final move · Rxe8#
Best comeback

markauska5 vs betoso1

dead lost

down at move 16, won anyway

Elo
227 vs 195
Played
bullet · Jul 30, 2026
Opening
Queens Pawn Opening
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Avg centipawn loss
111
Blunders
4
Moves
26
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 16move 26
The low point

Move 16

The engine had this as lost outright after Qd2+. 10 moves later, markauska5 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

16.♕e3 cost 6.7 pawns. ♕xg7 would have held it.

That walks into 16...♕d2+: the king on e1 and the queen on e3 are both attacked at once.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 d5
  2. 2. e3 e6
  3. 3. Ne2 Nf6
  4. 4. Nd2 Bd7
  5. 5. Ng3 Nc6
  6. 6. Nb3 e5
  7. 7. dxe5 Nxe5
  8. 8. Be2 Bb4+
  9. 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
  10. 10. Qxd2 Nc4
  11. 11. Qc3 b5
  12. 12. Nc5 Rb8
  13. 13. Nxd7 Qxd7
  14. 14. e4 dxe4
  15. 15. Nxe4 Nxe4
  16. 16. Qe3 Qd2+
  17. 17. Qxd2 Ncxd2
  18. 18. O-O-O Nb3+
  19. 19. Kb1 Rd8
  20. 20. cxb3 Rxd1+
  21. 21. Rxd1 Nd2+
  22. 22. Rxd2 Ke7
  23. 23. Bxb5 Rd8
  24. 24. Re2+ Kf8
  25. 25. Kc2 Re8
  26. 26. Rxe8#

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