final move · Rxf1#
Best comeback

buck_cannon vs queuefever

dead lost

down at move 42, won anyway

Elo
1412 vs 1382
Played
rapid · Jan 26, 2025
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Avg centipawn loss
108
Blunders
4
Moves
47
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 42move 47
The low point

Move 42

The engine had this as lost outright after Rge5. 6 moves later, buck_cannon won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

41...♔h3 cost 16.2 pawns. ♔f2 would have held it.

That allowed mate. 42.♖h1# is on the board.

The point: 42.♖gg1 ♖ae8 43.♖d1 ♔e3

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nc3 c6
  3. 3. Nf3 d6
  4. 4. d4 exd4
  5. 5. Qxd4 Nf6
  6. 6. e5 Ng4
  7. 7. Bg5 Qd7
  8. 8. exd6 Qxd6
  9. 9. Qxd6 Bxd6
  10. 10. h3 Ne5
  11. 11. Nd4 h6
  12. 12. Bf4 O-O
  13. 13. O-O-O Nbd7
  14. 14. g4 g5
  15. 15. Bg3 Nc5
  16. 16. Bxe5 Bxe5
  17. 17. Nf5 Kh7
  18. 18. Bd3 Bf4+
  19. 19. Ne3+ Kg7
  20. 20. Kb1 Nxd3
  21. 21. Rxd3 b5
  22. 22. Nf5+ Kh7
  23. 23. h4 gxh4
  24. 24. Nxh4 Bg5
  25. 25. Ne4 f6
  26. 26. Rdh3 Bxg4
  27. 27. Rg3 f5
  28. 28. Nxg5+ hxg5
  29. 29. Nf3+ Kg6
  30. 30. Ne5+ Kg7
  31. 31. Nxg4 fxg4
  32. 32. Rxg4 Kf6
  33. 33. f4 Kf5
  34. 34. Rhg1 gxf4
  35. 35. Rg5+ Ke4
  36. 36. Re1+ Kf3
  37. 37. Rf1+ Ke2
  38. 38. Rc1 f3
  39. 39. Re5+ Kf2
  40. 40. Rce1 Kg2
  41. 41. Rg5+ Kh3
  42. 42. Rge5 f2
  43. 43. Rf1 Kg2
  44. 44. Rd1 f1=Q
  45. 45. Rg5+ Kh3
  46. 46. Rh5+ Kg4
  47. 47. Rxf1 Rxf1#

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