Lichess Game of the Month December - Contest

Brilliant queen sacrifice in a crazy miniature.

@Lichess said in #1:

Share your best Lichess game from December 2025 (only from December 2025, only standard games, no variant games, and only one game per player — additional games will be ignored!) until January 12th in a comment to this post! The winner will be announced here in this forum thread on January 24th, followed by a Lichess blog post with commentary on the game. Good luck!

Although variant games aren't allowed here, some of our official variant teams are hosting their own Game of the Month contests — check them out below!

Racing Kings Contest: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-racing-kings/lichess-racing-kings-game-of-the-month-november-2 (November link; check the Racing Kings team soon for the December link)

I hope that draws also count.

Here is my game. I was white in this. I call this "I can checkmate you, but I'd rather have some fun and do that later." This game is only 50 moves, but I know it will keep everyone on edge. Even if I do not win, I ask that you take a look and see what you think. I know this game says January 3rd, however I played it on New Year's Eve and because my wifi cut out due to lots of snow where I live, it processed as Jan 3rd, but it was played in the month of December (EST). Thank you for your consideration.

Event "rated rapid game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/qWNsjHYg"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rishaankeyur"]
[Black "uppersix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "qWNsjHYg"]
[UTCDate "2025.12.28"]
[UTCTime "21:44:45"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Three Knights Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 1... e5 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:10:03] } 2... Nc6 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 0:10:06] } { C46 Three Knights Opening } 3... d6 { [%clk 0:10:02] } 4. h3 { [%clk 0:10:09] } 4... Nf6 { [%clk 0:10:06] } 5. Bc4 { [%clk 0:10:08] } 5... Be7 { [%clk 0:10:08] } 6. d3 { [%clk 0:10:10] } 6... O-O { [%clk 0:10:09] } 7. Bg5 { [%clk 0:10:12] } 7... h6 { [%clk 0:09:49] } 8. Be3 { [%clk 0:10:12] } 8... Be6 { [%clk 0:09:20] } 9. Bb3 { [%clk 0:10:03] } 9... Bxb3 { [%clk 0:08:09] } 10. axb3 { [%clk 0:10:04] } 10... a6 { [%clk 0:08:13] } 11. O-O { [%clk 0:10:06] } 11... d5 { [%clk 0:07:36] } 12. exd5 { [%clk 0:10:06] } 12... Nxd5 { [%clk 0:07:38] } 13. Nxd5 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 13... Qxd5 { [%clk 0:07:40] } 14. Nd2 { [%clk 0:09:48] } 14... Rad8 { [%clk 0:07:09] } 15. Nc4 { [%clk 0:08:33] } 15... Bf6 { [%clk 0:06:02] } 16. Qg4 { [%clk 0:07:53] } 16... Kh8 { [%clk 0:05:59] } 17. Qh5 { [%clk 0:07:43] } 17... Nb4 { [%clk 0:03:22] } 18. Rac1 { [%clk 0:07:00] } 18... Nc6 { [%clk 0:03:14] } 19. Bxh6 { [%clk 0:06:56] } 19... gxh6 { [%clk 0:03:16] } 20. Qxh6+ { [%clk 0:06:58] } 20... Kg8 { [%clk 0:03:19] } 21. Qxf6 { [%clk 0:07:01] } 21... b5 { [%clk 0:02:49] } 22. Ne3 { [%clk 0:06:18] } 22... Qd4 { [%clk 0:02:46] } 23. Nf5 { [%clk 0:06:14] } { Black resigns. } 1-0

My best game

Very exciting draw :)

I won against a 2600 GM two weeks ago, in December 2025. I was White.