final move · Qg2#
Best comeback

permanent_brain vs ulziitogtohchess

dead lost

down at move 21, won anyway

Elo
2437 vs 2329
Played
rapid · Jul 6, 2026
Opening
Lion Defense
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Avg centipawn loss
104
Blunders
5
Moves
41
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 21move 41
The low point

Move 21

The engine had this as lost outright after bxa4. 21 moves later, permanent_brain won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

22...♘xa4 cost 8.8 pawns. ♗f8 would have held it.

The point: 23.♗xf8 ♖xf8 24.h5 ♘e7

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 Nf6
  2. 2. Nc3 d6
  3. 3. e4 Nbd7
  4. 4. Be3 e5
  5. 5. f3 Be7
  6. 6. Nge2 O-O
  7. 7. Qd2 c6
  8. 8. O-O-O b5
  9. 9. Kb1 Bb7
  10. 10. g4 b4
  11. 11. Na4 a5
  12. 12. Ng3 exd4
  13. 13. Bxd4 Ne5
  14. 14. Be2 Nfd7
  15. 15. f4 Ng6
  16. 16. Nf5 c5
  17. 17. Bxg7 Re8
  18. 18. Bf3 f6
  19. 19. Bh6 Bc6
  20. 20. b3 Bxa4
  21. 21. bxa4 Nb6
  22. 22. h4 Nxa4
  23. 23. h5 Nc3+
  24. 24. Ka1 Qd7
  25. 25. Qd3 Qe6
  26. 26. Kb2 Qxa2+
  27. 27. Kc1 Nf8
  28. 28. Be2 d5
  29. 29. exd5 Bd8
  30. 30. Rde1 Nxe2+
  31. 31. Rxe2 Rxe2
  32. 32. Qxe2 Qa1+
  33. 33. Kd2 Qxh1
  34. 34. c4 bxc3+
  35. 35. Kxc3 Qxd5
  36. 36. Qe8 Qf7
  37. 37. Qc6 Rb8
  38. 38. Bxf8 Qb3+
  39. 39. Kd2 Qa2+
  40. 40. Ke3 Rb3+
  41. 41. Ke4 Qg2#

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