final move · Qxg4#
Best comeback

jm77q vs lazsrf08

dead lost

down at move 16, won anyway

Elo
440 vs 445
Played
rapid · Jul 30, 2026
Opening
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
185
Blunders
5
Moves
40
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 16move 40
The low point

Move 16

The engine had this as lost outright after Qc4+. 25 moves later, jm77q won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

26...♔b6 cost 10.3 pawns. ♘e5 would have held it.

The position went from worse to losing.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nf3 f6
  3. 3. d4 c6
  4. 4. dxe5 fxe5
  5. 5. Nxe5 Qh4
  6. 6. Nc3 d6
  7. 7. Nf3 Qd8
  8. 8. Bg5 Be7
  9. 9. Bxe7 Nxe7
  10. 10. e5 Bg4
  11. 11. exd6 Nd5
  12. 12. Nxd5 cxd5
  13. 13. Qxd5 Qb6
  14. 14. Qe4+ Kd7
  15. 15. Qxg4+ Kc6
  16. 16. Qc4+ Kd7
  17. 17. Ne5+ Kd8
  18. 18. Nf7+ Kd7
  19. 19. Nxh8 Qxd6
  20. 20. Qg4+ Kc6
  21. 21. Rd1 Qc5
  22. 22. Qe6+ Kc7
  23. 23. Rd7+ Nxd7
  24. 24. c3 Rxh8
  25. 25. Qe3 Qf5
  26. 26. Qg3+ Kb6
  27. 27. Qe3+ Nc5
  28. 28. b4 Qb1+
  29. 29. Ke2 Qb2+
  30. 30. Kf3 Rf8+
  31. 31. Kg3 Qxa2
  32. 32. bxc5+ Kc6
  33. 33. Qe7 Rf7
  34. 34. Qe8+ Kxc5
  35. 35. Qb8 Qxf2+
  36. 36. Kh3 Qf5+
  37. 37. g4 Qf3+
  38. 38. Kh4 g5+
  39. 39. Kxg5 Rg7+
  40. 40. Kh4 Qxg4#

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