final move · Rcf8#
Best comeback

paratrooper1988 vs martin00

−8.5

down at move 23, won anyway

Elo
1188 vs 1179
Played
rapid · Aug 17, 2026
Opening
Indian Game London System
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Avg centipawn loss
111
Blunders
6
Moves
32
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 23move 32
The low point

Move 23

8.5 pawns down after Kg3. 10 moves later, paratrooper1988 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

31...♖g8+ cost 10.0 pawns. ♖f5+ would have held it.

The position went from winning to level.

The point: 32.♔h6 ♖g8 33.♖xf3 ♖xf3

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 Nf6
  2. 2. Bf4 e6
  3. 3. e3 b6
  4. 4. Nf3 Bb7
  5. 5. Nbd2 Be7
  6. 6. Bd3 c5
  7. 7. c3 cxd4
  8. 8. cxd4 d5
  9. 9. Ne5 Nbd7
  10. 10. O-O O-O
  11. 11. Ndf3 Rc8
  12. 12. Nxd7 Qxd7
  13. 13. Ne5 Qd8
  14. 14. g4 Bd6
  15. 15. g5 Nd7
  16. 16. Qh5 g6
  17. 17. Qh6 Nxe5
  18. 18. dxe5 Be7
  19. 19. h4 Qd7
  20. 20. h5 Qc6
  21. 21. hxg6 hxg6
  22. 22. Kg2 d4+
  23. 23. Kg3 Qg2+
  24. 24. Kh4 Bf3
  25. 25. Rg1 Qxf2+
  26. 26. Bg3 Qxe3
  27. 27. Bxg6 fxg6
  28. 28. Qxg6+ Kh8
  29. 29. Raf1 Bxg5+
  30. 30. Qxg5 Qxg5+
  31. 31. Kxg5 Rg8+
  32. 32. Kf4 Rcf8#

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