final move · Qh8#
Best comebackCheckmate

mattdh12 vs shohrux0013

−5.7

down at move 22, won anyway

Elo
1432 vs 1428
Played
rapid · 30 Jul 2026
Opening
Modern Defense Standard Line
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Avg centipawn loss
60
Blunders
2
Moves
25
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 22move 25
The low point

Move 22

5.7 pawns down after Qxa2. 3 moves later, mattdh12 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

20.♖g3 cost 3.6 pawns — ♖e1 would have held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 g6
  2. 2. d4 Bg7
  3. 3. Nc3 c6
  4. 4. Nf3 Qb6
  5. 5. Be2 Nf6
  6. 6. O-O O-O
  7. 7. e5 Nd5
  8. 8. Nxd5 cxd5
  9. 9. Re1 d6
  10. 10. exd6 Qxd6
  11. 11. Bg5 Bg4
  12. 12. h3 Bxf3
  13. 13. Bxf3 e6
  14. 14. Qd2 Nc6
  15. 15. c3 b6
  16. 16. h4 h5
  17. 17. Re3 Na5
  18. 18. b3 Rac8
  19. 19. Be2 Qa3
  20. 20. Rg3 Nxb3
  21. 21. Qf4 Nxa1
  22. 22. Bh6 Qxa2
  23. 23. Bxg7 Qxe2
  24. 24. Qh6 Qd2
  25. 25. Qh8#

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