final move · Qe8#
Checkmate

radagastw vs Kearch

1249 elo

mate on move 54

Elo
1147 vs 1249
Played
blitz · Oct 26, 2026
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Avg centipawn loss
95
Blunders
6
Moves
54
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

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move 1radagastw’s evaluation, move by movemove 54
Not everything was clean

The one slip

43...♗b3 cost 7.3 pawns. b5 would have held it.

That put the bishop on b3, where the rook on e3 covers it. 44.♖xb3 just takes it.

The point: 44.axb5 ♖d4+ 45.♔g3 ♗xb5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. g3 e6
  2. 2. Bg2 d5
  3. 3. Nf3 c5
  4. 4. d3 Nc6
  5. 5. O-O Qb6
  6. 6. c4 Nh6
  7. 7. cxd5 exd5
  8. 8. b3 g6
  9. 9. Nc3 d4
  10. 10. Nd5 Qd8
  11. 11. Bg5 Qxd5
  12. 12. e4 Qe6
  13. 13. Re1 Bg7
  14. 14. Qc2 b6
  15. 15. Qc4 Qxc4
  16. 16. bxc4 O-O
  17. 17. h3 Be6
  18. 18. a3 Ne5
  19. 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
  20. 20. f4 Bg7
  21. 21. e5 Nf5
  22. 22. Bxa8 Rxa8
  23. 23. Bf6 Nxg3
  24. 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
  25. 25. Kg2 Nf5
  26. 26. a4 a5
  27. 27. Rab1 Rb8
  28. 28. Kh2 Ne3
  29. 29. Re2 Nf5
  30. 30. Rbe1 Nh4
  31. 31. Rf1 h5
  32. 32. Ref2 Bf5
  33. 33. Kg3 g5
  34. 34. fxg5 Bxd3
  35. 35. Rd1 Bxc4
  36. 36. Kxh4 Kg6
  37. 37. Re1 d3
  38. 38. Rf6+ Kg7
  39. 39. e6 fxe6
  40. 40. Rfxe6 d2
  41. 41. Re7+ Kg6
  42. 42. Rd1 Rd8
  43. 43. Re3 Bb3
  44. 44. Rxb3 c4
  45. 45. Rxb6+ Kf5
  46. 46. Rf1+ Ke4
  47. 47. Rd1 c3
  48. 48. Re6+ Kd3
  49. 49. g6 c2
  50. 50. Rf6 cxd1=Q
  51. 51. g7 Qxa4+
  52. 52. Kxh5 d1=Q+
  53. 53. Kg6 Qg1+
  54. 54. Kf7 Qe8#

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