final move · c8=Q
Best comeback

nmyers7 vs oldgringo45

dead lost

down at move 25, won anyway

Elo
923 vs 921
Played
rapid · Oct 16, 2025
Opening
Scotch Game
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Avg centipawn loss
162
Blunders
7
Moves
50
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 25move 50
The low point

Move 25

The engine had this as lost outright after Kg1. 25 moves later, nmyers7 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

24.♖ed2 cost 9.7 pawns. ♖xd3 would have held it.

The position went from winning to losing.

The point: 24...♗xf2 25.♖xf2 ♖xf2+ 26.♔xf2

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nf3 Nc6
  3. 3. d4 d5
  4. 4. dxe5 d4
  5. 5. b3 h6
  6. 6. Bb2 Bc5
  7. 7. Bc4 Bg4
  8. 8. O-O Nxe5
  9. 9. Nbd2 Nf6
  10. 10. h3 Nxf3+
  11. 11. Nxf3 Bh5
  12. 12. g4 Bg6
  13. 13. Ne5 O-O
  14. 14. Nxg6 Re8
  15. 15. Re1 Kh7
  16. 16. Qf3 fxg6
  17. 17. e5 Nd7
  18. 18. Qxb7 Rf8
  19. 19. Rad1 Qh4
  20. 20. Re2 Qxh3
  21. 21. Qxc7 Rad8
  22. 22. e6 Qxg4+
  23. 23. Kf1 d3
  24. 24. Red2 Qh3+
  25. 25. Kg1 Bxf2+
  26. 26. Rxf2 Qg4+
  27. 27. Kf1 Qxd1+
  28. 28. Kg2 Nf6
  29. 29. e7 Qg4+
  30. 30. Kf1 d2
  31. 31. Be2 Qh3+
  32. 32. Kg1 d1=Q+
  33. 33. Bxd1 Rxd1+
  34. 34. Rf1 Qxf1+
  35. 35. Kh2 Rd2+
  36. 36. Kg3 Qg2+
  37. 37. Kf4 Qh2+
  38. 38. Ke3 Qxc7
  39. 39. exf8=Q Qe5+
  40. 40. Bxe5 Rd5
  41. 41. Bxf6 gxf6
  42. 42. Qxf6 h5
  43. 43. c4 Rf5
  44. 44. Qe7+ Kh6
  45. 45. Qxa7 h4
  46. 46. c5 Kh5
  47. 47. c6 h3
  48. 48. c7 Rf7
  49. 49. Qc5+ g5
  50. 50. c8=Q

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