FEN
[Event "Cycle Three-check Arena"]
[Site "https://playstrategy.org/iJ81dRyF"]
[Date "2026.10.01"]
[P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"]
[P2 "GiocatGeneric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2026.10.01"]
[UTCTime "20:45:20"]
[P1Elo "929"]
[P2Elo "1204"]
[P1RatingDiff "-3"]
[P2RatingDiff "+8"]
[P1Title "BOT"]
[Variant "Three-check"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Horwitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "playstrategy.org"]
1. d4 e6?! { (-0.21 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { A40 Horwitz Defense } (1... Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qe7 6. Nf3) 2. Qd2?? { (0.78 → -0.98) Blunder. The following was best. } (2. Nd2 c5) 2... a5?? { (-0.98 → 1.62) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nf6 3. c3 d5 4. e4 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qe2 Qd5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Nh3) 3. Qc3?? { (1.62 → -8.45) Blunder. The following was best. } (3. a3) 3... Bb4 4. Qxb4 axb4 5. e4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a4 bxa3 9. bxa3 Nxd4 10. c3 Nc2+ 11. Bxc2 b6 12. Ne2 Qh4 13. g3 Qg4 14. Nd4 Ba6 15. Bxh7?! { (-29.77 → Mate in 2) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (15. Bh6 Qh5) 15... Rxh7 16. c4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 dxe6 18. Nc3 Bxc4 19. Bh6 Rxh6 20. Kd2 Qg5+ 21. f4 Qxf4# { P2 gives the third check. } 0-1