final move · Rh7
Biggest upset
zfletcherchess vs nicholaspienaar71
+74
beat a 1472
- Elo
- 1398 vs 1472
- Played
- bullet · Sep 23, 2026
- Opening
- Queens Gambit Declined Semi Tarrasch Defense
Avg centipawn loss
81
Blunders
10
Moves
53
Color
White
The game
How it swung
winninglosing
Not everything was clean
The one slip
50.♖e7+ cost 5.2 pawns. h5 would have held it.
The position went from winning to level.
The point: 50...♔f6 51.h6 f2+ 52.♔xf2
Every move
The score
- 1. d4 Nf6
- 2. c4 e6
- 3. Nc3 d5
- 4. Bg5 c5
- 5. e3 Nc6
- 6. Nf3 Be7
- 7. dxc5 Bxc5
- 8. cxd5 exd5
- 9. Bxf6 Qxf6
- 10. Nxd5 Qxb2
- 11. Nc7+ Kf8
- 12. Nxa8 Bb4+
- 13. Nd2 Bxd2+
- 14. Qxd2 Qxa1+
- 15. Qd1 Qc3+
- 16. Qd2 Qxd2+
- 17. Kxd2 g6
- 18. Bb5 Kg7
- 19. Bxc6 bxc6
- 20. Rc1 Bb7
- 21. Nc7 Rd8+
- 22. Ke1 Rd7
- 23. Ne8+ Kf8
- 24. Nf6 Rd6
- 25. Ne4 Re6
- 26. Nc5 Re7
- 27. Nxb7 Rxb7
- 28. Rxc6 Rb1+
- 29. Kd2 Rb2+
- 30. Rc2 Rb1
- 31. Ke2 Rh1
- 32. h3 Rg1
- 33. Kf3 Kg7
- 34. h4 Ra1
- 35. g3 h5
- 36. Ke4 Kf6
- 37. Kf4 Ke6
- 38. Ke4 f5+
- 39. Kf4 Rf1
- 40. Kg5 Kf7
- 41. Rc7+ Ke6
- 42. Rxa7 Rxf2
- 43. a4 Rf3
- 44. Kxg6 Rxg3+
- 45. Kxh5 Rxe3
- 46. a5 f4
- 47. Kg4 f3
- 48. Kg3 Ke5
- 49. a6 Ra3
- 50. Re7+ Kd6
- 51. Rf7 Ke5
- 52. a7 Ke6
- 53. Rh7