final move · Qf6#
Best comeback

xephyre18 vs sggdanss

dead lost

down at move 29, won anyway

Elo
970 vs 947
Played
rapid · Aug 12, 2026
Opening
French Defense Queens Knight Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
174
Blunders
10
Moves
70
Colour
White
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 29move 70
The low point

Move 29

The engine had this as lost outright after a3. 41 moves later, xephyre18 won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

28.♗a3 cost 6.3 pawns. ♔b1 would have held it.

The point: 28...♖b6 29.♔a1 ♖xb4 30.♖b1

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 e6
  2. 2. Nc3 a6
  3. 3. d4 b5
  4. 4. Nf3 Bb7
  5. 5. Bd3 Bb4
  6. 6. Bd2 Bxc3
  7. 7. Bxc3 Nf6
  8. 8. Qd2 O-O
  9. 9. O-O-O d6
  10. 10. h3 Nbd7
  11. 11. g4 g6
  12. 12. d5 e5
  13. 13. g5 Nh5
  14. 14. Ba5 Nf4
  15. 15. Qc3 Nc5
  16. 16. h4 Rc8
  17. 17. Nh2 Na4
  18. 18. Qb3 Nc5
  19. 19. Qc3 Qe7
  20. 20. Ng4 Kg7
  21. 21. Nf6 h5
  22. 22. Bb4 Na4
  23. 23. Qe1 c5
  24. 24. dxc6 Rxc6
  25. 25. b3 Rfc8
  26. 26. bxa4 bxa4
  27. 27. Qf1 Qe6
  28. 28. Ba3 Qxa2
  29. 29. Bb2 a3
  30. 30. Nd5 Qxb2+
  31. 31. Kd2 Rxc2+
  32. 32. Bxc2 Rxc2+
  33. 33. Ke3 Nxd5+
  34. 34. exd5 Qb3+
  35. 35. Ke4 Bxd5+
  36. 36. Rxd5 Rc4+
  37. 37. Rd4 f5+
  38. 38. gxf6+ Kxf6
  39. 39. Rxc4 Qb7+
  40. 40. Ke3 Qb3+
  41. 41. Qd3 Qxd3+
  42. 42. Kxd3 d5
  43. 43. Rc6+ Kf5
  44. 44. Rxa6 e4+
  45. 45. Kd4 g5
  46. 46. hxg5 Kxg5
  47. 47. Rxa3 Kf4
  48. 48. Kxd5 Kf5
  49. 49. Rxh5+ Kf4
  50. 50. Rh4+ Kg5
  51. 51. Rxe4 Kf6
  52. 52. Rf3+ Kg5
  53. 53. Re5+ Kg4
  54. 54. Rf8 Kh3
  55. 55. f4 Kg4
  56. 56. f5 Kg5
  57. 57. f6+ Kg6
  58. 58. f7 Kg7
  59. 59. Re7 Kxf8
  60. 60. Ke6 Kg7
  61. 61. Ra7 Kf8
  62. 62. Ra8+ Kg7
  63. 63. Ke7 Kg6
  64. 64. f8=Q Kg5
  65. 65. Ra5+ Kg4
  66. 66. Qf5+ Kg3
  67. 67. Ra3+ Kh4
  68. 68. Qf4+ Kh5
  69. 69. Rh3+ Kg6
  70. 70. Qf6#

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