final move · b7
Best comeback

spraks vs greymou

dead lost

down at move 21, won anyway

Elo
385 vs 356
Played
rapid · Feb 17, 2026
Opening
English Opening Kings English Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
127
Blunders
4
Moves
47
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 21move 47
The low point

Move 21

The engine had this as lost outright after Nxb4. 26 moves later, spraks won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

27.♘e4 cost 12.9 pawns. cxb5 would have held it.

That allowed mate. 27...♕a2# is on the board.

The point: 27...♕b7 28.♘e4 ♖fc2 29.♘xg5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d3 e5
  2. 2. c4 d6
  3. 3. Bd2 Nc6
  4. 4. b3 Be7
  5. 5. e3 Nf6
  6. 6. Nc3 Nb4
  7. 7. e4 Bg4
  8. 8. f3 Be6
  9. 9. a3 Na6
  10. 10. Qc2 c5
  11. 11. O-O-O O-O
  12. 12. Nge2 Rc8
  13. 13. f4 Ng4
  14. 14. Be3 f6
  15. 15. Qd2 Qc7
  16. 16. fxe5 fxe5
  17. 17. Nd5 Bxd5
  18. 18. exd5 Nxe3
  19. 19. Qxe3 Qa5
  20. 20. b4 cxb4
  21. 21. axb4 Nxb4
  22. 22. Qd2 b5
  23. 23. Nc3 Qa3+
  24. 24. Qb2 Bg5+
  25. 25. Kb1 Qa6
  26. 26. Qxb4 Rf2
  27. 27. Ne4 Be3
  28. 28. Nxf2 Bxf2
  29. 29. cxb5 Qb6
  30. 30. Rd2 Bd4
  31. 31. Rc2 Rf8
  32. 32. Be2 Be3
  33. 33. Rc4 Qd8
  34. 34. Rf1 a5
  35. 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8
  36. 36. Qxa5 Qf2
  37. 37. Rc8+ Kf7
  38. 38. Qc7+ Kg6
  39. 39. Qxd6+ Kg5
  40. 40. Qxe5+ Kh6
  41. 41. Rc6+ g6
  42. 42. Bf3 Qe1+
  43. 43. Kc2 Qc1+
  44. 44. Kb3 Bd2
  45. 45. Rxc1 Bxc1
  46. 46. b6 Bg5
  47. 47. b7

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