[Event "Cycle Three-check Arena"] [Site "https://playstrategy.org/lQsDWKsY"] [Date "2026.10.27"] [P1 "PST-Greedy-Tom"] [P2 "integral"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.27"] [UTCTime "08:09:21"] [P1Elo "934"] [P2Elo "1258"] [P1RatingDiff "-4"] [P2RatingDiff "+32"] [P1Title "BOT"] [Variant "Three-check"] [TimeControl "3+2"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "playstrategy.org"] 1. Nf3 Nf6?! { (1.92 → 2.59) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } { A05 Zukertort Opening } (1... d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 Ne7 5. d4 Nf5 6. Bd3 Nh4 7. Nxh4 Qxh4 8. Be3) 2. d3?? { (2.59 → -1.19) Blunder. The following was best. } (2. e4) 2... g6?? { (-1.19 → 0.76) Blunder. The following was best. } (2... Nc6 3. Bd2) 3. Bf4?? { (0.76 → -1.61) Blunder. The following was best. } (3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 Bc5 8. O-O d4 9. Nd5 Nxd5) 3... Bg7?! { (-1.61 → -0.59) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (3... e5 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. d4 b5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O) 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bxb8?? { (0.06 → -2.19) Blunder. The following was best. } (5. d4 d5) 5... Rxb8 6. Ne5?? { (-2.12 → -8.30) Blunder. The following was best. } (6. e3 d5 7. Be2 e5 8. O-O Qe7 9. d4 e4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Kh1 Ne8 12. f3 exf3) 6... O-O?? { (-8.30 → -3.62) Blunder. The following was best. } (6... Qb6 7. d4 Qxb2 8. Na4 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qa5 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Kf1 d6 13. h4) 7. e3 d6?! { (-4.40 → -3.16) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (7... Nd5 8. d4) 8. Nc4? { (-3.16 → -6.17) Mistake. The following was best. } (8. Nf3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. d4 e5 12. Be2 e4 13. c4 Qd8 14. Ng1 c5) 8... b5?! { (-6.17 → -3.96) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (8... d5 9. Be2) 9. Nd2 Nd5? { (-3.91 → -2.24) Mistake. The following was best. } (9... b4 10. Nce4 Nd5 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. dxe4 Nb6 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 d5 16. c4) 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. d4 a6? { (-3.64 → -2.23) Mistake. The following was best. } (11... e5 12. Be2) 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5?? { (-1.90 → -4.64) Blunder. The following was best. } (13. O-O f5) 13... dxe5 14. Qf3? { (-3.86 → -6.70) Mistake. The following was best. } (14. O-O e4) 14... e4 15. Qxf7+?! { (-6.24 → -22.15) Inaccuracy. The following was best. } (15. Qf4) 15... Rxf7 16. Be2?! { (-24.63 → Mate in 7) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (16. O-O Qg5) 16... Bxb2?! { (Mate in 7 → -26.77) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (16... Rxf2 17. Kd1 Bxb2 18. h3 Rxe2 19. Nf3 exf3 20. c3 Qh4 21. e4 Qf2 22. e5 Rd2#) 17. Rb1?! { (-26.77 → Mate in 6) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (17. O-O Bxa1) 17... Bc3?! { (Mate in 6 → -21.38) Lost forced winning sequence. The following was best. } (17... Rxf2 18. Kd1 Bg4 19. g3 Bxe2+ 20. Ke1 Bc3 21. Rb4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bg4#) 18. O-O Qh4 19. Rxb5?! { (-30.04 → Mate in 4) Your opponent can now force a win. The following was best. } (19. f4 Bxd2) 19... Qxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Be5+ 21. Kh1 Rf5 22. Bg4 Rh5# { P2 gives the third check. } 0-1