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final move · Be4
Best comeback
cirvan vs Xhottvs
dead lost
down at move 26, won anyway
- Elo
- 1427 vs 1416
- Played
- blitz · 4 Aug 2025
- Opening
- Sicilian Defense Smith Morra Gambit Declined Push Variation
Avg centipawn loss
35
Blunders
1
Moves
81
Colour
White
The game
How it swung
winninglosing
The low point
Move 26
The engine had this as lost outright after Rxf1+. 55 moves later, cirvan won.
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Not everything was clean
The one slip
Nxd8 on move 26 cost 14.0 pawns — Rxe1 held it.
Every move
The score
- 1. e4 c5
- 2. d4 cxd4
- 3. c3 d3
- 4. Bxd3 Nc6
- 5. Nf3 Qc7
- 6. O-O Nf6
- 7. Nd4 e6
- 8. f4 d6
- 9. Qe2 Be7
- 10. e5 dxe5
- 11. fxe5 Qxe5
- 12. Nxc6 Qxe2
- 13. Bxe2 bxc6
- 14. Bf3 Bb7
- 15. Bf4 O-O
- 16. Nd2 Nd5
- 17. Be5 Rac8
- 18. a3 Bf6
- 19. Bd6 Rfd8
- 20. Bc5 Ne3
- 21. Bxe3 Rd3
- 22. Rae1 Rcd8
- 23. Ne4 Be7
- 24. Nc5 Rxe3
- 25. Nxb7 Rxe1
- 26. Nxd8 Rxf1+
- 27. Kxf1 Bxd8
- 28. Bxc6 Bb6
- 29. h3 Kf8
- 30. a4 Ke7
- 31. b4 f5
- 32. c4 e5
- 33. c5 Bc7
- 34. b5 g5
- 35. Ke2 Kf6
- 36. b6 axb6
- 37. cxb6 Bxb6
- 38. Kf3 h5
- 39. g4 hxg4+
- 40. hxg4 f4
- 41. Be4 Ba5
- 42. Ke2 Ke7
- 43. Kd3 Kd6
- 44. Kc4 Bd8
- 45. Kb5 Kc7
- 46. a5 Kb8
- 47. a6 Ka7
- 48. Bb7 Bf6
- 49. Kc4 e4
- 50. Bxe4 Kxa6
- 51. Bf5 Kb7
- 52. Kd3 Kc7
- 53. Ke2 Kd6
- 54. Kf3 Ke5
- 55. Be4 Be7
- 56. Bf5 Kd4
- 57. Be4 Kc3
- 58. Bf5 Kd2
- 59. Be4 Bd8
- 60. Bf5 Bc7
- 61. Be4 Kc3
- 62. Bf5 Kd4
- 63. Be4 Ke5
- 64. Bf5 Kf6
- 65. Be4 Kg7
- 66. Bf5 Kh6
- 67. Be4 Kg7
- 68. Bf5 Kf8
- 69. Be4 Ke7
- 70. Bf5 Kf6
- 71. Be4 Bb6
- 72. Bf5 Bc5
- 73. Be4 Bd6
- 74. Bf5 Bb4
- 75. Be4 Ba5
- 76. Bf5 Bb6
- 77. Be4 Bc5
- 78. Bf5 Bd6
- 79. Be4 Bc7
- 80. Bf5 Bd8
- 81. Be4