final move · Qh1+
Best comeback

oldtimeytools vs Rauschkobold

dead lost

down at move 26, won anyway

Elo
995 vs 960
Played
rapid · Jun 24, 2026
Opening
Queens Pawn Opening Chigorin Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
116
Blunders
5
Moves
67
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 26move 67
The low point

Move 26

The engine had this as lost outright after Qd3+. 41 moves later, oldtimeytools won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

26.♖cd1 cost 11.0 pawns. ♗c5 would have held it.

The position went from worse to losing.

The point: 26...♕d3+ 27.♗e3 dxc1=♘ 28.♖xc1

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 e6
  2. 2. Nc3 d5
  3. 3. Bf4 Nc6
  4. 4. Nb5 e5
  5. 5. dxe5 Bb4+
  6. 6. c3 Ba5
  7. 7. b4 Bb6
  8. 8. Nf3 Nge7
  9. 9. a4 a5
  10. 10. e3 Bg4
  11. 11. Bg5 Bxf3
  12. 12. Qxf3 O-O
  13. 13. Qh3 axb4
  14. 14. cxb4 Nxb4
  15. 15. Rc1 Rxa4
  16. 16. Qg3 Nd3+
  17. 17. Bxd3 Ba5+
  18. 18. Nc3 d4
  19. 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
  20. 20. Qh4+ Kg8
  21. 21. Bxe7 Bxc3+
  22. 22. Ke2 d3+
  23. 23. Kf3 Qd5+
  24. 24. e4 Qd4
  25. 25. Bxf8 d2
  26. 26. Rcd1 Qd3+
  27. 27. Kf4 Rxe4+
  28. 28. Kg5 Rxh4
  29. 29. Kxh4 Kxf8
  30. 30. f3 Qh7+
  31. 31. Kg3 Bxe5+
  32. 32. Kf2 Qh4+
  33. 33. g3 Qh3
  34. 34. Rxd2 Qh6
  35. 35. Rd8+ Ke7
  36. 36. Rd5 Qb6+
  37. 37. Kg2 Qb2+
  38. 38. Kh3 Bf6
  39. 39. Re1+ Kf8
  40. 40. Rd7 Qb5
  41. 41. Red1 Qh5+
  42. 42. Kg2 Qe5
  43. 43. R7d5 Qe2+
  44. 44. Kh3 Qxf3
  45. 45. R5d3 Qf5+
  46. 46. Kg2 Bg5
  47. 47. Rd5 Qf6
  48. 48. h4 Qb2+
  49. 49. Kh3 Be7
  50. 50. Rd7 Qc2
  51. 51. Re1 Qc5
  52. 52. Rdxe7 Qxe7
  53. 53. Rxe7 Kxe7
  54. 54. Kg2 b5
  55. 55. Kf2 b4
  56. 56. Ke3 b3
  57. 57. Kd2 c5
  58. 58. Kc3 Kd6
  59. 59. Kxb3 Kd5
  60. 60. Kc3 c4
  61. 61. g4 g6
  62. 62. h5 gxh5
  63. 63. gxh5 f5
  64. 64. h6 f4
  65. 65. h7 f3
  66. 66. h8=Q f2
  67. 67. Qh1+

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