final move · Qg3#
Best comebackCheckmate

kendragonx vs dama_x_rey

dead lost

down at move 23, won anyway

Elo
1288 vs 1301
Played
rapid · 26 Apr 2026
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Avg centipawn loss
111
Blunders
5
Moves
27
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 23move 27
The low point

Move 23

The engine had this as lost outright after Bd3+. 4 moves later, kendragonx won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

15.♘h4+ cost 5.1 pawns — ♕b7 would have held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 d5
  2. 2. Bf4 Nc6
  3. 3. e3 Nf6
  4. 4. Nf3 Bf5
  5. 5. c4 dxc4
  6. 6. Bxc4 Ne4
  7. 7. Qb3 e6
  8. 8. Qxb7 Na5
  9. 9. Qb5+ c6
  10. 10. Qa4 Nxc4
  11. 11. Qxc6+ Ke7
  12. 12. Qxc4 Rc8
  13. 13. Qb4+ Kf6
  14. 14. Be5+ Kg6
  15. 15. Nh4+ Kh5
  16. 16. Qb5 Rc1+
  17. 17. Ke2 Rxh1
  18. 18. f3 Nd6
  19. 19. g4+ Kxh4
  20. 20. Bg3+ Kh3
  21. 21. Qe5 Nc4
  22. 22. Qf4 Nxb2
  23. 23. Bf2 Bd3+
  24. 24. Kd2 Qa5+
  25. 25. Nc3 Rd1+
  26. 26. Rxd1 Nxd1
  27. 27. Qg3#

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