final move · d1=Q#
Best comeback

alexh9246 vs yashwardhan-ray

dead lost

down at move 17, won anyway

Elo
216 vs 186
Played
rapid · Apr 26, 2026
Opening
Sicilian Defense
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Avg centipawn loss
90
Blunders
1
Moves
53
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 17move 53
The low point

Move 17

The engine had this as lost outright after Nxe7. 37 moves later, alexh9246 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

7...f6 cost 3.9 pawns. dxe5 would have held it.

The position went from level to losing.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 c5
  2. 2. Be2 d6
  3. 3. Nf3 b6
  4. 4. O-O Nf6
  5. 5. d3 Qd7
  6. 6. e5 Nd5
  7. 7. Ng5 f6
  8. 8. e6 Qc6
  9. 9. Bf3 fxg5
  10. 10. c4 Nb4
  11. 11. Bxc6+ N8xc6
  12. 12. Bxg5 Ba6
  13. 13. Re1 b5
  14. 14. cxb5 Bxb5
  15. 15. Nc3 Bxd3
  16. 16. Nd5 Rd8
  17. 17. Nxe7 Bxe7
  18. 18. Bxe7 Nxe7
  19. 19. a3 Nc2
  20. 20. Qxd3 Nxe1
  21. 21. Rxe1 Rf8
  22. 22. Qxh7 Rb8
  23. 23. Rb1 Kd8
  24. 24. Qxg7 Re8
  25. 25. h4 Kc7
  26. 26. h5 Kc6
  27. 27. h6 Nf5
  28. 28. Qg5 Rf8
  29. 29. e7 Rf7
  30. 30. h7 Nd4
  31. 31. h8=Q Rxh8
  32. 32. Re1 Kd7
  33. 33. Qg6 Rxe7
  34. 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7
  35. 35. Qg5+ Kd7
  36. 36. Qg7+ Kc6
  37. 37. Qxh8 Ne2+
  38. 38. Kf1 Nf4
  39. 39. g4 d5
  40. 40. g5 d4
  41. 41. g6 Nxg6
  42. 42. Qh7 Nf8
  43. 43. Qg8 Nd7
  44. 44. f4 d3
  45. 45. Qg3 c4
  46. 46. Ke1 Kc5
  47. 47. f5 Kd4
  48. 48. f6 Nxf6
  49. 49. Qg4+ Nxg4
  50. 50. Kd2 Nf2
  51. 51. b4 c3+
  52. 52. Kc1 d2+
  53. 53. Kc2 d1=Q#

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