final move · Qxc8
Best comeback

sleepervii vs pothak1

dead lost

down at move 24, won anyway

Elo
688 vs 670
Played
blitz · Aug 1, 2026
Opening
Caro Kann Defense Breyer Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
94
Blunders
2
Moves
46
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 24move 46
The low point

Move 24

The engine had this as lost outright after Qc5+. 23 moves later, sleepervii won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

11...♘d4 cost 4.9 pawns. ♗c5 would have held it.

That did nothing about the bishop on d6, hanging before the move and hanging after. 12.♘xd6+ takes it.

The point: 12.d4 ♘xd4 13.♘xd4 ♕xd4

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 c6
  2. 2. d3 d5
  3. 3. exd5 cxd5
  4. 4. Nf3 Bg4
  5. 5. Be2 Bxf3
  6. 6. Bxf3 Nc6
  7. 7. O-O Rc8
  8. 8. Re1 e6
  9. 9. Nc3 Bd6
  10. 10. a3 Qf6
  11. 11. Nb5 Nd4
  12. 12. Nxd6+ Kd8
  13. 13. Nxc8 Kxc8
  14. 14. Be2 Ne7
  15. 15. Be3 Ndf5
  16. 16. Bf3 Qg6
  17. 17. g3 d4
  18. 18. Bf4 Nh4
  19. 19. Bh1 Nd5
  20. 20. Qd2 f6
  21. 21. Bxd5 exd5
  22. 22. Qb4 Nf3+
  23. 23. Kh1 Nxe1
  24. 24. Qc5+ Kd7
  25. 25. Rxe1 Rc8
  26. 26. Qe7+ Kc6
  27. 27. Qe6+ Kc5
  28. 28. Bd6+ Kc6
  29. 29. b4 Re8
  30. 30. Be7+ Kc7
  31. 31. Qd6+ Kc8
  32. 32. Qc5+ Kb8
  33. 33. Bd6+ Ka8
  34. 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8
  35. 35. Qxd5 Qe1+
  36. 36. Kg2 Qe8
  37. 37. Qxd4 Qc6+
  38. 38. Kg1 Qxc2
  39. 39. Qe4 a6
  40. 40. Qe8+ Ka7
  41. 41. Bc5+ b6
  42. 42. Qe7+ Kb8
  43. 43. Bd6+ Ka8
  44. 44. Qd8+ Ka7
  45. 45. Qc7+ Ka8
  46. 46. Qc8+ Qxc8

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