[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8ZEmsgAk"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [White "dhruv7888"] [Black "Tal-Baron"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.06.12"] [UTCTime "20:43:26"] [WhiteElo "1546"] [BlackElo "2043"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-23"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6? { (0.13 → 1.45) Mistake. Nf6 was best. } (1... Nf6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Bd2 e5 4. d5 Bb4 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3) 2. Bb5?? { (1.45 → -0.88) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxc3) 2... Nc6?? { (-0.88 → 0.84) Blunder. c6 was best. } (2... c6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. c4 e5 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nf3) 3. Qh5?? { (0.84 → -2.32) Blunder. Nf3 was best. } (3. Nf3 d5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Nxc6 Qd7) 3... Nf6 4. Qf3? { (-2.17 → -3.97) Mistake. Qd1 was best. } (4. Qd1) 4... Bb4? { (-3.97 → -1.94) Mistake. Ne5 was best. } (4... Ne5 5. Qe2 c6 6. f4 Ne4 7. fxe5 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. Qf2) 5. c3 Ba5?! { (-2.30 → -1.13) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (5... Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Qe2 e5 8. Nf3 e4 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. h3 Qe7 12. Nc4) 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O Ne5 9. Qf4?? { (-2.02 → -5.11) Blunder. Qg3 was best. } (9. Qg3 c6) 9... Ng6?! { (-5.11 → -3.94) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (9... c6) 10. Qg3?! { (-3.94 → -5.63) Inaccuracy. Qg5 was best. } (10. Qg5 h6) 10... c6?? { (-5.63 → -2.70) Blunder. Ne4 was best. } (10... Ne4 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bd3 Nh4 13. Qe2 e5 14. Kh1 Nxg2 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qh5 Qh4 17. Qxh4) 11. Ng5?? { (-2.70 → -7.45) Blunder. Bd3 was best. } (11. Bd3) 11... cxb5 12. Nxh7 Nxh7 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qh5 d5 15. d4 Bc7 16. g3 Nh4 17. gxh4?! { (-13.48 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh1 was best. } (17. Kh1 Ngf3 18. Nd2 g6 19. Nxf3 gxh5 20. Nxh4 e5 21. f3 Bh3 22. Rf2 Qf6 23. Bb2 Qe6) 17... Bxh2+?! { (Mate in 6 → -90.22) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nh3+ was best. } (17... Nh3+ 18. Kh1 e5 19. Qh7+ Kxh7 20. a4 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bh3 22. Kg1 Qg5+) 18. Kxh2?! { (-90.22 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh1 was best. } (18. Kh1 Nh3) 18... Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxh4+ { Game ends by variant rule. } 0-1