[Event "rated variant:threeCheck game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0OOSJC2d"] [Date "2026.03.12"] [Round "-"] [White "MarkosianDavid"] [Black "chessguy333"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "0OOSJC2d"] [UTCDate "2026.03.12"] [UTCTime "18:47:57"] [WhiteElo "2251"] [BlackElo "2045"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "60+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Nf6? { (2.01 → 3.81) Mistake. c5 was best. } (2... c5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Ne4) 3. Nf3?? { (3.81 → 1.45) Blunder. e5 was best. } (3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nd5 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7) 3... Be7 4. d4 Nxe4?? { (2.26 → 6.80) Blunder. Ng4 was best. } (4... Ng4 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. h3 Nh6 7. g4 d5 8. Bb5 O-O 9. g5) 5. Be3?? { (6.80 → 0.02) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qe7 7. Bd2 f5 8. Nf6+ Qxf6 9. cxb4 O-O) 5... O-O 6. Bd3 f5?? { (-0.38 → 1.59) Blunder. d5 was best. } (6... d5) 7. O-O?? { (1.59 → -0.46) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (7. Nxe4 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 g6 10. h4 d5 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Bg4) 7... d5 8. Ne5?! { (-0.29 → -1.05) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (8. Ne2 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. c4 Nxc5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nf4 Ncxd3 13. Nxd3 Nxd3) 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6?! { (-1.04 → -1.67) Inaccuracy. f4 was best. } (9. f4 Bd7) 9... bxc6 10. f3? { (-1.80 → -3.47) Mistake. Qh5 was best. } (10. Qh5 Nf6 11. Qh3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Ng4 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. g3 Rxb2 15. f3 Nf6) 10... Ng5?? { (-3.47 → -1.13) Blunder. Bd6 was best. } (10... Bd6) 11. Qd2?! { (-1.13 → -2.20) Inaccuracy. Kh1 was best. } (11. Kh1 c5 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Be2 Rb8 15. b3 Rf6 16. c3 Rh6) 11... Nh3+?? { (-2.20 → 1.73) Blunder. c5 was best. } (11... c5 12. Kh1) 12. gxh3 Bd6?? { (0.23 → 2.41) Blunder. Rf6 was best. } (12... Rf6 13. Kh1 Rg6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Qh4 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qe1) 13. Kh1 Qh4?? { (2.88 → 5.87) Blunder. Kh8 was best. } (13... Kh8 14. Qg2 Rg8 15. Rg1 Qf6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Nf4 c5 18. Nh5 Qf7 19. Qxg7+) 14. Qg2 Rf7 15. Bg5? { (6.49 → 3.69) Mistake. Rg1 was best. } (15. Rg1) 15... Qh5 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Bf6 g6 18. Be5 Raf8?? { (2.84 → 6.53) Blunder. Bxe5 was best. } (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rg7 20. Na4 Kh8 21. Nc5 Rag8 22. Raf1 g5 23. Ba6 Qh6 24. Bb7) 19. Ne2 c5?! { (6.08 → 26.55) Inaccuracy. Bxe5 was best. } (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5) 20. Nf4 Qh6?! { (21.30 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rg7 was best. } (20... Rg7 21. Nxh5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Kh8 23. Nxg7 d4 24. h4 Rc8 25. h5 Rg8 26. hxg6) 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Qxg6 23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Rh6# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0