final move · Rd8#
Best comebackCheckmate

tmetz10 vs MrChessman5444

dead lost

down at move 25, won anyway

Elo
137 vs 193
Played
rapid · 16 Jul 2026
Opening
Alekhines Defense
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Avg centipawn loss
72
Blunders
2
Moves
30
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 25move 30
The low point

Move 25

The engine had this as lost outright after Rd1+. 5 moves later, tmetz10 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

Rh4 on move 25 cost 4.9 pawns — Rb1 held it.

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 Nf6
  2. 2. d4 Nxe4
  3. 3. Nc3 Nxc3
  4. 4. bxc3 Nc6
  5. 5. Be3 d5
  6. 6. Bb5 a6
  7. 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
  8. 8. f4 f5
  9. 9. Qd3 e6
  10. 10. Nf3 Be7
  11. 11. O-O Bh4
  12. 12. Nxh4 Qxh4
  13. 13. g3 Qh3
  14. 14. Rf3 a5
  15. 15. a4 Ba6
  16. 16. Rb1 Bxd3
  17. 17. cxd3 O-O
  18. 18. Rb7 Rac8
  19. 19. c4 dxc4
  20. 20. dxc4 c5
  21. 21. dxc5 e5
  22. 22. fxe5 f4
  23. 23. Bxf4 Rxf4
  24. 24. Rxf4 Rd8
  25. 25. Rh4 Rd1+
  26. 26. Kf2 Qf1+
  27. 27. Ke3 Qxc4
  28. 28. Rxc4 Ra1
  29. 29. Rd4 c6
  30. 30. Rd8#

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