final move · Qxh5#
Best comeback

aperbird vs ManjitBarua

−5.8

down at move 16, won anyway

Elo
999 vs 978
Played
rapid · Aug 2, 2026
Opening
Queens Gambit Declined Modern Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
90
Blunders
2
Moves
33
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 16move 33
The low point

Move 16

5.8 pawns down after Bg4. 17 moves later, aperbird won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

16.♖xf3 cost 11.0 pawns — ♕xg6 would have held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 d5
  2. 2. c4 e6
  3. 3. Nc3 Nf6
  4. 4. Bg5 Bb4
  5. 5. a3 Bxc3+
  6. 6. bxc3 dxc4
  7. 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
  8. 8. e3 O-O
  9. 9. Bxc4 e5
  10. 10. Nf3 e4
  11. 11. Ne5 Nc6
  12. 12. Nxc6 bxc6
  13. 13. O-O Qg6
  14. 14. Qc2 Bh3
  15. 15. f4 exf3
  16. 16. Rxf3 Bg4
  17. 17. Qxg6 hxg6
  18. 18. Rg3 Bh5
  19. 19. Rb1 c5
  20. 20. Rb7 cxd4
  21. 21. cxd4 c5
  22. 22. dxc5 Rad8
  23. 23. c6 Rd1+
  24. 24. Kf2 Rd2+
  25. 25. Kg1 Rfd8
  26. 26. c7 Rd1+
  27. 27. Bf1 Rc8
  28. 28. Rb8 Rxb8
  29. 29. cxb8=Q+ Kh7
  30. 30. Rh3 Kh6
  31. 31. Qf4+ g5
  32. 32. Qxf7 g4
  33. 33. Qxh5#

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