final move · d8=Q+
Best comeback

knightchess2k vs aljohnponce21

dead lost

down at move 45, won anyway

Elo
1129 vs 1102
Played
blitz · Aug 14, 2026
Opening
Modern Defense
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Avg centipawn loss
69
Blunders
2
Moves
53
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 45move 53
The low point

Move 45

The engine had this as lost outright after axb4. 8 moves later, knightchess2k won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

22.♘h4 cost 3.8 pawns. ♘e1 would have held it.

The position went from level to losing.

The point: 22...♕g5 23.♘d3 ♕xh5 24.♖xh5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 g6
  2. 2. Nc3 Bg7
  3. 3. Bf4 e6
  4. 4. e3 Ne7
  5. 5. h4 O-O
  6. 6. h5 d6
  7. 7. Bd3 b6
  8. 8. hxg6 fxg6
  9. 9. Bh6 Bb7
  10. 10. Qg4 Nf5
  11. 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
  12. 12. Bxf5 exf5
  13. 13. Qh3 Rh8
  14. 14. Qh6+ Kf7
  15. 15. O-O-O Nd7
  16. 16. Nf3 a5
  17. 17. Ng5+ Kf6
  18. 18. Qh4 h6
  19. 19. Nf3+ g5
  20. 20. Qh5 Qg8
  21. 21. Rh2 g4
  22. 22. Nh4 Qg5
  23. 23. Qxg5+ hxg5
  24. 24. Nxf5 Kxf5
  25. 25. Rxh8 Rxh8
  26. 26. f3 gxf3
  27. 27. gxf3 Bxf3
  28. 28. Rf1 g4
  29. 29. Nd5 Ke4
  30. 30. Nxc7 Kxe3
  31. 31. Ne6 Rh2
  32. 32. Ng5 Be4
  33. 33. Nxe4 Kxe4
  34. 34. Rg1 Kf4
  35. 35. c3 g3
  36. 36. a3 Rf2
  37. 37. Kb1 Kf3
  38. 38. Ka2 g2
  39. 39. Kb3 Rf1
  40. 40. Rxg2 Kxg2
  41. 41. d5 Rd1
  42. 42. c4 Kf3
  43. 43. Kc3 Nc5
  44. 44. b4 Rd3+
  45. 45. Kb2 axb4
  46. 46. axb4 Na4+
  47. 47. Kc2 Ke4
  48. 48. b5 Rc3+
  49. 49. Kd2 Kd4
  50. 50. c5 Kc4
  51. 51. cxd6 Kxd5
  52. 52. d7 Nc5
  53. 53. d8=Q+

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