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This is Part 2 of back rank checkmates! It’s never too late to hang back rank mate! In the last video, I managed to win through a back rank mate when my opponent made a mistake against my counterplay where they had a completely winning position. In today’s game, the same thing happens to me! Prior to my critical blunder, I had a +70 advantage, and then, disaster!

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In this game, I completely expected to lose as I was randomly matched against a player rated in the 1700s, around 400 ELO points higher than me! As I played and realised that I probably had a winning position, I got really excited, but, this was also mixed with some frustration as I couldn’t work out how to convert the position into a win. Then, when my opponent started advancing on my king’s position, I basically cracked, carelessly playing a move that exposed my king to a back rank mate. I was really annoyed with myself as I only took 20 seconds to make this terrible losing move, when I still had over 20 minutes left on the clock.

I hope you found this game interesting, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/43892086785

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "MavericksRD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "17:07:44 PDT"]
[Termination "MavericksRD won by checkmate"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O Nh6 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. exf6 Nf5 14. Bd3 Nxf6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Rhe1+ Be6 17. Rxe6+ fxe6 18. Qd6 Kf7 19. Ne5+ Kg7 20. Qe7+ Kh6 21. Nf7+ Kg7 22. Ng5+ Kh6 23. Qxf6 Raf8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Qe5 26. Rd7 b5 27. Rxa7 b4 28. Na4 Qe1# 0-1