final move · Qe8#
Best comeback

tacticalgoyim vs os-21_a

dead lost

down at move 25, won anyway

Elo
434 vs 403
Played
rapid · Dec 5, 2025
Opening
Kings Gambit
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Avg centipawn loss
138
Blunders
5
Moves
54
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 25move 54
The low point

Move 25

The engine had this as lost outright after Bxg7+. 30 moves later, tacticalgoyim won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

22...♗f8 cost 4.8 pawns. ♖g3+ would have held it.

The position went from level to losing.

The point: 23.hxg3 ♕xg3+ 24.♔h1 ♕h3+

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. f4 Nf6
  3. 3. fxe5 Nxe4
  4. 4. e6 fxe6
  5. 5. Nf3 Nc6
  6. 6. Nc3 d5
  7. 7. Bd3 Nb4
  8. 8. O-O g6
  9. 9. Bxe4 dxe4
  10. 10. Nxe4 Bg7
  11. 11. c3 Nc6
  12. 12. d4 b6
  13. 13. Bg5 Ne7
  14. 14. Re1 Bb7
  15. 15. Qa4+ c6
  16. 16. Qb4 O-O
  17. 17. Nd6 c5
  18. 18. dxc5 bxc5
  19. 19. Qxc5 Bxf3
  20. 20. gxf3 Rxf3
  21. 21. Nb7 Qd3
  22. 22. Qxe7 Bf8
  23. 23. Qxe6+ Kh8
  24. 24. Bf6+ Bg7
  25. 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7
  26. 26. Kg2 Raf8
  27. 27. Rad1 Qc2+
  28. 28. Qe2 Rf2+
  29. 29. Qxf2 Rxf2+
  30. 30. Kg1 Qxb2
  31. 31. Re7+ Rf7
  32. 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7
  33. 33. Rf1+ Kg7
  34. 34. c4 Qxb7
  35. 35. Rc1 Qb6+
  36. 36. c5 Qc6
  37. 37. Kf2 h5
  38. 38. Kg3 g5
  39. 39. Kf2 h4
  40. 40. Ke3 g4
  41. 41. Kd4 g3
  42. 42. hxg3 hxg3
  43. 43. Rg1 g2
  44. 44. Re1 Qf6+
  45. 45. Kd5 Qg5+
  46. 46. Re5 Qd2+
  47. 47. Kc4 g1=Q
  48. 48. c6 Qgd4+
  49. 49. Kb5 Qxe5+
  50. 50. Ka6 Qxa2+
  51. 51. Kb7 Qe7+
  52. 52. c7 Qc2
  53. 53. Kb8 Qcxc7+
  54. 54. Ka8 Qe8#

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