[Event "rated variant:threeCheck game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZqOcWJu0"] [Date "2026.03.23"] [Round "-"] [White "johnsam1"] [Black "HomayooonT"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "ZqOcWJu0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.23"] [UTCTime "19:46:58"] [WhiteElo "2417"] [BlackElo "2547"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "30+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5?? { (2.93 → 0.75) Blunder. e5 was best. } (4. e5 d5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. d4 c4) 4... Nd4 5. Nxd4?! { (0.82 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (5. e5 Qc7 6. Ne4 Nxb5 7. O-O b6 8. Nfg5 Nh6 9. Re1 Bb7) 5... cxd4 6. Ne2? { (0.47 → -0.91) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } (6. Nd5 exd5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. exd5 Kf8 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 h5) 6... Qb6?? { (-0.91 → 0.76) Blunder. Qg5 was best. } (6... Qg5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O b6 9. f4 Qh4 10. Qe1 Qxe1 11. Rxe1) 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O h5 9. e5? { (1.11 → 0.00) Mistake. h3 was best. } (9. h3 Qd6 10. f4 b5 11. e5 Qd5 12. Rf3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Qxe4 14. d3 Qg6) 9... h4?? { (0.00 → 4.65) Blunder. Ng4 was best. } (9... Ng4 10. Ng3 Nxe5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. f4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Kd8 14. Ne4 Bxf4 15. g3) 10. exf6 gxf6?! { (3.65 → 5.35) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (10... Bd6 11. f4 gxf6 12. Rf3 Qc6 13. b4 Bxb4 14. h3 b6 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Nxd4) 11. Nf4 Rg8 12. Qf3 Bd6? { (5.22 → 13.51) Mistake. Qc6 was best. } (12... Qc6 13. Be4) 13. Kh1? { (13.51 → 5.25) Mistake. Nd5 was best. } (13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Nxf6+ Kd8 15. Qxc6 dxc6 16. Nxg8 Bd7 17. b3 c5 18. f3 Kc7) 13... Bxf4 14. Qxf4 f5? { (4.61 → 10.98) Mistake. h3 was best. } (14... h3 15. g3 Qc6+ 16. f3 e5 17. Qh4 b5 18. b3 b4 19. Qh7 Rf8 20. Bb2) 15. Bxf5 Qb5 16. d3 b6 17. Be4 d5 18. Bf3 Bd7?! { (19.29 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf8 was best. } (18... Rf8 19. Qxh4) 19. Qxd4?! { (Mate in 3 → 13.24) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qxf7+ was best. } (19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Qxg8+ Kc7 21. Bf4#) 19... O-O-O 20. Qc3+ Bc6?! { (19.52 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qc5 was best. } (20... Qc5 21. Qxc5+) 21. a4?! { (Mate in 4 → 12.25) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe5 was best. } (21. Qe5 Rd6 22. Qxd6 e5 23. Qxc6+ Qxc6 24. Bg4#) 21... Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Bf4 f6 24. b4 e5 25. Be3 e4 26. dxe4 dxe4 27. Bg4+ Rxg4 28. Rfd1 Rd5?! { (22.41 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd3 was best. } (28... Rd3 29. bxc5) 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Rg5 31. bxc5 Rf5 32. c4 Kd7 33. Rxd5# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0