final move · Qf8#
Best comeback

pjhs72 vs tattatane

dead lost

down at move 26, won anyway

Elo
480 vs 539
Played
daily · May 23, 2026
Opening
French Defense Rubinstein Maric Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
271
Blunders
11
Moves
29
Color
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 26move 29
The low point

Move 26

The engine had this as lost outright after Qd2. 3 moves later, pjhs72 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

26.♘g4 cost 18.2 pawns. ♕xf4 would have held it.

There was a mate threat to answer first. 26...♕xg2# mates.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e6
  2. 2. d4 d5
  3. 3. exd5 Qxd5
  4. 4. Nc3 Qd6
  5. 5. Bb5+ c6
  6. 6. Be2 Nf6
  7. 7. Nf3 c5
  8. 8. Be3 Nc6
  9. 9. Bb5 Bd7
  10. 10. Bxc6 Bxc6
  11. 11. Ne5 cxd4
  12. 12. Bxd4 b5
  13. 13. a4 bxa4
  14. 14. O-O g6
  15. 15. Re1 Bh6
  16. 16. f4 O-O
  17. 17. Qd2 Rfb8
  18. 18. b3 axb3
  19. 19. Rab1 Ba4
  20. 20. Nxa4 Qb4
  21. 21. Rxb3 Qxa4
  22. 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8
  23. 23. Qe3 Nd5
  24. 24. Qh3 Nxf4
  25. 25. Qxh6 Qxc2
  26. 26. Ng4 Qd2
  27. 27. Bf2 Rb4
  28. 28. Nf6+ Kh8
  29. 29. Qf8#

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