Comments on https://lichess.org/@/lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-january-26/suNJtZUH
This doesn't feel like a "Game of the month" game. It feels more like a normal game with a nice tactic.
@Mrnameguy1234 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/2AaVBM8J)
> This doesn't feel like a "Game of the month" game. It feels more like a normal game with a nice tactic.
Well, if lichess said that it is the game of the month, the rook sac had to be very tactical.
@Mrnameguy1234 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/2AaVBM8J)
> This doesn't feel like a "Game of the month" game. It feels more like a normal game with a nice tactic.
Yeahh you are right
Sorry to say, but this game was great, just not something I'd expect for game of the month.
Check out my submission
It had a couple brilliant moves but I'm surprised this game won the month, congrats.
That game is not game of the month material. It only had a flashy ending.
My Best Game of January 2026: https://lichess.org/46MJu6Hg/black Event "Master class Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/46MJu6Hg"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Raben_Goel"]
[Black "Sid_907"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "46MJu6Hg"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.04"]
[UTCTime "18:07:02"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-28"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+21"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Anti-Colle"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 { D04 Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Anti-Colle } 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3?! { (0.24 -0.31) Inaccuracy. Nh4 was best. } (9. Nh4) 9... O-O 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. e4?! { (0.75 0.18) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (17. g3 Kh7) 17... e5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Be2 Qe5 21. Be3?? { (-0.27 Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. g3 was best. } (21. g3 Qf5) 21... Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
My Best Game of February 2026: https://lichess.org/U6gRqBHQ/black
[Event "Monthly Champ Bishop+Rook+King"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/U6gRqBHQ"]
[Date "2026.02.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Aransankay"]
[Black "Sid_907"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "U6gRqBHQ"]
[UTCDate "2026.02.22"]
[UTCTime "19:41:02"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+12"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 { C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening } h6 5. h3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. a3 Qd6 21. Nf5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 b5 23. b4 Qf8 24. a4 g6 25. Ne3 Qe7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qc1 Kh7 28. Nh2 Nh5 29. Neg4 Qf8 30. Rf1 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Ne2+ { White resigns. } 0-1
My best Game of Feburary 1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Qh5 Qxd4 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. c3 Qf6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Bg5 Qf5
8. g4 Qb5 9. Qh4 Nc5 10. Na3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Qxa3 14.
Rxb7 Qxa2 15. Nh3 Nf6 16. Rxc7 Rd8 17. Ng5 Nf4+ 18. Ke3 Qxd2# 0-1