final move · Bh8#
Best comeback

acyanide vs EAGL_N1

dead lost

down at move 22, won anyway

Elo
1589 vs 1537
Played
blitz · Aug 5, 2026
Opening
English Opening Symmetrical Variation
See the game on Chess.com →
Avg centipawn loss
112
Blunders
3
Moves
40
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 22move 40
The low point

Move 22

The engine had this as lost outright after Kb1. 18 moves later, acyanide won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

21.♕d2 cost 9.1 pawns — ♖d2 would have held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 c5
  2. 2. c4 cxd4
  3. 3. Nf3 Nc6
  4. 4. Nxd4 g6
  5. 5. Nc3 Bg7
  6. 6. Nxc6 bxc6
  7. 7. Bf4 Nf6
  8. 8. e3 c5
  9. 9. h4 Nh5
  10. 10. Bh2 O-O
  11. 11. Be2 f5
  12. 12. Bxh5 gxh5
  13. 13. Qxh5 e5
  14. 14. g4 f4
  15. 15. exf4 Bb7
  16. 16. Rg1 exf4
  17. 17. Nd5 Bxd5
  18. 18. Qxd5+ Kh8
  19. 19. O-O-O Rb8
  20. 20. b3 Qa5
  21. 21. Qd2 Qa3+
  22. 22. Kb1 Rxb3+
  23. 23. axb3 Qxb3+
  24. 24. Kc1 Qa3+
  25. 25. Kc2 Qb2+
  26. 26. Kd3 Qd4+
  27. 27. Ke2 Qxc4+
  28. 28. Qd3 Re8+
  29. 29. Kf1 Qe6
  30. 30. Bxf4 Qf6
  31. 31. Bg5 Qf3
  32. 32. Qxf3 Rg8
  33. 33. Rxd7 Rf8
  34. 34. Rf7 Kg8
  35. 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8
  36. 36. Qb3+ Kg7
  37. 37. Rg3 Kg6
  38. 38. Qe6+ Kg7
  39. 39. Bf6+ Kh6
  40. 40. Bh8#

← acyanide’s profileFind your own best games →