final move · Qxb8#
Best comeback

mbstorrie vs Babu19

dead lost

down at move 34, won anyway

Elo
1047 vs 1035
Played
blitz · Aug 20, 2026
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Avg centipawn loss
221
Blunders
10
Moves
42
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 34move 42
The low point

Move 34

The engine had this as lost outright after Ra7. 8 moves later, mbstorrie won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

34.♗a4 cost 10.2 pawns. ♕h5 would have held it.

The position went from worse to losing.

The point: 34...♘c6 35.♗c4 ♖xg4+ 36.♕xg4

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 g6
  2. 2. e3 Bg7
  3. 3. Nf3 e6
  4. 4. b3 d5
  5. 5. Nc3 Ne7
  6. 6. Nb5 c6
  7. 7. Nc3 Qa5
  8. 8. Bb2 b5
  9. 9. Bd3 b4
  10. 10. Ne2 c5
  11. 11. Nf4 O-O
  12. 12. Ne5 Bxe5
  13. 13. dxe5 d4
  14. 14. exd4 Bb7
  15. 15. f3 cxd4
  16. 16. Bxd4 Qd8
  17. 17. Ne2 a5
  18. 18. O-O Bd5
  19. 19. Qd2 f5
  20. 20. exf6 Nf5
  21. 21. g4 Nh6
  22. 22. Qxh6 Rf7
  23. 23. h4 Qd6
  24. 24. Nf4 e5
  25. 25. Nxg6 exd4
  26. 26. Nh8 Rxf6
  27. 27. Qxh7+ Kf8
  28. 28. Ng6+ Ke8
  29. 29. Bb5+ Kd8
  30. 30. Qh8+ Kc7
  31. 31. Kg2 Kb7
  32. 32. Rae1 Rxg6
  33. 33. Qh7+ Kb6
  34. 34. Ba4 Ra7
  35. 35. Qh5 Rag7
  36. 36. Qf5 Rf6
  37. 37. Qd3 Rgf7
  38. 38. Qb5+ Kc7
  39. 39. Qxa5+ Kc8
  40. 40. Re8+ Kb7
  41. 41. Qb5+ Kc7
  42. 42. Qxb8#

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