FEN
[Event "Rated Five-check game"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/acQwDvCq"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[P1 "Checkmatealot"]
[P2 "fish224"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2026.02.02"]
[UTCTime "20:21:59"]
[P1Elo "1974"]
[P2Elo "1833"]
[P1RatingDiff "+79"]
[P2RatingDiff "-18"]
[Variant "Five-check"]
[TimeControl "5+3"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. e4 e5?! { (0.44 → 1.16) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3) 2. Bc4? { (1.16 → -0.16) Mistake. The following was best. } (2. d4 d5) 2... Nf6 3. Nf3?! { (0.17 → -0.47) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nxe4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe4 d5 7. c3 Be7) 3... Nc6?? { (-0.47 → 1.14) Blunder. The following was best. } { C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense } (3... Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Bb3 Be6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Nd2) 4. O-O h5?? { (1.00 → 4.54) Blunder. The following was best. } (4... Be7 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Be7 10. Rad1 Bg4 11. Kh1) 5. d4 exd4?! { (4.38 → 6.76) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (5... Ng4 6. c3 Na5 7. Be2 b5 8. b4 Nc4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bb7 12. f4) 6. e5 Ng4 7. Nxd4?? { (6.94 → 0.81) Blunder. The following was best. } (7. Re1) 7... Nxd4?? { (0.81 → 4.84) Blunder. The following was best. } (7... Ncxe5 8. f3) 8. Qxd4 Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc5 11. Qe4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qf4 d5 14. exd6 Be6 15. d7+ Kd8 16. Bxe6 fxe6?! { (23.74 → Mate in 12) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (16... Rf6 17. Bf5) 17. Ne4?! { (Mate in 12 → 20.25) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Qf7 Rh8 19. Ne4 Qxf2+ 20. Nxf2 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. Ne4 Bc5 23. Qe8+ Rxe8) 17... Qe7 18. Rad1 e5 19. Qg5 Kc7?! { (15.07 → Mate in 5) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (19... h4 20. Qd2) 20. d8=Q+ Rxd8 21. Qxe7+ Bxe7 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd1 Kb6 24. Rd3 Kc7 25. Rd7+ Kxd7 26. Nc5# { P1 gives the fifth check. } 1-0