Lichess Game of the Month: December '24

By January 5th, several of your best games of December were shared via our forum post.

Our team went on to carefully check all submitted games and found that the game of @anandloks was outstanding. Congrats!

The Turkish chess trainer and FM Nazmi Can Doğan alias @NaSil had a deeper look into the game and commented a lot for you to learn from, check it out:

You can now submit your best Game of the Month January on the pinned topic in our forums until February 5th!

Conditions to submit your Game of the Month January:

• Only standard games (no variants)
• Only games that have been played in January 2025
• Only one game per user (additional games will be ignored)

Although variant games aren't allowed here, some of our official variant teams are hosting their own Game of the Month contests - check them out:

• Antichess Contest
• Racing Kings Contest

Stay tuned to our forums for the next announcement.

How did you like this Game of the Month and the contest? Let us know in the comments!