final move · f8=Q
Best comeback

cthulhutheold vs —

−6.5

down at move 30, won anyway

Elo
1897 vs 1568
Played
rapid · Feb 2, 2023
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Avg centipawn loss
117
Blunders
9
Moves
68
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 30move 68
The low point

Move 30

6.5 pawns down after Qd6. 38 moves later, cthulhutheold won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

30.♘xe6 cost 6.5 pawns. ♕e3 would have held it.

That did nothing about the queen on f3, hanging before the move and hanging after. 30...gxf3 takes it.

The point: 30...g3 31.fxg3 ♘h3+ 32.gxh3

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e6
  2. 2. d4 d5
  3. 3. Bd3 Bb4+
  4. 4. c3 Ba5
  5. 5. Nf3 Nf6
  6. 6. Bg5 Nbd7
  7. 7. e5 Qe7
  8. 8. exf6 Nxf6
  9. 9. Ne5 Bd7
  10. 10. O-O O-O-O
  11. 11. b4 Bb6
  12. 12. a4 c6
  13. 13. a5 Bc7
  14. 14. Nd2 a6
  15. 15. Qe2 h6
  16. 16. Bh4 g5
  17. 17. Bg3 h5
  18. 18. h3 h4
  19. 19. Bh2 Rdg8
  20. 20. Bxa6 Nh5
  21. 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7
  22. 22. a6+ Ka7
  23. 23. Nb3 f6
  24. 24. Nxd7 Qxd7
  25. 25. Bxc7 Qxc7
  26. 26. Nc5 Nf4
  27. 27. Qf3 f5
  28. 28. Rae1 g4
  29. 29. hxg4 fxg4
  30. 30. Nxe6 Qd6
  31. 31. Qxf4 Qxf4
  32. 32. Nxf4 Kxa6
  33. 33. Re6 Kb5
  34. 34. Rg6 h3
  35. 35. Rxg8 Rxg8
  36. 36. g3 Rh8
  37. 37. Kh2 Kc4
  38. 38. Rc1 Kb3
  39. 39. b5 cxb5
  40. 40. Nxd5 Kb2
  41. 41. Re1 Rf8
  42. 42. Re2+ Kb3
  43. 43. Kg1 Kc4
  44. 44. Nc7 Rf3
  45. 45. d5 Rxc3
  46. 46. Re4+ Kd3
  47. 47. Rxg4 Rxc7
  48. 48. Rf4 Rd7
  49. 49. Rf5 b4
  50. 50. Rf4 b3
  51. 51. Rb4 Kc3
  52. 52. Rb5 b2
  53. 53. Kh2 Rf7
  54. 54. f4 Rd7
  55. 55. Kxh3 Kc2
  56. 56. Kg4 Rg7+
  57. 57. Kf3 b1=Q
  58. 58. Rxb1 Kxb1
  59. 59. g4 Kc2
  60. 60. g5 Kd3
  61. 61. d6 Rd7
  62. 62. f5 Rxd6
  63. 63. Kf4 Kd4
  64. 64. f6 Rd5
  65. 65. g6 Rd6
  66. 66. Kf5 Kd5
  67. 67. f7 Re6
  68. 68. f8=Q

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