FEN
[Event "Cycle Three-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/8KgUi3n5"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[P1 "ZerkingGOAT"]
[P2 "Chauphuocloc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.08.29"]
[UTCTime "08:21:44"]
[P1Elo "1295"]
[P2Elo "1192"]
[P1RatingDiff "-135"]
[P2RatingDiff "+71"]
[Variant "Three-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e3?! { (0.15 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } (1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Nge7 5. Bb5 a6) 1... e6? { (-0.48 → 0.55) Mistake. The following was best. } (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd2) 2. Nc3 Bb4?! { (0.51 → 1.09) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { P2 offers draw } (2... Nc6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Kh1 h6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4) 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3? { (0.91 → -0.45) Mistake. The following was best. } (6. d4 d6) 6... d5 7. Nd4 Bd7?! { (-0.32 → 0.57) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... e5 8. Nf5) 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qf3?! { (0.68 → -0.06) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (9. a4 h5) 9... e5 10. Qf5 Qe7 11. Qc8+?? { (0.83 → -11.44) Blunder. The following was best. } (11. f4 e4) 11... Rxc8 12. a4 e4 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Ng4 15. Rxa7?! { (-14.85 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (15. Ba3 Qh4) 15... Nxf2 16. Rf1 Nd3+ 17. cxd3 exd3 18. Rxb7 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Qe1# { P2 gives the third check. } 0-1