[Event "Yearly Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/15kjmczH"] [Date "2023.08.17"] [White "Alexr58"] [Black "Philipp112009"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.08.17"] [UTCTime "17:29:53"] [WhiteElo "2357"] [BlackElo "2075"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5?! { (2.90 → 4.32) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (2... Bc5 3. Nc3 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Nc6 5. Kg1 f5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bg5) 3. c3 { B40 Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6 } Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nf6?! { (1.77 → 2.78) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (6... e5 7. d4) 7. e5 Nd5 8. d4 b5? { (3.46 → 6.28) Mistake. Be7 was best. } (8... Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 d4 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. Nbd2) 9. Nbd2 Bb7?! { (5.70 → 9.79) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (9... f5 10. exf6) 10. Ne4 h6 11. a4 Be7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qd4 O-O-O 16. Rd1 f6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. c6 Qxc6 19. Be3?! { (Mate in 5 → 36.76) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qa7 was best. } (19. Qa7 Rd6 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Qb8+ Kxb8 23. Nxc6#) 19... e5?! { (36.76 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd6 was best. } (19... Rd6 20. Rxa6) 20. Qg4+ Kb8 21. Qc8# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0