final move · Ra8#
Best comeback

marboterrace vs KhalifaJalivay

dead lost

down at move 25, won anyway

Elo
203 vs 166
Played
rapid · 9 Feb 2026
Opening
Kings Pawn Opening Tortoise Opening
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Avg centipawn loss
151
Blunders
13
Moves
52
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 25move 52
The low point

Move 25

The engine had this as lost outright after Nc6. 27 moves later, marboterrace won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

Ne6 on move 11 cost 9.1 pawns — Qh5+ held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Bd3 d6
  3. 3. b3 f6
  4. 4. a4 a6
  5. 5. Ba3 Be7
  6. 6. Nc3 g6
  7. 7. Nf3 f5
  8. 8. exf5 gxf5
  9. 9. h4 c5
  10. 10. Ng5 h6
  11. 11. Ne6 Qd7
  12. 12. Ng7+ Kf7
  13. 13. Nh5 e4
  14. 14. Be2 Nf6
  15. 15. Nxf6 Bxf6
  16. 16. d3 exd3
  17. 17. cxd3 Bxc3+
  18. 18. Kf1 Re8
  19. 19. Rc1 Bd4
  20. 20. Bh5+ Ke6
  21. 21. Bxe8 Qxe8
  22. 22. f3 Kf7
  23. 23. g4 Be6
  24. 24. gxf5 Bxf5
  25. 25. Rb1 Nc6
  26. 26. Bb2 Be5
  27. 27. Bxe5 dxe5
  28. 28. d4 exd4
  29. 29. f4 Rd8
  30. 30. Kf2 Na5
  31. 31. Qe2 Qg8
  32. 32. Rbd1 Re8
  33. 33. Qf1 Nxb3
  34. 34. Re1 Qg4
  35. 35. Rxe8 Kxe8
  36. 36. Qe1+ Kf7
  37. 37. Qg1 Qxf4+
  38. 38. Kg2 Qg4+
  39. 39. Kf1 Qf4+
  40. 40. Qf2 Qc1+
  41. 41. Kg2 Nd2
  42. 42. Qxf5+ Kg7
  43. 43. Rxc1 Nc4
  44. 44. Rxc4 h5
  45. 45. Rxc5 d3
  46. 46. Qxd3 Kf7
  47. 47. Rc7+ Kf6
  48. 48. Rxb7 Ke6
  49. 49. Rb6+ Kf7
  50. 50. Rxa6 Kg7
  51. 51. Qd7+ Kf8
  52. 52. Ra8#

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