval 0.99] } 9. exd6?! { (0.99 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } { [%eval 0.0] } (9. Ne2 a5) 9... Bxd6?! { (0.00 → 0.76) Inaccuracy. cxd6 was best. } { [%eval 0.76] } (9... cxd6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Ne4 fxg5 12. Nfxg5 Nf4 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Nf6+ Rxf6 15. Nxh7) 10. g3? { (0.76 → -0.75) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval -0.75] } (10. Ne4 O-O) 10... f5? { (-0.75 → 0.52) Mistake. O-O was best. } { [%eval 0.52] } (10... O-O 11. Ne4) 11. Re1 { [%eval 0.15] } 11... O-O { [%eval 0.84] } 12. Bg5?? { (0.84 → -1.59) Blunder. Ng5 was best. } { [%eval -1.59] } (12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nxe6 Nh4 15. Kh1 Nf3 16. Qxf3 Bxe6 17. Bf4 Qf7) 12... Be7?? { (-1.59 → 0.56) Blunder. Qe8 was best. } { [%eval 0.56] } (12... Qe8) 13. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.75] } 13... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.81] } 14. Qd2?? { (0.81 → -1.06) Blunder. h4 was best. } { [%eval -1.06] } (14. h4) 14... c5 { [%eval -1.27] } 15. d5 { [%eval -0.75] } 15... Rd8?? { (-0.75 → 1.30) Blunder. f4 was best. } { [%eval 1.3] } (15... f4 16. Qd3) 16. Rad1 { [%eval 1.23] } 16... Bb7 { [%eval 1.7] } 17. Rxe6 { [%eval 1.23] } 17... Qxe6 { [%eval 1.41] } 18. Ng5?? { (1.41 → -9.77) Blunder. dxe6 was best. } { [%eval -9.77] } (18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Re8 20. Re1 Rd8 21. e7 Re8 22. Na4 f4 23. Nxc5 Bc8) 18... Qd6 { [%eval -8.13] } 19. Ne6 { [%eval -21.27] } 19... Re8 { [%eval -10.12] } 20. Re1 { [%eval -19.69] } 20... Kh8 { [%eval -11.49] } 21. Qg5 { [%eval -24.79] } 21... Bxd5 { [%eval -19.76] } 22. Re3 { [%eval -35.71] } 22... Rxe6 { [%eval -29.54] } 23. h4?! { (-29.54 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b4 was best. } { [%eval #-7] } (23. b4 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Ne5 25. bxc5 Qe6 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Nxd5 Qe1+ 28. Kg2) 23... Rxe3 { [%eval #-6] } 24. Qxe3 { [%eval #-6] } 24... Qf8?! { (Mate in 6 → -23.30) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxh4 was best. } { [%eval -23.3] } (24... Nxh4 25. gxh4 Qg6+ 26. Qg5 Qxg5+ 27. hxg5 Re8 28. Kh2 Re1 29. Nxd5 Rh1#) 25. Kh2 { [%eval -35.41] } 25... Re8 { [%eval -16.23] } 26. Qxc5?! { (-16.23 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxd5 was best. } { [%eval #-5] } (26. Nxd5 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Qd6 28. c4 Qe5 29. Kh3 Qe4 30. Nxc7) 26... Qxc5 { [%eval #-4] } 27. Ne2 { [%eval #-2] } 27... Rxe2 { [%eval #-2] } 28. Kg1 { [%eval #-1] } 28... Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1