final move · Ra4#
Best comebackCheckmate

lwd76 vs notbobbyfischerxix

−5.8

down at move 16, won anyway

Elo
631 vs 626
Played
rapid · Jul 31, 2026
Opening
Petrovs Defense Classical Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
74
Blunders
2
Moves
21
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 16move 21
The low point

Move 16

5.8 pawns down after c3. 6 moves later, lwd76 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

7...♕xf3 cost 4.3 pawns. ♕xe5 would have held it.

That put the queen on f3, where the knight on e5 covers it. 8.♘xf3 just takes it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nf3 Nf6
  3. 3. Nxe5 Bc5
  4. 4. h3 Bxf2+
  5. 5. Kxf2 Nxe4+
  6. 6. Kg1 Qf6
  7. 7. Qf3 Qxf3
  8. 8. Nxf3 Ng3
  9. 9. Rh2 O-O
  10. 10. Nc3 b6
  11. 11. Bc4 Bb7
  12. 12. Bd5 Bxd5
  13. 13. Nxd5 Ne2+
  14. 14. Kf1 Ng3+
  15. 15. Kf2 Na6
  16. 16. c3 Ne4+
  17. 17. Ke2 Rfe8
  18. 18. Kd3 Nf2+
  19. 19. Kc4 Re4+
  20. 20. Kb3 Nc5+
  21. 21. Ka3 Ra4#

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