Lichess Game of the Month August - Contest

Share your best Lichess game of August 2023 (only from August 2023 - only standard games (no variant games) and only one game per player - additional games will be ignored!) until September 5th by a comment of this post! The winner will be mentioned in a Lichess blog post with a commentary by a titled player of the game. Good luck!

Previous winners for inspiration:
July: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-july-23/ap30oGuv
June: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-june-23/OZbtmOJN
May: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-may-23/hn9TVnRq
April: lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-april/3SN0Jbxm

I don't know if I would ever qualify, but I was elated that I spotted this mate in 3 at the end!

This probably won't, but I found Mate in 6/7

I hope this qualifies but I don't know if it will. lichess.org/MSdFncTyH8mW

Welcome everybody!
Here is my contribution:

good mate

I blundered a whole knight , but I carried on regardless. The first rook sac of the two was to set up the king in line with the bishop for the later queen check ,the opponents dark bishop was added bonus and a piece of luck but it all worked out in the end .You need a bit of luck sometimes.!!

Not sure if bot games are allowed if they don't:



Lost the game, but gave me some good insights in this opening experiment.

And for everyone: 2. a3!!

Hello everyone! This is my contribution for August 2023. I hope this game entertains you at the very least. Good luck to all!