final move · Rxe4#
Checkmate
westchesslab vs Qwertydude64
1260 elo
mate on move 41
- Elo
- 1286 vs 1260
- Played
- rapid · Feb 27, 2026
- Opening
- Grunfeld Defense Exchange Modern Exchange Variation
Avg centipawn loss
100
Blunders
4
Moves
41
Colour
Black
The game
How it swung
winninglosing
Not everything was clean
The one slip
29...♘e8 cost 7.6 pawns — ♕d6 would have held it.
The point: 30.♕xd6 exd6 31.♖xd6 ♘h5
Every move
The score
- 1. d4 Nf6
- 2. c4 g6
- 3. Nc3 d5
- 4. cxd5 Nxd5
- 5. e4 Nxc3
- 6. bxc3 Bg7
- 7. Nf3 O-O
- 8. Bc4 c5
- 9. d5 Bxc3+
- 10. Bd2 Bxa1
- 11. Qxa1 a6
- 12. Bh6 f6
- 13. e5 Qa5+
- 14. Nd2 Nd7
- 15. exf6 Nxf6
- 16. Bxf8 Kxf8
- 17. Qb2 b5
- 18. Be2 Bb7
- 19. O-O Bxd5
- 20. a3 c4
- 21. Bf3 c3
- 22. Qc2 cxd2
- 23. Bxd5 Nxd5
- 24. Rd1 Qxa3
- 25. Qxd2 Nf6
- 26. Qd4 b4
- 27. h3 b3
- 28. g4 Rb8
- 29. g5 Ne8
- 30. Qh8+ Kf7
- 31. Qxh7+ Kf8
- 32. Re1 b2
- 33. Qh8+ Kf7
- 34. Qh7+ Ng7
- 35. Re3 b1=Q+
- 36. Kg2 Qxe3
- 37. fxe3 Rb2+
- 38. Kf3 Qf5+
- 39. Kg3 Qf2+
- 40. Kg4 Rb4+
- 41. e4 Rxe4#