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Great comebacks
Compiled by FSR
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These are games where one player got a losing position early on (for example, by blundering away a piece), but came back to win or draw the game.

White drops a piece on move 5, but wins
L Galojan vs A Ushenina, 2012 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0

White drops a piece on move 3, but wins
C Latino vs S R Dumas, 2010 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

White drops a piece on move 4, but wins
Shumov vs C Jaenisch, 1851 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0

White drops a piece to a book trap, but wins!
R Cintron vs H R Bigelow, 1929 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0

White loses his queen, but somehow gets enough play to draw
K J Wicker vs R Webb, 1978 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Black drops his Q, misses 2 mates, then draw agreed erroneously
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1897 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Carlsen blunders a piece, but goes on to win
Carlsen vs G Jones, 2018 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

I Krush vs J Yu, 2022 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 47 moves, 0-1

J Pechac vs M A Tabatabaei, 2023 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 0-1

Jonathan Golob vs NN, 2022 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Fudulakis vs M Celestini, 1988 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

M Stean vs S Webb, 1976 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 27 moves, 0-1

C De Vere vs Paulsen, 1870 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0

A Thiellement vs A Anastasopoulos, 1962 
(B07) Pirc, 31 moves, 0-1

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