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Schachhorizont_deedited

After I blundered 27...Bg5!! (quite a shock and such a blame because I realized this idea earlier), I delivered 29.Qxf7+!? and I drew rather comfortably the resulting lost endgame. It was all about momentum and body language. Of course, Black had some winning ways, but shock backfired brutally. It was not the only most beautiful moves, but a current sacrifice (Qxf7) indeed. Chapeau the work, let's share our patterns!

[2. Bundesliga West Müller,Philipp-Hake,Nils"]
[Date "2026.10.16"]
[White "Müller,Philipp"]
[Black "Hake,Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation"]
[StudyName "Oberliga 2026/2027"]
[ChapterName "2. Bundesliga West Müller,Philipp-Hake,Nils"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Schachhorizont_de"]
[UTCDate "2026.10.16"]

  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bd2 b5 14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Bg5 16. Bb4 a5 17. Ba3 Be7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 g6 20. Qf3 Ng7 21. Re4 Bf5 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rf2 Bg5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Nxd6+ Ke7 32. Ne4+ Kd8 33. Nxg5 Re2 34. h3 h5 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Ne6+ Kc8 38. Nf4 Nf5 39. Nxh5 Rxd5 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Kf3 Rh4 42. Nf4 Kd7 43. Bc5 Kc6 44. Bf2 Rh7 45. Kg4 1/2-1/2
After I blundered 27...Bg5!! (quite a shock and such a blame because I realized this idea earlier), I delivered 29.Qxf7+!? and I drew rather comfortably the resulting lost endgame. It was all about momentum and body language. Of course, Black had some winning ways, but shock backfired brutally. It was not the only most beautiful moves, but a current sacrifice (Qxf7) indeed. Chapeau the work, let's share our patterns! [2. Bundesliga West Müller,Philipp-Hake,Nils"] [Date "2026.10.16"] [White "Müller,Philipp"] [Black "Hake,Nils"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2235"] [BlackElo "2162"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B32"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation"] [StudyName "Oberliga 2026/2027"] [ChapterName "2. Bundesliga West Müller,Philipp-Hake,Nils"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Schachhorizont_de"] [UTCDate "2026.10.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bd2 b5 14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Bg5 16. Bb4 a5 17. Ba3 Be7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 g6 20. Qf3 Ng7 21. Re4 Bf5 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rf2 Bg5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Nxd6+ Ke7 32. Ne4+ Kd8 33. Nxg5 Re2 34. h3 h5 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Ne6+ Kc8 38. Nf4 Nf5 39. Nxh5 Rxd5 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Kf3 Rh4 42. Nf4 Kd7 43. Bc5 Kc6 44. Bf2 Rh7 45. Kg4 1/2-1/2
Yufi0722

WOW, SACRIFICE THE QUEEN!!!

WOW, SACRIFICE THE QUEEN!!!
IM datajunkie

@Schachhorizont_de said ^

After I blundered 27...Bg5!! (quite a shock and such a blame because I realized this idea earlier), I delivered 29.Qxf7+!? and I drew rather comfortably the resulting lost endgame. It was all about momentum and body language. Of course, Black had some winning ways, but shock backfired brutally. It was not the only most beautiful moves, but a current sacrifice (Qxf7) indeed. Chapeau the work, let's...

Very nice save after the opponent's tactic! Funny how we had the same queen capture on the same square :-D
thanks for sharing, I've added it to the study.

@Schachhorizont_de said [^](/forum/redirect/post/c4phedfS) > After I blundered 27...Bg5!! (quite a shock and such a blame because I realized this idea earlier), I delivered 29.Qxf7+!? and I drew rather comfortably the resulting lost endgame. It was all about momentum and body language. Of course, Black had some winning ways, but shock backfired brutally. It was not the only most beautiful moves, but a current sacrifice (Qxf7) indeed. Chapeau the work, let's... Very nice save after the opponent's tactic! Funny how we had the same queen capture on the same square :-D thanks for sharing, I've added it to the study.
ThreeSadPandas

@datajunkie great article thank you!

This isn’t a direct answer to your question of a memorable move that I myself made.

But what came to mind for me is that I’ve recently gone down the rabbit hole on Lichess bots and chess engines. What started as a question of if I could even get a bot running, to how good could it be, to testing all sorts of hardware and software limitations, to starting work on my own engine.

A big memorable milestone for me that I’ll never forget is the experience of seeing one of my bots beat a grand master. It was just so cool.

https://lichess.org/OIytJbb9

@datajunkie great article thank you! This isn’t a direct answer to your question of a memorable move that I myself made. But what came to mind for me is that I’ve recently gone down the rabbit hole on Lichess bots and chess engines. What started as a question of if I could even get a bot running, to how good could it be, to testing all sorts of hardware and software limitations, to starting work on my own engine. A big memorable milestone for me that I’ll never forget is the experience of seeing one of my bots beat a grand master. It was just so cool. https://lichess.org/OIytJbb9
fin34601473braunpaul

There is one unexpected trick, securing me a total of 0.5 points from DarkOnCrack in a casual team arena.
I put this arena up with a twist to farm the no capture in 30 moves Rosen Score Trophy (title says 35 moves to be safe).
It was also an additional "Stalemate Tricks" theme trophy at

https://rosen-score.vercel.app/ [.]

It happened only this one time when I took my opponent very purposefully into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out was only wide enough for two. Maybe it means that chess really is more about memorization and prearrangement than about creative intuition.

https://lichess.org/study/f3QsW5iK

There is one unexpected trick, securing me a total of 0.5 points from DarkOnCrack in a casual team arena. I put this arena up with a twist to farm the no capture in 30 moves Rosen Score Trophy (title says 35 moves to be safe). It was also an additional "Stalemate Tricks" theme trophy at https://rosen-score.vercel.app/ [.] It happened only this one time when I took my opponent very purposefully into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out was only wide enough for two. Maybe it means that chess really is more about memorization and prearrangement than about creative intuition. https://lichess.org/study/f3QsW5iK
DarkOnCrack

@fin34601473braunpaul said ^

There is one unexpected trick, securing me a total of 0.5 points from DarkOnCrack in a casual team arena.
I put this arena up with a twist to farm the no capture in 30 moves Rosen Score Trophy (title says 35 moves to be safe).
It was also an additional "Stalemate Tricks" theme trophy at

https://rosen-score.vercel.app/ [.]

It happened only this one time when I took my opponent very purposefully ...

Meh :c

@fin34601473braunpaul said [^](/forum/redirect/post/n5kMAj0F) > There is one unexpected trick, securing me a total of 0.5 points from DarkOnCrack in a casual team arena. > I put this arena up with a twist to farm the no capture in 30 moves Rosen Score Trophy (title says 35 moves to be safe). > It was also an additional "Stalemate Tricks" theme trophy at > > https://rosen-score.vercel.app/ [.] > > It happened only this one time when I took my opponent very purposefully ... Meh :c
fin34601473braunpaul

By the way

chess really is more about memorization and prearrangement than about creative intuition.

Meh! :-(

By the way > chess really is more about memorization and prearrangement than about creative intuition. Meh! :-(
Jisu101

Over the board game I played not too long ago:

  1. c3 Nc6 2. d3 e5 3. e4 d5 4. Be2 d4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. O-O a5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 g5 12. h3 h5 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg5 fxg5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Nh2

Guess what, I found a really cool idea here. An exchange sac that seemingly does nothing at first, no concrete lines at all, yet all of a sudden things get really difficult for white. My first proper positional exchange sacrifice.

Rxh2! 17. Bxh2 O-O-O 18. c4 Rh8 19. f3 Rxh2!! 0-1

Made even more memorable by the second exchange sacrifice on the exact same square!

Over the board game I played not too long ago: 1. c3 Nc6 2. d3 e5 3. e4 d5 4. Be2 d4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. O-O a5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 g5 12. h3 h5 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg5 fxg5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Nh2 Guess what, I found a really cool idea here. An exchange sac that seemingly does nothing at first, no concrete lines at all, yet all of a sudden things get really difficult for white. My first proper positional exchange sacrifice. Rxh2! 17. Bxh2 O-O-O 18. c4 Rh8 19. f3 Rxh2!! 0-1 Made even more memorable by the second exchange sacrifice on the exact same square!