final move · Rc5+
Best comeback

petorpe vs MHD333

dead lost

down at move 23, won anyway

Elo
1116 vs 1145
Played
rapid · Aug 23, 2021
Opening
Queens Gambit Accepted Rosenthal Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
101
Blunders
7
Moves
76
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 23move 76
The low point

Move 23

The engine had this as lost outright after bxc6. 53 moves later, petorpe won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

23.bxc6 cost 12.5 pawns. ♖c1 would have held it.

The position went from level to losing.

The point: 23...c5 24.a5 ♔b8 25.dxc5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 d5
  2. 2. c4 e6
  3. 3. Nf3 dxc4
  4. 4. Nc3 Nc6
  5. 5. e3 Na5
  6. 6. Qa4+ Nc6
  7. 7. Bxc4 Bd7
  8. 8. Qb3 Nb4
  9. 9. a3 Nd5
  10. 10. O-O Nxc3
  11. 11. Qxc3 c6
  12. 12. a4 Nf6
  13. 13. Bd3 Nd5
  14. 14. Qd2 Bb4
  15. 15. Qc2 Qe7
  16. 16. Ne5 O-O-O
  17. 17. Nxd7 Qxd7
  18. 18. Bd2 Bd6
  19. 19. Qb1 Qc7
  20. 20. b4 Bxh2+
  21. 21. Kh1 Bd6
  22. 22. b5 Qe7
  23. 23. bxc6 bxc6
  24. 24. Ba6+ Kd7
  25. 25. Qb7+ Ke8
  26. 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7
  27. 27. g3 Bb4
  28. 28. Bc1 Bc3
  29. 29. Rb1 Rb8
  30. 30. Ba3+ Bb4
  31. 31. Bc1 f5
  32. 32. f3 g5
  33. 33. e4 fxe4
  34. 34. Bxg5+ Kd7
  35. 35. fxe4 Nc3
  36. 36. Rbc1 Ne2
  37. 37. Bxe2 Rhg8
  38. 38. Bh4 Bd2
  39. 39. Rcd1 Be3
  40. 40. Rf7+ Kd6
  41. 41. Rxh7 Rb2
  42. 42. Bd3 Bxd4
  43. 43. Rxa7 Rb4
  44. 44. Ra6 Rh8
  45. 45. Rc1 Bf2
  46. 46. Rcxc6+ Ke5
  47. 47. Rxe6+ Kd4
  48. 48. Rad6+ Kc3
  49. 49. Rg6 Bxg3
  50. 50. Rxg3 Rxh4+
  51. 51. Kg2 Rb2+
  52. 52. Kf1 Rh1+
  53. 53. Rg1 Rh3
  54. 54. Be2 Rb1+
  55. 55. Kf2 Rh2+
  56. 56. Kf3 Rxg1
  57. 57. Rc6+ Kb4
  58. 58. a5 Kxa5
  59. 59. Rc5+ Kb6
  60. 60. Rf5 Rh3+
  61. 61. Kf4 Re1
  62. 62. Bg4 Rhe3
  63. 63. Re5 Ra3
  64. 64. Re6+ Kc5
  65. 65. Re5+ Kd4
  66. 66. Bf5 Rf1+
  67. 67. Kg5 Rg3+
  68. 68. Kf6 Rh1
  69. 69. Rd5+ Kc3
  70. 70. Ke5 Re3
  71. 71. Rc5+ Kb3
  72. 72. Rb5+ Ka4
  73. 73. Bd7 Ka3
  74. 74. Ra5+ Kb4
  75. 75. Rb5+ Kc3
  76. 76. Rc5+

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