final move · Qd8#
Best comebackCheckmate

crashxover vs MFGMarc

−4.6

down at move 11, won anyway

Elo
1500 vs 1500
Played
rapid · May 19, 2026
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Avg centipawn loss
115
Blunders
2
Moves
20
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 11move 20
The low point

Move 11

4.6 pawns down after h6. 9 moves later, crashxover won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

11.♗g5 cost 4.2 pawns. ♗b3 would have held it.

That put the bishop on g5, where the knight on f7 covers it. 11...♘xg5 just takes it.

The point: 11...♕f6 12.♗xf7+ ♔xf7 13.♗g5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nc3 f6
  3. 3. Nf3 Nh6
  4. 4. d4 d5
  5. 5. Nxd5 Nf7
  6. 6. Bb5+ c6
  7. 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
  8. 8. Ba4 Bg4
  9. 9. h3 Bd7
  10. 10. dxe5 fxe5
  11. 11. Bg5 h6
  12. 12. Bxd8 Kxd8
  13. 13. O-O c5
  14. 14. Bb3 Ng5
  15. 15. Nxe5 Bg7
  16. 16. Nf7+ Kc8
  17. 17. Nxh8 Bxh8
  18. 18. Qd3 Bxb2
  19. 19. Rad1 Bb5
  20. 20. Qd8#

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