[Event "Daily Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/vrmx5nMu"] [Date "2026.02.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Classic_namo15"] [Black "DaSlurpyNinja"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "vrmx5nMu"] [UTCDate "2026.02.08"] [UTCTime "20:32:28"] [WhiteElo "2093"] [BlackElo "2203"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [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... Nf6?! { (2.92 → 4.06) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } { [%eval 4.06] } (3... Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 h6 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nd4) 4. Bc4? { (4.06 → 2.14) Mistake. e5 was best. } { [%eval 2.14] } (4. e5 Nd5 5. Bb5 Nxc3 6. dxc3 h6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6) 4... Be7 { [%eval 1.23] } 5. Qe2 { [%eval 0.77] } 5... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 6. Bb5 { [%eval 0.52] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.92] } 7. e5 { [%eval 0.82] } 7... Nh5 { [%eval 0.64] } 8. d4 { [%eval 0.61] } 8... f5 { [%eval 0.9] } 9. a3 { [%eval 0.91] } 9... Bd7 { [%eval 0.94] } 10. Bd2 { [%eval 1.0] } 10... Kh8 { [%eval 0.76] } 11. Bd3 { [%eval 0.61] } 11... Be8 { [%eval 0.86] } 12. b4?! { (0.86 → 0.16) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } { [%eval 0.16] } (12. h3 f4) 12... a6 { [%eval 0.3] } 13. h3?! { (0.30 → -0.28) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } { [%eval -0.28] } (13. h4 Bg6 14. g3 Qb8 15. Qd1 Qe8 16. Bg5 Nxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bd2 f4) 13... Bh4 { [%eval -0.54] } 14. Rb1?? { (-0.54 → -5.85) Blunder. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval -5.85] } (14. Kd1 f4) 14... f4?? { (-5.85 → -0.76) Blunder. Ng3 was best. } { [%eval -0.76] } (14... Ng3) 15. O-O?? { (-0.76 → -3.22) Blunder. Kd1 was best. } { [%eval -3.22] } (15. Kd1 g6 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 b6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qf1 Ra4) 15... Bxf2+?? { (-3.22 → 0.98) Blunder. g5 was best. } { [%eval 0.98] } (15... g5 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxh4 gxh4 18. Qg4 Nxd4 19. Rb4 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Rg8 21. Bxf4) 16. Qxf2 { [%eval 1.11] } 16... Ng3?? { (1.11 → 3.91) Blunder. Qe7 was best. } { [%eval 3.91] } (16... Qe7) 17. Bxf4 { [%eval 4.54] } 17... Ne2+? { (4.54 → 8.01) Mistake. Ne4 was best. } { [%eval 8.01] } (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4) 18. Nxe2 { [%eval 7.02] } 18... Bh5 { [%eval 7.89] } 19. Qg3 { [%eval 7.23] } 19... Qe7 { [%eval 7.69] } 20. c3 { [%eval 5.92] } 20... Rf7?! { (5.92 → 9.36) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } { [%eval 9.36] } (20... Qd7 21. Qg5 Qf7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Bxg6 Qxg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Bg5 b6 26. Nf4) 21. Ng5 { [%eval 12.23] } 21... Rf5 { [%eval 19.54] } 22. Bxf5 { [%eval 17.15] } 22... exf5?! { (17.15 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } { [%eval #8] } (22... Rf8 23. Qh4 exf5 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qh6 Kg8 26. e6 Rf6 27. Ng3 Nxd4 28. cxd4) 23. Qh4? { (Mate in 8 → 9.31) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf7+ was best. } { [%eval 9.31] } (23. Nf7+ Qxf7 24. Bh6 gxh6 25. Nf4 Bg6 26. Nxg6+ Qxg6 27. Rxf5 Rg8 28. Qxg6 hxg6) 23... g6 { [%eval 25.37] } 24. Ng3 { [%eval 21.46] } 24... Qe8?! { (21.46 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be2 was best. } { [%eval #6] } (24... Be2 25. Nxe2 Kg8 26. Qxh7+ Qxh7 27. Nxh7 Kxh7 28. Bg5 a5 29. Nf4 Nxe5 30. dxe5) 25. Nxh5 { [%eval #5] } 25... gxh5 { [%eval #4] } 26. e6 { [%eval #4] } 26... Kg8 { [%eval #4] } 27. Nf7 { [%eval #3] } 27... Kf8 { [%eval #2] } 28. Bh6+ { [%eval #1] } { White wins on time. } 1-0