final move · e2
Best comeback

xigistist vs PretzelLogic2

dead lost

down at move 25, won anyway

Elo
1143 vs 1144
Played
rapid · Jun 20, 2026
Opening
Nimzowitsch Defense Scandinavian Advance Variation
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Avg centipawn loss
225
Blunders
4
Moves
49
Color
Black
The game

How it swung

winninglosing
move 1low point · move 25move 49
The low point

Move 25

The engine had this as lost outright after h3. 25 moves later, xigistist won.

Not everything was clean

The one slip

25...♖hd8 cost 16.5 pawns. ♕c5 would have held it.

The position went from winning to losing.

The point: 26.♕b3 ♕e7 27.♖a4 b5

Every move

The score

  1. 1. e4 d5
  2. 2. e5 Nc6
  3. 3. d4 Bf5
  4. 4. Bb5 Qd7
  5. 5. Nc3 O-O-O
  6. 6. Nf3 e6
  7. 7. Nh4 Nge7
  8. 8. Nxf5 Nxf5
  9. 9. O-O Bb4
  10. 10. Bxc6 Qxc6
  11. 11. a3 Bxc3
  12. 12. bxc3 Qxc3
  13. 13. Bd2 Qxd4
  14. 14. c3 Qxe5
  15. 15. Qa4 Kb8
  16. 16. Rab1 c6
  17. 17. Qa6 Qc7
  18. 18. Rb3 Nd6
  19. 19. Bf4 Ka8
  20. 20. Qa4 Qe7
  21. 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
  22. 22. Rfb1 Rb8
  23. 23. Rb6 Qc5
  24. 24. R6b4 Qxc3
  25. 25. h3 Rhd8
  26. 26. R4b3 Qc4
  27. 27. Qxc4 dxc4
  28. 28. Rc3 b5
  29. 29. Kf1 Rd3
  30. 30. Rxd3 cxd3
  31. 31. Ke1 c5
  32. 32. Kd2 c4
  33. 33. Rc1 Kb7
  34. 34. Kc3 Kc6
  35. 35. Rd1 a6
  36. 36. f3 e5
  37. 37. g3 f5
  38. 38. Re1 Re8
  39. 39. f4 e4
  40. 40. Kd2 g6
  41. 41. h4 Kc5
  42. 42. Re3 Kd4
  43. 43. Re1 c3+
  44. 44. Kc1 d2+
  45. 45. Kd1 dxe1=Q+
  46. 46. Kxe1 c2
  47. 47. Kd2 Rc8
  48. 48. Kc1 e3
  49. 49. a4 e2

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