final move · Qe8#
Best comeback

armani_dawn vs rjfreeman

dead lost

down at move 36, won anyway

Elo
884 vs 743
Played
daily · Mar 22, 2026
Opening
Queens Pawn Opening Accelerated London System
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Avg centipawn loss
200
Blunders
6
Moves
54
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 36move 54
The low point

Move 36

The engine had this as lost outright after Bg6. 18 moves later, armani_dawn won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

36.♕xd5 threw the position away. ♘xf5 would have held it.

There was a bishop free here. 36.♘xf5 was the move.

The point: 36...♖xc7 37.♘7xh6+ gxh6 38.♖xc7

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 d5
  2. 2. Bf4 Nc6
  3. 3. e3 Nf6
  4. 4. Nd2 Bf5
  5. 5. Ngf3 e6
  6. 6. Bb5 Qd7
  7. 7. O-O Bb4
  8. 8. c3 Ba5
  9. 9. b4 Bb6
  10. 10. a4 a6
  11. 11. Bxc6 Qxc6
  12. 12. Nb1 Ne4
  13. 13. Qb3 O-O
  14. 14. b5 axb5
  15. 15. axb5 Qd7
  16. 16. Ne5 Qe7
  17. 17. Rxa8 Rxa8
  18. 18. Qb2 h6
  19. 19. c4 Nd6
  20. 20. Na3 c6
  21. 21. bxc6 Qc7
  22. 22. c5 Bxc5
  23. 23. dxc5 Ne4
  24. 24. Nb5 Qe7
  25. 25. cxb7 Qxb7
  26. 26. c6 Qc8
  27. 27. c7 f6
  28. 28. Nc6 Qd7
  29. 29. Rc1 e5
  30. 30. Bxe5 fxe5
  31. 31. Nxe5 Qe6
  32. 32. Qd4 Nd6
  33. 33. Rc6 Qe8
  34. 34. Nxd6 Qf8
  35. 35. Nef7 Ra7
  36. 36. Qxd5 Bg6
  37. 37. c8=Q Bxf7
  38. 38. Nxf7 Qxc8
  39. 39. Nxh6+ Kh7
  40. 40. Qd3+ g6
  41. 41. Rxc8 Ra1+
  42. 42. Qf1 Rxf1+
  43. 43. Kxf1 Kxh6
  44. 44. Rf8 Kh5
  45. 45. e4 g5
  46. 46. e5 Kh4
  47. 47. e6 g4
  48. 48. e7 Kh5
  49. 49. e8=Q+ Kg5
  50. 50. Qe7+ Kh5
  51. 51. Rf5+ Kg6
  52. 52. Qe6+ Kh7
  53. 53. Rf7+ Kg8
  54. 54. Qe8#

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