final move · Qb4#
Best comeback

thurman3 vs ChessMasterJoshua2013

dead lost

down at move 23, won anyway

Elo
430 vs 426
Played
rapid · Aug 6, 2026
Opening
Kings Pawn Opening
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Avg centipawn loss
58
Blunders
2
Moves
55
Colour
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 23move 55
The low point

Move 23

The engine had this as lost outright after Nxd6. 33 moves later, thurman3 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

17...♖g4 cost 4.0 pawns — ♖e3+ would have held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Qh5 Nf6
  3. 3. Qxe5+ Qe7
  4. 4. Qxe7+ Kxe7
  5. 5. d3 Ke8
  6. 6. Bg5 Bb4+
  7. 7. c3 Ba5
  8. 8. Bxf6 gxf6
  9. 9. Na3 Nc6
  10. 10. Nb5 Kd8
  11. 11. Nh3 Re8
  12. 12. Be2 Ne5
  13. 13. Bh5 Nxd3+
  14. 14. Kd2 Nxb2
  15. 15. Bxf7 Rxe4
  16. 16. f3 Nc4+
  17. 17. Kd3 Rg4
  18. 18. fxg4 Ne5+
  19. 19. Kc2 Nxf7
  20. 20. g5 fxg5
  21. 21. Rhf1 Nd6
  22. 22. Rae1 c6
  23. 23. Nxd6 Kc7
  24. 24. Nxc8 Rxc8
  25. 25. Nxg5 Rg8
  26. 26. Nxh7 Rxg2+
  27. 27. Kd1 Rxa2
  28. 28. Re2 Ra1+
  29. 29. Kd2 Rxf1
  30. 30. Re1 Rf2+
  31. 31. Re2 Bxc3+
  32. 32. Ke3 Rf7
  33. 33. Ng5 Re7+
  34. 34. Ne4 c5
  35. 35. Kd3 Bd4
  36. 36. Nf6 Rxe2
  37. 37. Kxe2 Bxf6
  38. 38. Kd3 a5
  39. 39. Kc4 Be7
  40. 40. h4 a4
  41. 41. h5 a3
  42. 42. h6 a2
  43. 43. h7 a1=Q
  44. 44. h8=Q Qxh8
  45. 45. Kd5 Qh5+
  46. 46. Kc4 d5+
  47. 47. Kb5 d4
  48. 48. Kc4 Qh4
  49. 49. Kd5 d3
  50. 50. Ke6 d2
  51. 51. Ke5 d1=Q
  52. 52. Ke6 Qde1+
  53. 53. Kd5 Qh5+
  54. 54. Kc4 Qe4+
  55. 55. Kb5 Qb4#

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