final move · Qg7#
Best comeback

ogkrustytheklown vs AidenZhu2016

dead lost

down at move 17, won anyway

Elo
2447 vs 2341
Played
rapid · May 4, 2026
Opening
Queens Pawn Opening Krause Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
63
Blunders
4
Moves
59
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 17move 59
The low point

Move 17

The engine had this as lost outright after Be7+. 43 moves later, ogkrustytheklown won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

16...♔d8 cost 8.1 pawns. ♔d7 would have held it.

That walks into 17.♗e7+: the king on d8 and the knight on f6 are both attacked at once.

The point: 17.♕e7+ ♔c6 18.♖ab1 ♖ac8

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e3 d5
  2. 2. Nf3 Nf6
  3. 3. d4 c5
  4. 4. c3 Bf5
  5. 5. Bd3 Bxd3
  6. 6. Qxd3 Nc6
  7. 7. Na3 e6
  8. 8. c4 cxd4
  9. 9. Nxd4 Nxd4
  10. 10. Qxd4 Bxa3
  11. 11. bxa3 Qa5+
  12. 12. Bd2 Qxa3
  13. 13. cxd5 exd5
  14. 14. O-O b6
  15. 15. Bb4 Qa4
  16. 16. Qe5+ Kd8
  17. 17. Be7+ Kd7
  18. 18. Qd6+ Ke8
  19. 19. Bxf6 gxf6
  20. 20. Qxf6 Rg8
  21. 21. Qe5+ Kf8
  22. 22. Qxd5 Re8
  23. 23. Rac1 Rg6
  24. 24. Rc7 Rg7
  25. 25. Qd6+ Kg8
  26. 26. Re7 Rxg2+
  27. 27. Kxg2 Qg4+
  28. 28. Kh1 Qf3+
  29. 29. Kg1 Qg4+
  30. 30. Qg3 Qxg3+
  31. 31. hxg3 Rxe7
  32. 32. Rd1 Rc7
  33. 33. Rd2 Kg7
  34. 34. Kg2 Kf6
  35. 35. Kf3 Ke6
  36. 36. Kg4 Rd7
  37. 37. Rxd7 Kxd7
  38. 38. Kh5 b5
  39. 39. Kg5 Kd6
  40. 40. Kf6 a5
  41. 41. Kxf7 b4
  42. 42. Kf6 a4
  43. 43. e4 b3
  44. 44. axb3 a3
  45. 45. e5+ Kd5
  46. 46. e6 a2
  47. 47. e7 a1=Q+
  48. 48. Kf7 Qa7
  49. 49. Kf8 Qxf2+
  50. 50. Kg7 Qxg3+
  51. 51. Kf7 Qf4+
  52. 52. Kg8 Qg5+
  53. 53. Kf8 Qf6+
  54. 54. Kg8 Qxe7
  55. 55. b4 Ke5
  56. 56. b5 Kf6
  57. 57. b6 h5
  58. 58. b7 h4
  59. 59. b8=Q Qg7#

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