final move · Rxb8#
Best comebackCheckmate

alexsommerfeldt vs gnani-r

dead lost

down at move 31, won anyway

Elo
837 vs 820
Played
rapid · 21 Oct 2025
Opening
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
137
Blunders
6
Moves
35
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 31move 35
The low point

Move 31

The engine had this as lost outright after Bf1+. 4 moves later, alexsommerfeldt won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

20.♕g5+ cost 8.1 pawns — ♗xf7 would have held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nf3 Qf6
  3. 3. Bc4 Bc5
  4. 4. Nc3 c6
  5. 5. d3 b5
  6. 6. Bb3 d6
  7. 7. Be3 a5
  8. 8. a4 Qg6
  9. 9. Bxc5 dxc5
  10. 10. axb5 Qxg2
  11. 11. Rf1 Nf6
  12. 12. bxc6 Ng4
  13. 13. Qe2 Nxh2
  14. 14. Nxh2 Qxh2
  15. 15. Nb5 Na6
  16. 16. Nd6+ Ke7
  17. 17. Nxf7 Rf8
  18. 18. Kd2 Qf4+
  19. 19. Qe3 Qxf7
  20. 20. Qg5+ Qf6
  21. 21. Qg2 Nb4
  22. 22. c3 Nxc6
  23. 23. f3 Rd8
  24. 24. Rh1 c4
  25. 25. Bxc4 Ba6
  26. 26. Bb3 Rxd3+
  27. 27. Kc2 Rd6
  28. 28. Rxh7 a4
  29. 29. Rxa4 Bd3+
  30. 30. Kc1 Qf4+
  31. 31. Kd1 Bf1+
  32. 32. Kc2 Bxg2
  33. 33. Rxg7+ Kd8
  34. 34. Rxa8+ Nb8
  35. 35. Rxb8#

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