Lichess Game of the Month July - Contest

Share your best Lichess game from July 2025 (only from July 2025, only standard games, no variant games, and only one game per player - additional games will be ignored!) until August 12th in a comment to this post! The winner will be announced here in this forum thread on August 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: lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-racing-kings/lichess-racing-kings-game-of-the-month-june (June link, check the blog for the updated July link)

What's with correspondence games that last more than a month? Can you submit them once they're finished?

[Event "rated blitz game"]
[Site "lichess.org/B7YqRGDh"]
[Date "2025.07.31"]
[White "SolomonSkotinovich"]
[Black "NOVA3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "B7YqRGDh"]
[UTCDate "2025.07.31"]
[UTCTime "17:27:46"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch Game: Lolli Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 { C44 Scotch Game: Lolli Variation } b6? { (0.54 1.95) Mistake. Qf6 was best. } (5... Qf6 6. Qc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Bd2) 6. Bc4? { (1.95 0.54) Mistake. Nc3 was best. } (6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Qe5+ Ne7 8. Bc4 d6 9. Qf4 f6 10. a4 Qd7) 6... Bb7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7?! { (1.14 2.16) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (8... Bc5) 9. O-O-O d6? { (2.23 3.99) Mistake. O-O was best. } (9... O-O 10. e5 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rhe1 Rad8 13. g3 Rfe8 14. Bd5 c6 15. Be4) 10. e5 dxe5?! { (3.95 5.00) Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (10... Nd5 11. Bxd5 Bxg5+ 12. f4 c6 13. Bf3 Bh6 14. exd6 O-O 15. d7 c5 16. Qe3) 11. Qxe5 Qc8 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Qxe7 Ng4 14. Rd7 h6 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Be6 { Black resigns. } 1-0

I don't think this is a good game :)