final move · Qh1#
Best comeback

unknown12324 vs KaAndDoggo

dead lost

down at move 17, won anyway

Elo
1093 vs 1141
Played
rapid · Aug 29, 2026
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Avg centipawn loss
158
Blunders
9
Moves
42
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 17move 42
The low point

Move 17

The engine had this as lost outright after Qa4. 26 moves later, unknown12324 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

16...dxc4 cost 10.6 pawns. ♔d7 would have held it.

That allowed mate. 17.♖a8# is on the board.

The point: 17.♗a3 ♕e6 18.cxd5 ♕f5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e5
  2. 2. Nf3 Nc6
  3. 3. Bc4 Nf6
  4. 4. Nc3 h6
  5. 5. O-O Bb4
  6. 6. a3 Bxc3
  7. 7. dxc3 d6
  8. 8. Bb5 Bd7
  9. 9. c4 a6
  10. 10. Bxc6 Bxc6
  11. 11. Re1 Qe7
  12. 12. b4 O-O-O
  13. 13. a4 Bxe4
  14. 14. b5 axb5
  15. 15. axb5 d5
  16. 16. c3 dxc4
  17. 17. Qa4 Kd7
  18. 18. b6+ c6
  19. 19. Ba3 Qe6
  20. 20. Red1+ Bd5
  21. 21. Qa7 Ke8
  22. 22. Qxb7 Ne4
  23. 23. Re1 c5
  24. 24. Bxc5 Nxc5
  25. 25. Qa7 Bxf3
  26. 26. gxf3 Qg6+
  27. 27. Kh1 Nd7
  28. 28. b7 Qf6
  29. 29. Kg2 Ke7
  30. 30. Qa3+ Ke8
  31. 31. Qa4 g5
  32. 32. Rab1 Kf8
  33. 33. Qb4+ Kg7
  34. 34. Qxc4 Rc8
  35. 35. bxc8=Q Nb6
  36. 36. Qxh8+ Kxh8
  37. 37. Qc7 Nd5
  38. 38. Qc8+ Kg7
  39. 39. Kf1 Qxf3
  40. 40. Rxe5 Nf4
  41. 41. Rxg5+ hxg5
  42. 42. Qf5 Qh1#

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