Lichess Game of the Month June - Contest

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[Event "Hourly Rapid Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/m4H6ZCHj"]
[Date "2025.06.16"]
[White "SOFI2013SOFI2013"]
[Black "felix_erongu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "m4H6ZCHj"]
[UTCDate "2025.06.16"]
[UTCTime "17:44:22"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+3"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-8"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } g6?! { (0.11 0.66) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bd3) 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7?! { (0.70 1.44) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (4... d6 5. h4 h6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e5 Nc6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Ne4) 5. Be3?! { (1.44 0.85) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (5. h4 h5 6. Bd3 d6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nbc6 9. Qd2 e5) 5... O-O?! { (0.85 1.50) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (5... d5 6. Qd2 h6 7. O-O-O a6 8. h4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qd5 10. Nc3) 6. Bd3? { (1.50 0.05) Mistake. h4 was best. } (6. h4 d5 7. h5 c5 8. Qd2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf5 10. hxg6 hxg6) 6... d5 7. e5 b6?! { (0.00 0.98) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (7... c5 8. dxc5 Nec6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. cxb6) 8. Qd2 Bb7? { (0.92 2.16) Mistake. c5 was best. } (8... c5 9. Bh6) 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bh6 c5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qg5?? { (1.37 -0.41) Blunder. h4 was best. } (12. h4 h6 13. Rh3 c4 14. Be2 Bc6 15. Rg1 b5 16. h5 g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5) 12... Nf5?! { (-0.41 0.58) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (12... c4 13. Be2 Bc6 14. Rdg1 b5 15. Nd1 b4 16. h4 h6 17. Qf4 f6 18. exf6+) 13. Bxf5 exf5?? { (0.26 2.35) Blunder. Qxg5+ was best. } (13... Qxg5+) 14. Qe3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. f4 Rc8 17. Kb1 Nc5 18. h4?! { (2.51 1.43) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (18. g4) 18... Ne4?? { (1.43 3.85) Blunder. h5 was best. } (18... h5) 19. Nce2?? { (3.85 0.50) Blunder. Nxe4 was best. } (19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. h5 Rc7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. e6 Kg8 23. g4 Bc8 24. f5 Rg7) 19... Qc7? { (0.50 1.95) Mistake. h5 was best. } (19... h5 20. Ng3 Qc7 21. c3 Bc6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Rd6 Qc4 25. Rhd1) 20. h5 Qc5? { (2.21 4.48) Mistake. Ba6 was best. } (20... Ba6 21. g4 g5 22. Nxf5+ Kh8 23. Ned4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxe5 25. Qh6 Rc7 26. Rhe1) 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qh3 Rh8? { (3.73 6.26) Mistake. h5 was best. } (22... h5 23. Nxf5+) 23. Qh6+? { (6.26 3.84) Mistake. Ne6+ was best. } (23. Ne6+ Kf7 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Nc3 d4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rhe1 Ke7 28. Qh4+ Kd7) 23... Kf7 24. e6+?! { (3.68 2.90) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (24. g4 fxg4 25. f5 Qf8 26. fxg6+ hxg6 27. Qf4+ Ke7 28. Qxg4 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Qf7) 24... Kf6?? { (2.90 6.76) Blunder. Kg8 was best. } (24... Kg8 25. g4 fxg4 26. f5 Qf8 27. fxg6 Qxh6 28. Rxh6 Rf8 29. Rdh1 g3 30. e7) 25. Qh4+?! { (6.76 4.71) Inaccuracy. Rh5 was best. } (25. Rh5 Rcg8 26. Rxf5+ Ke7 27. Rf7+ Kd8 28. Rxb7 Kc8 29. Rxh7 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8) 25... Kg7 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qh6+?! { (4.28 3.13) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (27. f5 Qf8 28. Ng3 Qf6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Rhg1 Qg7 32. Qh4 g5) 27... Kf6?! { (3.13 4.64) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } (27... Kg8 28. f5 Qf8 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Rh6 Qg5 31. Qxg5 Nxg5 32. fxg6 Kg7 33. Nf5+) 28. Ng3 Nf2?? { (4.47 Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nxg3 was best. } (28... Nxg3 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qxg3 Qe7 31. f5 h5 32. fxg6 Rcf8 33. Rdf1 Qg5 34. Qc7+) 29. Nh5+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ Kd6 31. Qe5+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Kd6 33. e7+? { (Mate in 4 8.58) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qe5+ was best. } (33. Qe5+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kd8 36. Qd7#) 33... Kc7 34. Qe5+ Kd7? { (8.23 Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd6 was best. } (34... Qd6 35. Nb5+ Kb8 36. Nxd6 Ka8 37. Rhe1 Bc6 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Rxd5 Kb7 40. Rd8) 35. Nf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

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A positional / tactical masterpiece
Pawn sac, Knight sac, Queen sac !