Lichess Game of the Month December - Contest

Maybe not my best game, but a knight promotion forking the King and Queen is definitely awesome

cool double rook sac

While it might not have been my best game, the excitement of reaching the endgame was truly worth it!

[Event "≤2000 Rapid Arena"]
[Site "lichess.org/NQqB08To"]
[Date "2025.01.01"]
[White "So_mya-1"]
[Black "texan0729"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.01.01"]
[UTCTime "02:42:44"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+8"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-11"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 { A52 Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Adler Variation } Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qd5 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nb4?? { (0.28 2.07) Blunder. Ncxe5 was best. } (7... Ncxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 c6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. b3) 8. Qd1 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Be2?! { (1.80 1.15) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (10. a3 Na6 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Bd3 d6 15. O-O Qe7) 10... O-O 11. O-O d6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd2?! { (2.05 0.89) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (13. Nd5 Bb6 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. Bc3 Qe6 16. a4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qe7 18. a5 Bc5) 13... Bf5 14. Nd5?! { (1.01 0.23) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (14. b4 Bb6 15. Kh1 Qe8 16. f4 Kh8 17. Re1 Be6 18. e4 Bd4 19. Rc1 f6) 14... Qxb2 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Bc3 Qc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Rfc1 Bf5 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. axb4 Be6 22. b5 Ne5 23. Nf4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxa7 Nb6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 h6?? { (0.19 2.82) Blunder. Rb8 was best. } (27... Rb8 28. Kf1) 28. Rxb7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Nc4? { (2.57 4.89) Mistake. Na4 was best. } (29... Na4 30. Nd5 Rc2 31. b6 Rb2 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. h4 Rb5 34. e4 f5 35. b7) 30. Rc7 d5 31. Nxd5 g5 32. b6 g4 33. b7 Rb1 34. Rxc4 Rxb7 35. Rxg4+ Kh7?? { (6.32 Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh8 was best. } (35... Kh8 36. Rb4 Ra7 37. Kg3 Ra5 38. e4 Ra3+ 39. f3 Kh7 40. Rb2 f5 41. Rb7+) 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[Event "Rated rapid game"]
[Site "lichess.org/n4jyWVAu"]
[Date "2025.01.02"]
[White "So_mya-1"]
[Black "burlindw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.01.02"]
[UTCTime "02:52:16"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-31"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 { D15 Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation } h6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 cxd5 11. O-O e6 12. Rab1 b6 13. Rfc1 Be7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nf6 16. Qc6+ Nd7 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Rd8 20. Rxa7 Nd5 21. Be5 O-O 22. e4 Bg5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. h3 f6 26. Rcc7 Rfd8 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Bxf6 Ra5 29. Raf7+ Ke8 30. Bxd8 Kxd8 31. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[Event "Hourly Rapid Arena"]
[Site "lichess.org/9jYl6Z4E"]
[Date "2025.01.01"]
[White "Lavyansh_18"]
[Black "CoachZ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2025.01.01"]
[UTCTime "05:38:01"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+9"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-9"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 { A53 Old Indian Defense } 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O Nbd7?! { (0.01 0.60) Inaccuracy. Nh5 was best. } (8... Nh5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 Nd7 12. Qh4 Qd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Be4) 9. h3 Be6? { (0.68 2.02) Mistake. Bxf3 was best. } (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11. Bh2 O-O 12. Rab1 Qd8 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5) 10. a3 h6 11. b4 Qh5?! { (1.84 2.61) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } (11... Qd8 12. Rc1) 12. b5? { (2.61 1.29) Mistake. Bh2 was best. } (12. Bh2 Nh7 13. Be2 Ng5 14. Nd2 Nxh3+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Rg1 Nf6) 12... Bxh3?! { (1.29 2.40) Inaccuracy. Nb6 was best. } (12... Nb6 13. e4) 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh2 h5? { (1.71 3.09) Mistake. e5 was best. } (15... e5 16. Bg3 h5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Bh4 Nc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4) 16. Qf3 Qh4?! { (3.11 4.03) Inaccuracy. Qxf3 was best. } (16... Qxf3 17. Nxf3 e5 18. Bg3 Ng4 19. Bh4 f5 20. Rab1 O-O 21. Rb7 Rf7 22. Be2) 17. Qxc6 O-O 18. Qf3 Ng4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. Qg3 Qh5 21. f3? { (3.60 1.85) Mistake. Qh2 was best. } (21. Qh2 e5 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Bf5 exf4 24. Bxd7 Rad8 25. Bf5 fxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6) 21... f5?? { (1.85 4.54) Blunder. e5 was best. } (21... e5 22. fxg4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qa5 24. Ne4 d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Raf1 Qb3 27. Bb1) 22. fxg4 fxg4 23. Qh2 Qa5? { (3.36 6.29) Mistake. e5 was best. } (23... e5 24. Nd5 Rfe8 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Bg5 exd4 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Ne5 29. Be4) 24. Bxg6 Nf6 25. Nd5 Qd8?? { (5.57 Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf7 was best. } (25... Rf7 26. Rf2 Raf8 27. Raf1 Qxa3 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bh6 Qc3) 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bh6 { Black resigns. } 1-0