Lichess Game of the Month August 2026 - Contest

[Event "GM Zhigalko Andrey simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dqJaqXk9"] [Date "2026.06.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Zhigalko_Andrey"] [Black "Fast-Shark"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "dqJaqXk9"] [UTCDate "2026.06.05"] [UTCTime "08:44:02"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "2377"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [ECO "E94"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O { E94 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation } Bg4 8. d5 a5 9. Be3 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. a3 b6 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. b4 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 Bf6 16. bxa5?! { (1.47 0.73) Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (16. c5 bxc5 17. b5 Nb8 18. Nc4 Bc8 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nxb6 Ra7 21. Qa4 Bd7) 16... bxa5 17. Nb3 a4 18. Na5 Nc5 19. Nb7 Nxb7 20. Rxb7 Bh4 21. Qe1 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qg5?! { (0.98 1.68) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (22... Nf6 23. c5 Bc8 24. Rb4 g5 25. Rfb1 g4 26. c6 gxf3 27. gxf3 Kh8 28. Kh1) 23. c5 Rf7?! { (1.58 2.60) Inaccuracy. Bc8 was best. } (23... Bc8 24. Rb4 h5 25. Rc1 h4 26. Rxa4 Rb8 27. Nb5 h3 28. Ra7 hxg2 29. Qxg2) 24. Rfb1?! { (2.60 1.81) Inaccuracy. c6 was best. } (24. c6 Bc8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Qxa7 Rf8 27. Rb1 Qd8 28. Rb8 Ng7 29. Qf2 Qe7) 24... Bh3? { (1.81 3.50) Mistake. dxc5 was best. } (24... dxc5 25. Qxc5 Qd8 26. Nd1 g5 27. Nf2 h5 28. Nd3 Qf6 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8) 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. cxd6?? { (4.00 1.49) Blunder. c6 was best. } (26. c6 Bc8 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 h5 29. Rxc8 Qe7 30. Kg1 g5 31. Kf1 Kh7) 26... cxd6 27. Bb5?! { (1.55 0.52) Inaccuracy. Rb8 was best. } (27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 Kg7 29. Kg1 Qe7 30. Bb5 Bxb5 31. Nxb5 Nf6 32. h3 g5) 27... Bxb5 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Nxb5 Qd8 30. Qc2?! { (0.82 0.00) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (30. h3 Qe7 31. Qb6 g5 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. Rc6 Rb8 34. Qxd8 Rxd8 35. Ra6 Rb8) 30... h5 31. h3 g5 32. Qc6?! { (0.00 -0.63) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (32. Nd4 exd4 33. e5 Qc7 34. Qh7+ Ng7 35. e6+ Kf6 36. Qh6+ Kf5 37. Qh7+) 32... Rc8 33. Qb7+?! { (-0.15 -0.90) Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } (33. Qa6 g4 34. Qxa4 Kg6 35. Qd1 Qh4 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Qxg4+ Qxg4 38. hxg4 Rc4) 33... Kg6 34. Na7? { (-0.80 -2.22) Mistake. Qa6 was best. } (34. Qa6 g4 35. Na7 Rc7 36. Nc6 Qh4 37. fxg4 Kh7 38. g5 f3 39. Qf1 Qxe4) 34... Rc7 35. Qb6?? { (-2.18 -5.07) Blunder. Nc6 was best. } (35. Nc6 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Qf6 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Rh7 g4 40. fxg4 hxg4) 35... Rc1+ 36. Kh2 g4 { White resigns. } 0-1

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