final move · Rg5#
Checkmate
zfletcherchess vs Donism
1898 elo
mate on move 69
- Elo
- 1918 vs 1898
- Played
- rapid · Sep 21, 2026
- Opening
- Queens Gambit Declined
Avg centipawn loss
47
Blunders
1
Moves
69
Color
White
The game
How it swung
winninglosing
Not everything was clean
The one slip
23.♗xf5 cost 2.8 pawns. ♕h6+ would have held it.
The position went from winning to better.
The point: 23...♔g8 24.♕e6+ ♔h8 25.♘xd7
Every move
The score
- 1. d4 d5
- 2. c4 e6
- 3. Nf3 h6
- 4. Nc3 Nf6
- 5. Bf4 a6
- 6. e3 Be7
- 7. Bd3 O-O
- 8. O-O b6
- 9. cxd5 exd5
- 10. h3 c5
- 11. Ne5 Bb7
- 12. Qf3 c4
- 13. Bxc4 b5
- 14. Bd3 Nbd7
- 15. Rac1 Rc8
- 16. Ne2 Ne4
- 17. Rcd1 Bb4
- 18. Qg4 f5
- 19. Qh5 Nd2
- 20. Bxh6 Nxf1
- 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
- 22. Qg6+ Kh8
- 23. Bxf5 Rxf5
- 24. Qxf5 Nxe5
- 25. Qxe5+ Kg8
- 26. Kxf1 Rc2
- 27. Nf4 Bd6
- 28. Qe6+ Kg7
- 29. Qg6+ Kh8
- 30. Qxc2 a5
- 31. Qg6 b4
- 32. Ne6 Ba6+
- 33. Kg1 Qe7
- 34. Qh6+ Kg8
- 35. Qg6+ Kh8
- 36. Ng5 Qg7
- 37. Nf7+ Kg8
- 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7
- 39. Nxd6 Be2
- 40. Rc1 a4
- 41. Rc7+ Kg6
- 42. Rb7 b3
- 43. axb3 axb3
- 44. Rxb3 Bd1
- 45. Rb6 Kg7
- 46. Nb5 Bb3
- 47. Nc3 Bc4
- 48. g3 Kf7
- 49. h4 Kg7
- 50. Na4 Kf7
- 51. b3 Bd3
- 52. Rd6 Be4
- 53. Nc5 Bf3
- 54. b4 Ke7
- 55. Rh6 Kf7
- 56. b5 Kg7
- 57. Rd6 Kf7
- 58. b6 Ke7
- 59. Rh6 Kd8
- 60. b7 Kc7
- 61. Rh8 Kd6
- 62. b8=Q+ Ke7
- 63. Re8+ Kf7
- 64. Qd8 Kg7
- 65. Qd7+ Kg6
- 66. Rg8+ Kh6
- 67. Qd6+ Kh5
- 68. Qe6 Be4
- 69. Rg5#