final move · Qxe8#
Best comeback
jjthebaconator vs skakisths33
dead lost
down at move 22, won anyway
- Elo
- 1100 vs 1044
- Played
- rapid · Aug 7, 2026
- Opening
- Petrovs Defense Classical Variation
Avg centipawn loss
227
Blunders
4
Moves
28
Colour
White
The game
How it swung
winninglosing
The low point
Move 22
The engine had this as lost outright after f5. 6 moves later, jjthebaconator won.
Not everything was clean
The one slip
23.dxc7 cost 14.4 pawns. ♔f1 would have held it.
There was a mate threat to answer first. 23...♕h1# mates.
The point: 23...cxd6 24.♖e3 ♕h1+ 25.♗g1
Every move
The score
- 1. e4 e5
- 2. Nf3 Nf6
- 3. Nxe5 Nc6
- 4. Nxc6 dxc6
- 5. Nc3 Bc5
- 6. Bc4 Ng4
- 7. O-O Qd6
- 8. g3 Qd4
- 9. Qf3 Qxc4
- 10. d3 Qe6
- 11. Re1 Bd7
- 12. Be3 Bd6
- 13. h3 Ne5
- 14. Qe2 Qxh3
- 15. d4 Ng4
- 16. f3 Qxg3+
- 17. Qg2 Qh4
- 18. fxg4 Bxg4
- 19. Bf2 Qh5
- 20. e5 Bf3
- 21. exd6+ Kf8
- 22. Qg3 f5
- 23. dxc7 g5
- 24. Qd6+ Kg7
- 25. Re7+ Kg8
- 26. Qd8+ Rxd8
- 27. cxd8=Q+ Qe8
- 28. Qxe8#