final move · Qxb8
Best comeback

stradling vs okheyn

dead lost

down at move 36, won anyway

Elo
1233 vs 1216
Played
rapid · Apr 6, 2026
Opening
Indian Game
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Avg centipawn loss
112
Blunders
3
Moves
44
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 36move 44
The low point

Move 36

The engine had this as lost outright after Qxh5. 9 moves later, stradling won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

35...♖b4 cost 19.4 pawns. ♕e4+ would have held it.

That allowed mate. 36.♕d8# is on the board.

The point: 36.♖g2 ♖b1 37.♕xb1 ♕xb1+

Every move

The score

  1. 1. d4 Nf6
  2. 2. e3 g6
  3. 3. Nc3 Bg7
  4. 4. a3 O-O
  5. 5. Bd3 d5
  6. 6. Nge2 Nc6
  7. 7. Ng3 Bg4
  8. 8. f3 Bd7
  9. 9. O-O e5
  10. 10. dxe5 Nxe5
  11. 11. b3 Nxd3
  12. 12. cxd3 c6
  13. 13. Bb2 Qb6
  14. 14. d4 c5
  15. 15. Na4 Bxa4
  16. 16. dxc5 Qxc5
  17. 17. bxa4 Qxe3+
  18. 18. Kh1 Qb6
  19. 19. Rb1 Qd6
  20. 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
  21. 21. Rxb7 Rfb8
  22. 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8
  23. 23. Ne4 Qe7
  24. 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6
  25. 25. Qxd5 Qb2
  26. 26. Qd6 Qb1
  27. 27. Qd1 Qb2
  28. 28. h3 Qxa3
  29. 29. Re1 Qb4
  30. 30. Kh2 Kg7
  31. 31. g4 h5
  32. 32. gxh5 gxh5
  33. 33. Rg1+ Kf8
  34. 34. f4 Qxf4+
  35. 35. Kh1 Rb4
  36. 36. Qxh5 Rxa4
  37. 37. Qh8+ Ke7
  38. 38. Re1+ Re4
  39. 39. Rxe4+ Qxe4+
  40. 40. Kh2 a5
  41. 41. Qa1 a4
  42. 42. Qb2 f6
  43. 43. Qb8 Qe5+
  44. 44. Kg2 Qxb8

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