Bloodbath
26captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
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- Sunday 27 September
- Samarkand
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Round 11
50 of 412 games finished, 72% of them decisive. 1 team won 4–0. Tanzania had the best team performance, 1993.
358 games still runningUpdated 27 Sept 2026, 10:31 CEST, 4 forfeits
Round 11 in numbers
50
games finished of 412
72%
decisive; White scored 64%
33
moves per game
60
moves in the longest game
Results
25
White wins, 50%
14
draws, 28%
11
Black wins, 22%
4 checkmates on the board, 5 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 5 draws before move 30 and 4 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
85.5%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
2.86
blunders per game
71
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
143
blunders, as Lichess marks them
1:27
average time per move
0%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 50 of 50 finished games, with 190 inaccuracies, 71 mistakes and 143 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 48 games.
Game awards
Pacifist
10captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
60moves
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
18moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Checkmate on the Board
32moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
36moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
17moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
7attackers
- ♙ on d4 after 11. Be3Jon I Horni Nielsen FAI 20781againstFM Muhamet Asllani KOS 22290
- ♙ on d4 after 11. Be3CM Joao Farisse MOZ 20371againstFM Gustavo Adolfo Monroy Lopez GUA 20740
- ♞ on d5 after 15. e4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi AFG 20441againstYoussouf Niare MLI 17290
4 more, tied
- ♙ on f2 after 31… Nh3+CM Kendrick Knowles BAH 18721againstJohan Van Delden CUR 19900
- ♙ on f3 after 28… g4Patrick Christopher Sarota TAN 16880againstYao Aubin Maximilien Tanoe CIV 20021
- ♙ on g4 after 17. g4Joseph Adeshole Brian Beckley SLE 18021againstSouminta Yomvilath LAO 14950
- ♙ on d4 after 8. Be3Mahendra Gurung BHU 17150againstCM Ronald Terubea FIJ 18271
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
50moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
5moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
Shortest Draw
15moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
David vs Goliath
300rating points
The biggest rating gap where the lower-rated player did not lose.
Not awarded yet: Bare King Optimist, Houdini.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
8captures in a row
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
5checks in a row
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
Do You Even Rook Lift Bro
14moves
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
Castle Commitment Issues
21moves
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
18king moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
40squares
- in 18 queen moves, about 50 m at human scaleTebou Tata Itaaka KIR1againstExel Ngoupet CAF0
- in 17 queen moves, about 55 m at human scaleDonkeng Hussel CMR 20200againstCM Kaieem Elizee LCA 18621
The original queen that travelled the most squares; promoted queens do not count. The metres are at human scale, a long stride per square.
Chicken of the Round
26.7% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
13knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
8captures
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
8captures
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
6pawn captures
- Jon I Horni Nielsen FAI 20781againstFM Muhamet Asllani KOS 22290
- GM Sebastian Bogner SUI 2547½againstGM Georg Meier URU 2612½
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
Center Stage
5arrivals
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
Square Tourist
16squares
- queen from d1Tebou Tata Itaaka KIR1againstExel Ngoupet CAF0
- king from e1Mahendra Gurung BHU 17150againstCM Ronald Terubea FIJ 18271
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
56.4% of piece moves
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
Pawn Storm
8pawn moves
- CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi AFG 20441againstYoussouf Niare MLI 17290
- Adrian Jr. Kim ANT 18100againstYazeed Alshnaiber KSA 18661
- Alfene Ambdullah COM 17661againstEgon Mattaaq GRL0
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
32.4% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Giant Slayer
22.5% expected
The win with the lowest expected score by Elo, at most 25 %.
Untitled Hero
1963opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
Upset of the Round
215rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2580average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Youngest Player
13years
The youngest player who played this round, by birth year.
Oldest Player
61years
The oldest player who played this round, by birth year.
Generations
32years
The largest age gap between two opponents.
Not awarded yet: GM Scalp.
Clock awards
Longest Think
23:13on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Time Millionaire
1:29:44left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Increment Farmer
1:56gained after move 40
Most time banked after move 40 from the 30-second increments, in a game of 50 moves or more.
Time Not So Well Spent
12:17thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
Not awarded yet: Zeitnot Addict, Time Scramble Survivor, Flag Fall.
From the relay clocks of 48 of 50 finished games; games with missing, hand-entered or corrected clocks are left out, and time left after move 40 counts only once the clock shows the extra 30 minutes.
Engine awards
Most Accurate
99.6% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
11combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
337combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
95.1% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
#−10at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
#10at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Rollercoaster
7swings
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
Lucky Escape
10move mate missed
The opponent let a forced mate slip, as Lichess marked it, and did not win; the shortest missed mate wins.
Ice Cold
40moves without a mark
Longest game of at least 30 moves in which one side got no inaccuracy, mistake or blunder mark from Lichess.
From Lichess’s computer analysis of 50 of 50 finished games. Inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders are the ones Lichess marks on the move.
Chess culture
Never Play f6
33% scored by all who tried
Ben Finegold says never push the f-pawn one square. These players did it by move 10 (f3 or …f6) and won anyway.
Brilliant!!
4points of material given
A real sacrifice: the piece was taken at once and the player stayed at least two points down, yet Lichess found nothing wrong with the move. The biggest gift wins.
Pigs on the 7th
4moves
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded yet: Royal Walkabout, Botez Gambit, Tal’s Dark Forest, The Carlsen Grind, Short’s King Walk.
Homages to chess memes, famous games and Samarkand lore, meant kindly. Brilliant!!, Botez Gambit and The Carlsen Grind use Lichess’s analysis of 50 of 50 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
En Passant
1en passant
Every en passant capture of the round.
Family Fork
1fork
- 33… Nf2+, the queen was not takenIM Amba Oyon Marius Claude CMR 19630againstSixtus Gabriel LCA 18651
A knight gave check and attacked the queen at the same time, from a square where it could not simply be taken. The ones that won the queen come first.
Holy Hell
1left alone
En passant was on the board and the player left it alone. En passant is forced, allegedly.
Poisoned Pawn
2pawn grabs
- 14… Qxb2Tevita Fau TGA½againstDavid Jeetlall SKN 1488½
- 13… Qxb2IM Bashir Eiti SYR 22701againstLual Guet nhiany SSD 20250
The queen grabbed the b-pawn (Qxb7 or …Qxb2) by move 15. Fischer’s favourite snack; the result tells whether it was poisoned.
Irish Pawn Centre
2Irish centres
- 15. fxe4, pawns on e3, e4, e5FM Zayne-Eddine El Zein LBN 22911againstFM Roy Mwadzura ZIM 22110
- 28. fxe6, pawns on e4, e5, e6CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi AFG 20441againstYoussouf Niare MLI 17290
Three pawns on one file, one behind the other. The first time for each player is listed.
Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, Mate Gallery, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Connect Four, The Hard One, Photo Finish, Royal Court.
The awards that list every case instead of crowning one, read from the position on every move; the overview counts them across the rounds. The Hard One, Il Vaticano, the pawn shapes and Royal Court may well stay empty for a round or two.
Match awards
Whitewash
1match
Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.
Team of the Round
1993performance
opponents averaged 1993
Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.
Marathon Match
145moves
26 + 46 + 26 + 47
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
Sprint Match
145moves
26 + 46 + 26 + 47
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
Bloodiest Match
62captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
Quietest Match
62captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
Theory Match
39opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
Endgame Match
34endgame moves
The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.
Thrill Ride
9eval swings
The match with the most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black over its four boards; every board needs Lichess's full analysis.
Not awarded yet: Comeback Match, Slingshot, Treaty of Samarkand.
Rates over each team’s finished games of the round, four needed. The event-wide team awards, the category leaders and the board race are on the standings page.
Teams: style
Space Invaders
35.42per 100 moves
51 of 144 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
Check, Please
1.75checks per game
7 checks in 4 games
Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.
The Late Knight Show
1.5per game
6 late knight moves in 4 games
Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.
Chicken Nation
11.11retreats per 100 moves
16 of 144 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
Forward March
6.94retreats per 100 moves
10 of 144 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Pawn Pushers
34.03pawn moves per 100 moves
49 of 144 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Favourite Piece
Knights 16.67 % Cote d’Ivoire CIV24 of 144 moves Bishops 17.36 % Cote d’Ivoire CIV25 of 144 moves 17.36 % Tanzania TAN25 of 144 moves Rooks 18.06 % Tanzania TAN26 of 144 moves Queens 9.72 % Cote d’Ivoire CIV14 of 144 moves
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
Wandering Kings
4.25king moves per game
17 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
Safety First
8average castling move
castled in 4 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
Finishers
1checkmate
1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
1 of 2 wins by checkmate on the board
1 more, tied
1 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Most checkmates delivered on the board.
Déjà Vu
1½identical moves
with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Not awarded yet: Promotion Party.
Teams: clocks
Deep Thinkers
1:47per move
140 moves timed in 4 games
Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Quick Draw
1:15per move
140 moves timed in 4 games
Fewest seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Zeitnot Nation
0% under five minutes
0 of 132 moves in 4 games
0 of 131 moves in 4 games
Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.
Not awarded yet: Time in the Bank.
Over the relay clocks of 48 of 50 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Precision Nation
72.6% accuracy
4 analysed games
Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.
Escape Artists
3games saved
Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 50 of 50 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
60moves
CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi AFG 20441againstYoussouf Niare MLI 17290Shortest decisive game
18moves
Alfene Ambdullah COM 17661againstEgon Mattaaq GRL0Shortest draw
15moves
IM Franc Ashiku ALB 2388½againstGM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson ISL 2531½Fastest checkmate
32moves
Mate with the rookTau Satini TGA1againstNohar Anganoo SKN0Bloodiest game
26captures
Mahendra Gurung BHU 17150againstCM Ronald Terubea FIJ 18271Quietest game
4captures
In 21 movesJoseph Adeshole Brian Beckley SLE 18021againstSouminta Yomvilath LAO 14950Longest stretch without a capture
18moves
Moves 32 to 49Donkeng Hussel CMR 20200againstCM Kaieem Elizee LCA 18621Longest endgame
36moves
Donkeng Hussel CMR 20200againstCM Kaieem Elizee LCA 18621Game phases
11
moves of opening
14
moves of middlegame
15
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 56% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6.9 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Rook | 6 | 4 |
| Queen and rook | 5 | 1 |
| King and pawn | 2 | 1 |
| Knight | 2 | 2 |
| Queen | 1 | 1 |
| Bishop | 0 | 0 |
A rook endgame has nothing but kings, pawns and rooks left; the others likewise, as the Lichess puzzle tagger defines them. A game can pass through several types, so the first column adds up to more than the games.
Reached, and still there at the end
Each band runs from the games that reached the endgame to those that still had it on the last move; the rest went on into another type. One scale for both columns.
Tactics
695
captures, 13.9 per game
156
checks
80
castled kingside
4
castled queenside
2
games without castling
3
promotions, 0 under
1
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e450%White scored 52%
- 1.d428%White scored 75%
- 1.c412%White scored 58%
- 1.Nf36%White scored 100%
- 1.b32%White scored 100%
Share of all finished games. Opening names and ECO codes come from Lichess, based on the position reached.
Every opening of the round
The round’s openings as a tree: the five volumes of the opening encyclopaedia (A flank openings, B semi-open games, C open games and the French, D closed games and the Grünfeld, E Indian defences), their families, and every variation played. A line grows with the games through it; the red thread leads to the round’s rarest openings.
Point at a line or a name to name the opening; click to open it on Lichess.Tap a name to name the opening; tap it again to open it on Lichess.
Which openings won
A bar per family: White’s wins, the draws, Black’s wins. The tick is the family’s score for White, the grey line the round’s; a tick right of it, and White did better than usual. Framed in red, the best for White and the best for Black of the families with at least 5 games.
The numbers
| Family | Games | White wins | Draws | Black wins | White’s score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 44% |
| English Opening | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50% |
| Indian Defense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83% |
| Queen's Pawn Game | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83% |
| Ruy Lopez | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| Catalan Opening | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| Four Knights Game | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Grünfeld Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Italian Game | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% |
| Modern Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Pirc Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| Slav Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| English Orangutan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| French Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| King's Gambit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| King's Indian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Nimzo-Larsen Attack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Old Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Petrov's Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Queen's Gambit Accepted | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Trompowsky Attack | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Best for White
Not enough games yet.
Best for Black
Not enough games yet.
Openings with at least 5 games.
Rarest openings of the round
C30 King's Gambit
1game in the event so far
A54 Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-Indian
1game in the event so far
C71 Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap
1game in the event so far
Pieces
948
pawn moves, 29%
562
knight moves, 17%
532
bishop moves, 16%
474
rook moves, 15%
449
queen moves, 14%
315
king moves, 10%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 297 | 63% |
| knights | 148 | 26% |
| bishops | 136 | 32% |
| rooks | 69 | 66% |
| queens | 45 | 58% |
Checkmates
4on the board
3 by White, 1 by Black
Mating pieceGames
Queen3
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0
The mating piece is read from the final position. A piece opens onto its mates.
Fastest mates
- Move 32, mate with the rookTau Satini TGA1againstNohar Anganoo SKN0
- Move 41, mate with the queenTebou Tata Itaaka KIR1againstExel Ngoupet CAF0
- Move 43, mate with the queenNathaniel Leonel Reyes BIZ 17641againstSaidou Koita BUR 17070
- Move 59, mate with the queenMahendra Gurung BHU 17150againstCM Ronald Terubea FIJ 18271
The mates on a move axis
A dot per checkmate on the move it fell, filled for a mate by White, hollow for one by Black, the fastest in red. Each piece in the list opens onto its games.
Board heatmap
Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.
Busiest squares
- d4155
- e5135
- f6118
- d5113
- c6112
Quietest square with any traffic: a8, 4.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.