[Event "Weekly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RmvG4pWW"] [Date "2025.07.21"] [Round "-"] [White "DaSlurpyNinja"] [Black "CliveFrostick"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "RmvG4pWW"] [UTCDate "2025.07.21"] [UTCTime "19:43:47"] [WhiteElo "2189"] [BlackElo "2165"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 d5 5. Nb5 Nh6 6. c3 Nf5?! { (1.79 → 3.07) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (6... a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. exd6 O-O 9. d4 e5 10. dxc5 e4 11. Ng5) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bd3 dxc3 9. bxc3? { (5.40 → 3.27) Mistake. O-O was best. } (9. O-O Qb6 10. bxc3 a6 11. Nd6+ Nxd6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ba3 Bxa3) 9... Bc5 10. Nd6+?! { (3.27 → 2.53) Inaccuracy. Bxf5 was best. } (10. Bxf5) 10... Nxd6 11. exd6 Bxf2+ 12. Kf1 Qxd6 13. Qe2 Bb6?? { (-0.14 → 4.84) Blunder. Bc5 was best. } (13... Bc5 14. Bg5) 14. a4 Bd7? { (2.98 → 5.49) Mistake. h6 was best. } (14... h6 15. Ba3) 15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Re1 O-O-O?? { (5.67 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ne7 was best. } (16... Ne7 17. Bxc5) 17. Ba6 Kc7 18. Qb5?! { (Mate in 8 → 20.99) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rb1 was best. } (18. Rb1 b6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. a5 b5 21. Rxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Kd6 23. Nd4 e5) 18... b6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5?? { (15.60 → -4.25) Blunder. Qxc6+ was best. } (20. Qxc6+) 20... bxc5 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Ke2?? { (-3.70 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rb5 was best. } (22. Rb5 Rxb5) 22... Rb6?? { (Mate in 2 → -6.83) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nd4+ was best. } (22... Nd4+ 23. Nxd4 Bb5#) 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Kf2 Ra8 26. Rd1 Nd4 27. Bb5 Bxb5 { Black wins on time. } 0-1