final move · Re1#
Biggest upsetCheckmate

nmyers7 vs Ivor

+112

beat a 871

Elo
759 vs 871
Played
rapid · Jul 29, 2026
Opening
Four Knights Game Spanish Variation Rubinstein Accepted Exchange Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
38
Blunders
1
Moves
40
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

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move 1nmyers7’s evaluation, move by movemove 40
Not everything was clean

The one slip

14...♗g4 cost 4.7 pawns. ♗d7 would have held it.

That put the bishop on g4, where the queen on f3 covers it. 15.♕xg4 just takes it.

The point: 15.♖ae1 ♖ae8 16.♕f2 f5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nf3 Nc6
  3. 3. Nc3 Nf6
  4. 4. Bb5 Nd4
  5. 5. Nxd4 exd4
  6. 6. e5 dxc3
  7. 7. exf6 Qxf6
  8. 8. dxc3 Bc5
  9. 9. O-O c6
  10. 10. Bc4 O-O
  11. 11. Be3 Bxe3
  12. 12. fxe3 Qe5
  13. 13. Qf3 d5
  14. 14. Bd3 Bg4
  15. 15. Qxg4 Qxe3+
  16. 16. Rf2 Rfe8
  17. 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7
  18. 18. Qh5+ Kg8
  19. 19. Qxf7+ Kh8
  20. 20. Qh5+ Qh6
  21. 21. Qg4 Re4
  22. 22. Qc8+ Rxc8
  23. 23. Raf1 Rce8
  24. 24. h3 Re1
  25. 25. b4 Rxf1+
  26. 26. Rxf1 Qe3+
  27. 27. Rf2 Qxc3
  28. 28. Kh2 Qxb4
  29. 29. a3 Qxa3
  30. 30. c3 Qxc3
  31. 31. g3 d4
  32. 32. h4 d3
  33. 33. Kh3 d2
  34. 34. Rf5 d1=Q
  35. 35. Rf4 Qcf3
  36. 36. Rxf3 Qxf3
  37. 37. Kh2 Re2+
  38. 38. Kh3 Re3
  39. 39. Kh2 Qxg3+
  40. 40. Kh1 Re1#

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