final move · Kxg6
Best comeback

grazingcow vs 3hossam

dead lost

down at move 18, won anyway

Elo
981 vs 967
Played
bullet · Jul 28, 2026
Opening
Kings Gambit Declined Queens Knight Defense
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Avg centipawn loss
100
Blunders
4
Moves
36
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 18move 36
The low point

Move 18

The engine had this as lost outright after Qe3+. 18 moves later, grazingcow won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

17.♗xc7 cost 7.2 pawns. ♘d2 would have held it.

That left the queen on e2 undefended. 17...♕xe2 just takes it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. f4 Nc6
  3. 3. Nf3 f6
  4. 4. Bc4 exf4
  5. 5. Bxg8 Rxg8
  6. 6. d4 Bb4+
  7. 7. c3 Be7
  8. 8. b4 d6
  9. 9. Bxf4 Bd7
  10. 10. O-O Bf8
  11. 11. e5 fxe5
  12. 12. dxe5 dxe5
  13. 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
  14. 14. Bxe5 Qe7
  15. 15. Qh5+ g6
  16. 16. Qe2 O-O-O
  17. 17. Bxc7 Qxe2
  18. 18. Bxd8 Qe3+
  19. 19. Kh1 Bb5
  20. 20. Na3 Bxf1
  21. 21. Rxf1 Kxd8
  22. 22. h3 Bd6
  23. 23. Nc4 Rf8
  24. 24. Nxe3 Rxf1+
  25. 25. Nxf1 Kd7
  26. 26. Ne3 Ke6
  27. 27. Nc4 Be5
  28. 28. Nxe5 Kxe5
  29. 29. Kh2 Kd5
  30. 30. g4 Kc4
  31. 31. Kg3 Kxc3
  32. 32. Kf4 Kxb4
  33. 33. Kg5 b5
  34. 34. Kh6 Kc4
  35. 35. Kxh7 a5
  36. 36. Kxg6

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