final move · g8=Q#
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cjmeek901 vs TheHotcocoaMan

−5.6

down at move 23, won anyway

Elo
794 vs 771
Played
blitz · Jul 28, 2026
Opening
Sicilian Defense Chekhover Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
50
Blunders
1
Moves
74
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 23move 74
The low point

Move 23

5.6 pawns down after Rxc2. 51 moves later, cjmeek901 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

39.♕e1 cost 3.5 pawns. ♖xb4+ would have held it.

That left the rook on d4 undefended. 39...♔xd4 just takes it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 c5
  2. 2. Nf3 d6
  3. 3. d4 cxd4
  4. 4. Qxd4 Bg4
  5. 5. Be2 Bxf3
  6. 6. Bxf3 Nc6
  7. 7. Qd2 g6
  8. 8. Nc3 Bg7
  9. 9. O-O Nf6
  10. 10. a3 O-O
  11. 11. Qe3 a6
  12. 12. Bd2 b5
  13. 13. e5 Nxe5
  14. 14. Bxa8 Qxa8
  15. 15. f3 Rc8
  16. 16. f4 Nc4
  17. 17. Qe2 Nxb2
  18. 18. a4 b4
  19. 19. Na2 a5
  20. 20. Be3 Nd5
  21. 21. Rab1 Nxe3
  22. 22. Qxe3 Nxa4
  23. 23. Qf3 Rxc2
  24. 24. Qxa8+ Bf8
  25. 25. Rfc1 Rxa2
  26. 26. Rc8 Kg7
  27. 27. Rxf8 Nc3
  28. 28. Rg8+ Kf6
  29. 29. Qb7 Nxb1
  30. 30. Re8 Nc3
  31. 31. Qxe7+ Kg7
  32. 32. Qf8+ Kf6
  33. 33. Qh8+ Kf5
  34. 34. Rd8 Ne4
  35. 35. Qg7 Ra1+
  36. 36. Qxa1 Kxf4
  37. 37. Rxd6 f5
  38. 38. Rd4 Ke5
  39. 39. Qe1 Kxd4
  40. 40. Qd1+ Ke3
  41. 41. Kf1 Nd2+
  42. 42. Ke1 Ne4
  43. 43. Qe2+ Kd4
  44. 44. Qb5 Nc3
  45. 45. Qxa5 h5
  46. 46. Qxb4+ Kd3
  47. 47. Qf8 Ne4
  48. 48. Qg7 g5
  49. 49. Qd7+ Ke3
  50. 50. Qxf5 Kd4
  51. 51. Qf8 Nc5
  52. 52. Qf5 Ke3
  53. 53. Qxg5+ Kd4
  54. 54. Qxh5 Ne4
  55. 55. Qe8 Nc5
  56. 56. Qc8 Nd3+
  57. 57. Ke2 Nf4+
  58. 58. Kd2 Nd5
  59. 59. Qd8 Kc5
  60. 60. h4 Nb4
  61. 61. h5 Nc6
  62. 62. Qc8 Kd6
  63. 63. h6 Ne5
  64. 64. h7 Nf7
  65. 65. Qf8+ Ke6
  66. 66. h8=Q Nxh8
  67. 67. Qxh8 Kf5
  68. 68. Qg8 Kf4
  69. 69. g4 Kg3
  70. 70. g5 Kg4
  71. 71. g6 Kg5
  72. 72. g7 Kg6
  73. 73. Qf8 Kh7
  74. 74. g8=Q#

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