Lichess Game of the Month January - Contest

A game based on a development advantage leading to an attack on a centralized and exposed king

Hi guys this is just my best rated victory in rapid

Tactical melee vs. stronger opponent

Hey! Um, I couldn't go through the effort of finding the original game, so I inserted a PGN from a study of this game. It has a queen sac at the end, 26. Qg8+!!. Do PGNs and games against bots count?

[Event "My Most Memorable Chess Games: My Immortal"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/keQaIGFD/mSlyg3AC"]
[Date "2025.01.05"]
[White "ajfang"]
[Black "maia1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1527"]
[BlackTitle "BOT"]
[TimeControl "1800+0"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ajfang"]
[StudyName "My Most Memorable Chess Games"]
[ChapterName "My Immortal"]

1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... d6 { [%eval 0.43] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.43] } 2... e5 { [%eval 0.46] } 3. d5 { [%eval 0.31] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.39] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.19] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.29] } 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.06] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.0] } 6. Be2 { [%eval 0.0] } 6... c6 { [%eval 0.0] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.07] } 7... cxd5 { [%eval 0.0] } 8. Nxd5?! { [%eval -0.69] } { Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (8. exd5 Bf5 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. a4 Qc7) 8... Nxd5?! { [%eval -0.13] } { Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } (8... Nxe4) 9. Qxd5 { [%eval -0.13] } 9... Nc6 { [%eval 0.09] } 10. Be3 { [%eval 0.06] } 10... Be6 { [%eval 0.08] } 11. Qd3?! { [%eval -0.08] } { Inaccuracy. Qb5 was best. } (11. Qb5 Qc8 12. c3 a6 13. Qd3 Kh8 14. Rad1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd5 Be6 17. Qe4 Bf5) 11... Nb4 { [%eval 0.08] } 12. Qd1?! { [%eval 0.05] } { Inaccuracy. Qd2 was best. } (12. Qd2 d5 13. a3 Nc6 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5) 12... Rc8 { [%eval 0.09] } 13. c4? { [%eval -0.22] } { Mistake. c3 was best. } (13. c3 Nc6 14. c4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qb3 Qd7) 13... Bxc4 { [%eval -0.19] } 14. Bxc4 { [%eval -0.22] } 14... Rxc4 { [%eval -0.21] } 15. Qa4 { [%eval -0.17] } 15... Nc2?? { [%eval 4.72] } { Blunder. Qc7 was best. } (15... Qc7 16. Nd2 Rc2 17. Qxb4 d5 18. Qb3 d4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nf3 d3 21. Ne1) 16. Qxc4 { [%eval 4.72] } 16... Nxa1 { [%eval 4.68] } 17. Rxa1 { [%eval 4.72] } 17... b6 { [%eval 4.72] } 18. Qc3? { [%eval 4.53] } { Mistake. Rc1 was best. } (18. Rc1 Qa8 19. Qc6 h6 20. Qxa8 Rxa8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke8 23. Ne1) 18... d5 { [%eval 5.12] } 19. Qxe5 { [%eval 5.15] } 19... dxe4 { [%eval 5.13] } 20. Qxe4 { [%eval 4.91] } 20... Re8 { [%eval 5.04] } 21. Bf4?! { [%eval 4.69] } { Inaccuracy. Qa4 was best. } (21. Qa4 Qa8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qb7) 21... Bc5 { [%eval 4.66] } 22. Ne5?! { [%eval 3.08] } { Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. } (22. Qc2 Qf6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qe6 25. Qd2 h6 26. Kf2 g5 27. Rf1 Qxa2) 22... f6?? { [%eval #6] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bd4 was best. } (22... Bd4 23. g3 b5 24. Nc6 Rxe4 25. Nxd8 Re2 26. Rd1 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Rxb2 28. Rd2) 23. Qc4+ { [%eval #5] } 23... Kh8 { [%eval #4] } 24. Nf7+ { [%eval #3] } 24... Kg8 { [%eval #3] } 25. Nh6+ { [%eval #2] } 25... Kh8 { [%eval #2] } 26. Qg8+ { [%eval #1] } 26... Rxg8 { [%eval #1] } 27. Nf7# 1-0

If PGNs don't count, I have a game which literally makes it look like I'm cheating with an exchange sacrifice (23. Qd6!!), a queen sacrifice (61. Qg4+!!) that doesn't really deserve to be called a queen sac because my opponent didn't have a queen at that point, and a bishop sacrifice (51. Bf3!!) trying to fork the rooks, but I made quite a few mistakes that bring the accuracy rate down a bit.

If games against bots don't count, I don't have yet another game. I had quite a lucky chess month in January.

A poisoned game