final move · Rf8#
Biggest upset
sam_ogle2001 vs soyrudyalejo
+88
beat a 1728
- Elo
- 1640 vs 1728
- Played
- rapid · Sep 18, 2026
- Opening
- Scandinavian Defense Modern Variation
Avg centipawn loss
42
Blunders
1
Moves
65
Color
White
The game
How it swung
winninglosing
Not everything was clean
The one slip
21.♘xf8 cost 3.6 pawns. ♗c1 would have held it.
That did nothing about the bishop on b2, hanging before the move and hanging after. 21...♖xb2 takes it.
The point: 21...♖xc1 22.♖xc1 ♘f4 23.g3
Every move
The score
- 1. e4 d5
- 2. exd5 Nf6
- 3. Nf3 Nxd5
- 4. Bc4 c6
- 5. O-O Bg4
- 6. d3 e6
- 7. Nbd2 Be7
- 8. h3 Bh5
- 9. b3 O-O
- 10. Bb2 Nd7
- 11. Qe1 Bf6
- 12. d4 N7b6
- 13. Bxd5 cxd5
- 14. Ne5 Rc8
- 15. c4 dxc4
- 16. Nexc4 Nd5
- 17. Ne4 Bg6
- 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
- 19. Ne5 Rc2
- 20. Nd7 Qg5
- 21. Nxf8 Kxf8
- 22. Ba3+ Kg8
- 23. Rc1 Rxc1
- 24. Qxc1 Qxc1
- 25. Rxc1 h6
- 26. g3 Be4
- 27. Rc8+ Kh7
- 28. Bc5 a6
- 29. Rb8 Nc3
- 30. a3 Nb5
- 31. a4 Nc3
- 32. h4 Kg6
- 33. Be7 Bd5
- 34. a5 Ne2+
- 35. Kf1 Nxd4
- 36. b4 Nc6
- 37. Rxb7 Nxe7
- 38. Rxe7 Kf6
- 39. Ra7 g5
- 40. Ke1 g4
- 41. Rxa6 h5
- 42. Rd6 Ke7
- 43. Rb6 Kd7
- 44. Rb5 Kc6
- 45. Rc5+ Kb7
- 46. Kd2 f5
- 47. Ke3 Be4
- 48. Kd4 Bf3
- 49. Ke5 Bd5
- 50. Kf4 Ka6
- 51. Kg5 Kb7
- 52. Kxh5 Ka6
- 53. Kg5 Bc6
- 54. Rxc6+ Kb5
- 55. Rxe6 f4
- 56. Kxf4 Kxb4
- 57. Kxg4 Kxa5
- 58. h5 Kb5
- 59. h6 Kc5
- 60. h7 Kd5
- 61. Rf6 Ke5
- 62. Rf5+ Ke6
- 63. h8=Q Ke7
- 64. Qg7+ Ke8
- 65. Rf8#