[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/XZSv1jYp"] [Date "2020.07.14"] [White "Arena11518"] [Black "grandmasterbates"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.07.14"] [UTCTime "03:03:34"] [WhiteElo "1432"] [BlackElo "1692"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-4"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 e6? { (0.11 → 1.57) Mistake. e5 was best. } { A40 Horwitz Defense } (1... e5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d5 Bc5 4. e3 Nce7 5. b4 Bd6 6. Ne2) 2. Bd2?! { (1.57 → 0.52) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd7) 2... Nc6 3. e3 Nb4? { (1.07 → 2.71) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. Nf3) 4. a3 Nxc2+ 5. Qxc2 c6?! { (2.70 → 3.55) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (5... b6 6. Nc3) 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Ng4?! { (3.70 → 5.53) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (7... b5) 8. h3 Nh6 9. Bxh7? { (5.94 → 3.70) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. e5 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. exd6 O-O 15. dxe7 Qxe7) 9... Bd6? { (3.70 → 7.62) Mistake. d5 was best. } (9... d5 10. Bd3) 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qxf5 Qe7 13. Ne5?! { (9.48 → 5.61) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (13. Qg4 O-O) 13... Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 O-O 16. O-O d6 17. exd6 Be6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Bc3 f5 20. Ng5 Bc4 21. Rfd1 Be2 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. Ne6 f4 24. Nxd8 fxe3 25. Ne6 exf2+?! { (38.79 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. e2 was best. } (25... e2 26. Nxf8) 26. Kh2?? { (Mate in 8 → Mate in 1) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxf2 was best. } (26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 c5 28. Ng5 Bd7 29. Re1 b6 30. Re7 Ba4 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8) 26... f1=N+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1