Lichess Game of the Month October - Contest

The power of "L"

@Levi_Tapia hi, you need to post only one game to participate.

Best regards

Winning this contest would be an astonishing achievement. I think I'll either go cry myself to sleep or see what's left in the refrigerator.

Thanks for your submission (#6), @CSKA_Moscou , you remind how beautiful chess can be and how important it is to achieve tactical excellence.

Later Edit: Wow. You, too, @Icyapples. A win (#137) with an approximately 1200-point rating disadvantage is not something I've seen often. The Force was with you. What great decision making under real pressure.

There are so many great games in this thread that I wish there were bronze and silver medals in addition to the figurative gold. Maybe even some honorable mentions. This thread is as interesting as a decent chess book.

Insane attack to beat an NM (queen sac)

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thank you for the kind word @Noflaps, even if I know full well that my modest contribution pales in comparison to other much more spectacular games (and fortunately for the good of chess)!

I would have liked you to also make a contribution to this competition, I have no doubt that a person with such great writing talent has equally great talent in understanding chess aesthetics

I'd love to make a contribution to chess aesthetics, @CSKA_Moscou , but for the time being pigs still cannot fly.

I can only hope to provide words of appreciation for players (and concepts) much greater than myself.

And, judging by this excellent, interesting thread, there are many, many, many whose play is wonderfully fine -- whose excellence would not be out of place cheering for Liverpool or listening to you play the piano.