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Lichess Game of the Month: February '26

Here is my game for April @Lichess:[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/MWuUr7HH"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "littleboy2016foo"]
[Black "M0hamed-Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "MWuUr7HH"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.04"]
[UTCTime "02:00:00"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+64"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-13"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Piano"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano } 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 h6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bd5 Ng5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Qh5 Nxe5?? { (0.78 3.75) Blunder. Qe8 was best. } (11... Qe8 12. Be4 g6 13. Qh6 Qxe5 14. Bxg5 Qh8 15. Nd2 Qxh6 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Rae1) 12. Bxg5 Qe8 13. Nd2 d6 14. Ne4 Be6?? { (2.97 Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ng4 was best. } (14... Ng4 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Qa4 17. Be7 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qf4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Re7) 15. Bxe6?? { (Mate in 5 -0.61) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6+ was best. } (15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf6 Ng6 17. Qh6 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nf4 19. Qg7#) 15... Qxe6 16. Rae1 Qxa2?? { (-1.03 8.33) Blunder. Rae8 was best. } (16... Rae8 17. a3 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. b3 d5 20. Ng3 Nd3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bd2) 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Rxe5 fxe5? { (7.20 Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } (18... Qe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Bh6 Kh8 21. Bxf8+ Kg8 22. Bh6 Kh7 23. Rb1 a5 24. g3) 19. Bf6 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 { Black resigns. } 1-0
Here is my game for April @Lichess:[Event "Rapid"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MWuUr7HH"] [Date "2026.04.04"] [Round "-"] [White "littleboy2016foo"] [Black "M0hamed-Ibrahim"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "MWuUr7HH"] [UTCDate "2026.04.04"] [UTCTime "02:00:00"] [WhiteElo "1751"] [BlackElo "2308"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+64"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Piano"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Piano } 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 h6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bd5 Ng5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Qh5 Nxe5?? { (0.78 3.75) Blunder. Qe8 was best. } (11... Qe8 12. Be4 g6 13. Qh6 Qxe5 14. Bxg5 Qh8 15. Nd2 Qxh6 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Rae1) 12. Bxg5 Qe8 13. Nd2 d6 14. Ne4 Be6?? { (2.97 Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Ng4 was best. } (14... Ng4 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Qa4 17. Be7 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qf4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Re7) 15. Bxe6?? { (Mate in 5 -0.61) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nf6+ was best. } (15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf6 Ng6 17. Qh6 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nf4 19. Qg7#) 15... Qxe6 16. Rae1 Qxa2?? { (-1.03 8.33) Blunder. Rae8 was best. } (16... Rae8 17. a3 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. b3 d5 20. Ng3 Nd3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bd2) 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Rxe5 fxe5? { (7.20 Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qe6 was best. } (18... Qe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Bh6 Kh8 21. Bxf8+ Kg8 22. Bh6 Kh7 23. Rb1 a5 24. g3) 19. Bf6 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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@SANJAY-KURAMA2003 said ^

why lichess only choose high rated?

Well blunderfests aren't necessarily the most athstetically pleasing

@SANJAY-KURAMA2003 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/rgZutg1e) > why lichess only choose high rated? Well blunderfests aren't necessarily the most athstetically pleasing