[Event "Rated Three-check game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nHi9ORfq"] [Date "2018.08.14"] [White "Crepuscular"] [Black "ritardando"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2018.08.14"] [UTCTime "09:57:34"] [WhiteElo "1831"] [BlackElo "2112"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "180+1"] [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 Qa5? { (1.88 → 3.94) Mistake. d5 was best. } (4... d5 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nb5 Qb8 8. d4 Be7 9. g3) 5. Ne4? { (3.94 → 2.24) Mistake. Bc4 was best. } (5. Bc4 b5 6. Bxb5 Ba6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 O-O-O 9. Bd2 c4) 5... Nd4?? { (2.24 → 5.22) Blunder. c4 was best. } (5... c4) 6. Nxd4?? { (5.22 → 2.10) Blunder. Nfg5 was best. } (6. Nfg5) 6... cxd4 7. Bd3 Qxe5 8. O-O Nh6 9. f4 Qd5 10. Qf3? { (2.96 → 1.34) Mistake. f5 was best. } (10. f5) 10... Be7?? { (1.34 → 4.01) Blunder. Kd8 was best. } (10... Kd8 11. b3) 11. Nf6+ gxf6 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Re1?? { (2.61 → -0.19) Blunder. b3 was best. } (13. b3) 13... Kd8 14. b3 b6?? { (-0.69 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bc5 was best. } (14... Bc5 15. Bb2) 15. Bb2?? { (Mate in 6 → 5.03) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rxe7 was best. } (15. Rxe7 d6 16. Ba3 Nf5 17. Rae1 Ne3 18. Bxd6 Be6 19. Rd7+ Bxd7 20. Be7+) 15... Bc5?! { (5.03 → 8.61) Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. } (15... Re8 16. Ba3) 16. Re2?? { (8.61 → -0.80) Blunder. b4 was best. } (16. b4) 16... Bb7?? { (-0.80 → 9.32) Blunder. a5 was best. } (16... a5 17. Rae1 Kc7 18. a3 b5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bb6 21. Re7 Kb8 22. Kh1 Ra2 23. Rb1) 17. b4 Bxb4?! { (5.94 → 10.04) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (17... Bd6 18. Bxd4) 18. Bxd4 Bc5? { (9.44 → Mate in 6) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kc7 was best. } (18... Kc7 19. Rb1) 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rae1 Kc7 21. Re7 Rhd8 22. Rb1 { White wins on time. } 1-0