Chess Olympiad 2026 Stats

Round 2

6 of 408 games finished, 83% of them decisive.

399 games still runningUpdated 17 Sept 2026, 13:24 CEST, 3 forfeits

Round 2 in numbers

6

games finished of 408

83%

decisive; White scored 58%

26

moves per game

46

moves in the longest game

Results

3

White wins, 50%

1

draws, 17%

2

Black wins, 33%

2 checkmates on the board, 1 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 1 draws before move 30 and 3 forfeits.

Accuracy and time

88.1%

average accuracy, as Lichess scores it

1.25

blunders per game

8

mistakes, as Lichess marks them

5

blunders, as Lichess marks them

1:01

average time per move

0%

of moves played with under 5 minutes left

Lichess analysed 4 of 6 finished games, with 11 inaccuracies, 8 mistakes and 5 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 4 games.

Game awards

Not awarded yet: David vs Goliath.

Player awards

Center Stage

The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.

2arrivals
7 more, tied

Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, En Passant.

Ratings, titles and ages

Not awarded yet: Giant Slayer, GM Scalp, Upset of the Round.

Clock awards

Not awarded yet: Zeitnot Addict, Time Scramble Survivor, Time Millionaire, Increment Farmer, Flag Fall.

From the relay clocks of 4 of 6 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

Not awarded yet: Swindle of the Day, Heartbreak, Rollercoaster, Lucky Escape, Ice Cold.

From Lichess’s computer analysis of 4 of 6 finished games. 2 more join when the round is updated the next evening. Inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders are the ones Lichess marks on the move.

Chess culture

Not awarded yet: Royal Walkabout, Botez Gambit, Never Play f6, Family Fork, Holy Hell, Brilliant!!, Shahrukh, Tal’s Dark Forest, The Carlsen Grind, Pigs on the 7th, Short’s King Walk, Il Vaticano, Poisoned Pawn, Greek Gift.

Homages to chess memes, famous games and Samarkand lore, meant kindly. Brilliant!!, Botez Gambit and The Carlsen Grind use Lichess’s analysis of 4 of 6 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.

Team awards

Nothing to hand out yet; teams need all four boards finished.

Rates over each team’s finished games of the round, four needed. The event-wide team awards and the board race are on the standings page.

Notable games

Game phases

11

moves of opening

12

moves of middlegame

18

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 17% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 5.3 on average.

Tactics

76

captures, 12.7 per game

21

checks

6

castled kingside

2

castled queenside

1

games without castling

1

promotions, 0 under

0

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.d4
    50%
  2. 1.e4
    50%

Share of all finished games. Opening names and ECO codes come from Lichess, based on the position reached.

Most played families

OpeningGamesWhite’s score
Queen's Gambit Declined2100%
Caro-Kann Defense150%
London System10%
Pterodactyl Defense1100%
Sicilian Defense10%

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

Pieces

90

pawn moves, 29%

57

knight moves, 18%

60

bishop moves, 19%

34

rook moves, 11%

47

queen moves, 15%

28

king moves, 9%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns3068%
knights1729%
bishops1442%
rooks771%
queens842%

Checkmates

2on the board

1 by White, 1 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen1
Rook0
Bishop1
Knight0
Pawn0

The mating piece is read from the final position.

Fastest mates

  1. Move 18, mate with the bishopFM Stuart Fancy PNG 19231againstAron Pedro PLW 15980
  2. Move 26, mate with the queenExel Ngoupet CAF0againstMohamed El Moctar sidaty MTN 20311

Board heatmap

Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.

Busiest squares

  1. e518
  2. f317
  3. d516
  4. d413
  5. e413

Never visited: a1, a2, a7, b1, b8, f8.

Quietest square with any traffic: a3, 1.

Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.