final move · Ne6
Best comeback

maximsorrell vs zigda1

dead lost

down at move 16, won anyway

Elo
1456 vs 1434
Played
rapid · Aug 2, 2026
Opening
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Main Line
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Avg centipawn loss
184
Blunders
4
Moves
40
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 16move 40
The low point

Move 16

The engine had this as lost outright after Ke7. 24 moves later, maximsorrell won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

16.O-O cost 16.6 pawns. ♕f3 would have held it.

That allowed mate. 16...♕xh2# is on the board.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 d5
  2. 2. exd5 Qxd5
  3. 3. Nc3 Qa5
  4. 4. b4 Qxb4
  5. 5. Rb1 Qa5
  6. 6. Rb5 Qa6
  7. 7. Nd5 Qc6
  8. 8. Ra5 a6
  9. 9. Qf3 Nf6
  10. 10. Bb5 axb5
  11. 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
  12. 12. Rxa8 Qe5+
  13. 13. Ne2 e6
  14. 14. Rxb8 Kd7
  15. 15. Qd3+ Bd6
  16. 16. O-O Ke7
  17. 17. Ng3 c5
  18. 18. h3 Bxb8
  19. 19. f4 Qf6
  20. 20. f5 e5
  21. 21. Qxb5 Bd6
  22. 22. d3 Re8
  23. 23. Ne4 Qh4
  24. 24. Bg5+ Kf8
  25. 25. Bxh4 Bc7
  26. 26. Qxc5+ Kg8
  27. 27. Qxc7 f6
  28. 28. Qc4+ Kh8
  29. 29. g4 h6
  30. 30. g5 fxg5
  31. 31. Bxg5 hxg5
  32. 32. Nxg5 Rf8
  33. 33. Nf7+ Kh7
  34. 34. Qh4+ Kg8
  35. 35. Ng5 Bxf5
  36. 36. Rxf5 Rxf5
  37. 37. Qh7+ Kf8
  38. 38. Qxf5+ Kg8
  39. 39. Qf7+ Kh8
  40. 40. Ne6

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