final move · Bd5#
Best comeback

batrachology vs Kale_108

dead lost

down at move 21, won anyway

Elo
1398 vs 1044
Played
blitz · May 5, 2026
Opening
Englund Gambit
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Avg centipawn loss
159
Blunders
7
Moves
57
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 21move 57
The low point

Move 21

The engine had this as lost outright after Rxe1. 36 moves later, batrachology won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

21.♗d3 cost 14.4 pawns. g4 would have held it.

The position went from winning to losing.

The point: 21...♘f6 22.b4 ♘xe4 23.fxe4

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 e5
  2. 2. e3 c6
  3. 3. Nf3 exd4
  4. 4. exd4 Nf6
  5. 5. Be2 c5
  6. 6. O-O Nc6
  7. 7. d5 Nd4
  8. 8. Nxd4 cxd4
  9. 9. Qxd4 Bd6
  10. 10. c4 O-O
  11. 11. b3 b6
  12. 12. Bb2 Bc5
  13. 13. Qc3 d6
  14. 14. Nd2 Bf5
  15. 15. Bf3 Qd7
  16. 16. Ne4 Bxe4
  17. 17. Bxe4 Rae8
  18. 18. Rae1 Re5
  19. 19. Kh1 Rfe8
  20. 20. f3 Nh5
  21. 21. Bd3 Rxe1
  22. 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+
  23. 23. Qxe1 h6
  24. 24. Qe4 f5
  25. 25. Qe6+ Qxe6
  26. 26. dxe6 Kf8
  27. 27. g3 g6
  28. 28. a3 Ke7
  29. 29. b4 Bf2
  30. 30. Kg2 Be1
  31. 31. g4 f4
  32. 32. gxh5 gxh5
  33. 33. Bf5 a5
  34. 34. bxa5 bxa5
  35. 35. Bg7 Bd2
  36. 36. a4 Be3
  37. 37. Bxh6 h4
  38. 38. h3 Bc5
  39. 39. Bg5+ Kf8
  40. 40. Bxh4 d5
  41. 41. e7+ Bxe7
  42. 42. Bxe7+ Kxe7
  43. 43. cxd5 Kd6
  44. 44. Be4 Ke5
  45. 45. h4 Kd6
  46. 46. h5 Kc5
  47. 47. h6 Kb4
  48. 48. h7 Kxa4
  49. 49. h8=Q Kb4
  50. 50. Qd4+ Ka3
  51. 51. d6 a4
  52. 52. d7 Kb3
  53. 53. d8=Q a3
  54. 54. Qb8+ Ka2
  55. 55. Qd2+ Ka1
  56. 56. Qc3+ Ka2
  57. 57. Bd5#

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