[Event "Yearly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/fJo8QSyz"] [Date "2021.08.12"] [White "ViejoTortuga"] [Black "bobho123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.08.12"] [UTCTime "20:07:37"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "1921"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+23"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. c3 Nge7? { (1.38 → 2.98) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. Be3 d5 6. Ne5 Nd6 7. Nd2 Bd7 8. Bd3) 4. d4 Ng6 5. h4 h5?! { (3.06 → 3.96) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (5... Be7 6. Be3) 6. Bd3 Be7 7. g3? { (4.46 → 2.77) Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (7. Ng5 f6) 7... O-O?? { (2.77 → 14.15) Blunder. d6 was best. } (7... d6 8. Na3 Qd7 9. Nc2 b6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Na7 12. a4 c6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. O-O) 8. e5 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Qf8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. f4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4?! { (17.71 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g6 was best. } (16... g6 17. O-O-O Nb4 18. cxb4 e5 19. Qxe5 Qd6 20. Rdg1 Bg4 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxg6 Bxf4 23. Kb1) 17. O-O-O?! { (Mate in 3 → 36.82) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxe6+ was best. } (17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nf7+) 17... Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. Rxh5 Qf6 20. Rh8+ Kf7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0