Lichess Game of the Month April 2026 - Contest

This was an unexpected simul game but I managed to beat a GM in classical chess and my FIDE rating is just 1500.

[Event "GP Chess Day Team Battle"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/fxpJmxbG"]
[Date "2026.04.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tom_jacques_mittens"]
[Black "Afwan-CHF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "fxpJmxbG"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.25"]
[UTCTime "10:43:18"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-6"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 1... d6 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 2. d4 { [%clk 0:02:58] } 2... g6 { [%clk 0:02:59] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 0:02:57] } 3... Bg7 { [%clk 0:02:59] } 4. f4 { [%clk 0:02:57] } 4... Nf6 { [%clk 0:02:58] } 5. Nf3 { [%clk 0:02:56] } 5... O-O { [%clk 0:02:57] } 6. Bd3 { [%clk 0:02:54] } { B09 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation } 6... Nc6 { [%clk 0:02:56] } 7. e5 { [%clk 0:02:51] } 7... Nd7 { [%clk 0:02:53] } 8. h4 { [%clk 0:02:49] } 8... Nb6 { [%clk 0:02:48] } 9. h5 { [%clk 0:02:41] } 9... Bg4 { [%clk 0:02:42] } 10. hxg6 { [%clk 0:02:37] } 10... fxg6 { [%clk 0:02:41] } 11. Rxh7 { [%clk 0:02:32] } 11... Kxh7 { [%clk 0:02:38] } 12. Ng5+ { [%clk 0:02:30] } 12... Kg8 { [%clk 0:02:29] } 13. Qxg4 { [%clk 0:02:30] } 13... Nxd4 { [%clk 0:02:12] } 14. Qh3 { [%clk 0:02:13] } 14... Rf5 { [%clk 0:02:01] } 15. Qh7+ { [%clk 0:02:09] } 15... Kf8 { [%clk 0:01:55] } 16. Ne6+ { [%clk 0:02:09] } 16... Nxe6 { [%clk 0:01:51] } 17. Bxf5 { [%clk 0:02:09] } 17... gxf5 { [%clk 0:01:49] } 18. Qxf5+ { [%clk 0:02:09] } 18... Ke8 { [%clk 0:01:37] } 19. Qxe6 { [%clk 0:02:08] } 19... dxe5 { [%clk 0:01:34] } 20. Be3 { [%clk 0:01:56] } 20... exf4 { [%clk 0:01:22] } 21. Qg8+ { [%clk 0:01:51] } 21... Bf8 { [%clk 0:01:14] } 22. Qg6+ { [%clk 0:01:37] } 22... Kd7 { [%clk 0:01:13] } 23. O-O-O+ { [%clk 0:01:34] } 23... Kc8 { [%clk 0:01:04] } 24. Rxd8+ { [%clk 0:01:31] } 24... Kxd8 { [%clk 0:01:04] } 25. Bxf4 { [%clk 0:01:28] } 25... Nd7 { [%clk 0:01:02] } 26. Ne4 { [%clk 0:01:21] } 26... a5 { [%clk 0:00:59] } 27. Ng5 { [%clk 0:01:17] } 27... Ra6 { [%clk 0:00:56] } 28. Ne6+ { [%clk 0:01:11] } 28... Kc8 { [%clk 0:00:50] } 29. Qe8# { [%clk 0:01:08] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

This was my best game of April. I turned the game around from a losing position, and I felt immense joy when my opponent gave up.

@MahirRoni nice game bro :)

Thank you

The worst blunder I've ever seen!!!