Lichess Crazyhouse Game of the Month August 2024 - Winner and Honourable Mentions

Congratulations to the first winner of the Lichess Crazyhouse Game of the Month, August 2024 @Metin81!

1st place - Metin81 GM @nihalsarin2004 (2674) vs @Metin81 (2340) 0-1

This interesting (2+0) zh game stood out to the judges as a worthy winner! Black is outmatched by 300+ points against a famous chess Grandmaster - Yet: this is not chess!

The game is annotated by FM @Crazy_Eight and NM @visualdennis in the following study:

https://lichess.org/study/gP7xwZRb/p3uKvN16

Congratulations to the first winner of the Lichess Crazyhouse Game of the Month, August 2024 @Metin81! https://imgur.com/jNHrmkA 1st place - Metin81 GM @nihalsarin2004 (2674) vs @Metin81 (2340) 0-1 This interesting (2+0) zh game stood out to the judges as a worthy winner! Black is outmatched by 300+ points against a famous chess Grandmaster - Yet: this is not chess! The game is annotated by FM @Crazy_Eight and NM @visualdennis in the following study: https://lichess.org/study/gP7xwZRb/p3uKvN16

QueenRosieMary

Congratulations also to our runners-up. The four games that earned honourable mentions were all upsets that went against the expected result:

https://imgur.com/gw81ePL

2nd place - Deadban

@Deadban (2109) vs @unjournakamura (2563) 1-0

3rd place - pkr5025

@sonogoneli (2611) vs @pkr5025 (2414) 0-1

4th place - T-a-n-i-a

@Hesar (2290) vs @T-a-n-i-a (1742) 0-1

5th place -QueeenRosieMary

NM @CrouchingTiger (2495) vs @QueeenRosieMary (1660) 0-1

We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Lichess Crazyhouse Game of the Month, September 2024 when it opens at the beginning of October!

Congratulations also to our runners-up. The four games that earned honourable mentions were all upsets that went against the expected result: https://imgur.com/gw81ePL 2nd place - Deadban @Deadban (2109) vs @unjournakamura (2563) 1-0 3rd place - pkr5025 @sonogoneli (2611) vs @pkr5025 (2414) 0-1 4th place - T-a-n-i-a @Hesar (2290) vs @T-a-n-i-a (1742) 0-1 5th place -QueeenRosieMary NM @CrouchingTiger (2495) vs @QueeenRosieMary (1660) 0-1 We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Lichess Crazyhouse Game of the Month, September 2024 when it opens at the beginning of October!

Deadban

Thank you for running the event and for analyzing my game.

Congratulations to the winner.

Thank you for running the event and for analyzing my game. Congratulations to the winner.

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