410 of 412 games finished, 69% of them decisive. 13 teams won 4–0. Uzbekistan had the best team performance, 3046.
games finished of 412
decisive; White scored 55%
moves per game
moves in the longest game
White wins, 40%
draws, 31%
Black wins, 30%
17 checkmates on the board, 20 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 6 draws before move 30 and 2 forfeits.
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
blunders per game
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
blunders, as Lichess marks them
average time per move
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 391 of 410 finished games, with 1,727 inaccuracies, 680 mistakes and 866 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 391 games. The extra 30 minutes after move 40 showed up on move 41 or 42 for 62% of 326 players, and never for 73 players who went past move 45.
30captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
6captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
127moves
The longest game of the round.
14moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
4moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
98moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
35moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
8attackers
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
65moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
6moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
19moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
382rating points
The biggest rating gap where the lower-rated player did not lose.
28moves
The longest stretch played on with nothing but a king.
Not awarded this round: Houdini.
10captures in a row
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
17checks in a row
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
10moves
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
29moves
The latest castling of the round.
50king moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
126squares
The original queen that travelled the most squares; promoted queens do not count. The metres are at human scale, a long stride per square.
34.4% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
36knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
12captures
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
13captures
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
7pawn captures
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
12arrivals
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
30squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
68.2% of piece moves
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
11pawn moves
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
50% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
10% expected
The win with the lowest expected score by Elo, at most 25 %.
2428opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
252rating points
A player without the GM title beat a grandmaster; the biggest rating gap wins.
382rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
2777average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
10years
The youngest player who played this round, by birth year.
74years
The oldest player who played this round, by birth year.
54years
The largest age gap between two opponents.
55:24on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
70moves under 5 minutes
Most moves played with less than five minutes on the clock.
0:32left at the lowest
Won after dropping below one minute at some point after move 30; the lowest clock wins.
1:49:25left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
5:04gained after move 40
Most time banked after move 40 from the 30-second increments, in a game of 50 moves or more.
0:00on the last clock
Lost with less than 30 seconds, one increment, on the last clock.
31:08thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
From the relay clocks of 391 of 410 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.
99.9% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
2combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
205combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
94.1% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
#−11at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
#11at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
4swings
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
11move mate missed
The opponent let a forced mate slip, as Lichess marked it, and did not win; the shortest missed mate wins.
101moves 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 391 of 410 finished games. 19 more join when the round is updated the next evening. Inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders are the ones Lichess marks on the move.
12moves
The king stepped off its home square by move 15 while it could still castle, was not in check and both queens were on. The earliest walk wins.
50% 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.
3points 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.
6moves down
“Take your opponent into a deep dark forest”: won after the longest stretch at least three points down in material.
77moves
Won a long game from nothing: the eval stayed within ±1.00 through move 40, and the win came after move 60. The longest grind wins.
12moves
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded this round: Botez Gambit, 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 391 of 410 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
4underpromotions
Every promotion to a knight, bishop or rook this round.
23en passants
Every en passant capture of the round.
1named mate
Checkmates with a name: back-rank, smothered, Anastasia’s, Arabian, hook, dovetail, Boden’s, double-bishop, double check, pawn, promotion, king move or castling.
4forks
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.
20left alone
En passant was on the board and the player left it alone. En passant is forced, allegedly.
8pawn grabs
The queen grabbed the b-pawn (Qxb7 or …Qxb2) by move 15. Fischer’s favourite snack; the result tells whether it was poisoned.
6sacrifices
The classic bishop sacrifice on h7 (or …h2): the bishop took the pawn with check.
4diamonds
Four pawns around an empty square: one below, two beside, one above. The first time for each player is listed.
8rows of pawns
Four or more pawns side by side on one rank beyond their starting rank. The first row of each player is listed, the longest first.
12Irish centres
Three pawns on one file, one behind the other. The first time for each player is listed.
5photo finishes
Both sides promoted a pawn within four moves of each other.
7third queens
A third queen on the board.
Not awarded this round: Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Pawn Cube, The Hard One.
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.
13matches
Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.
6matches
board 1 lost
board 1 lost
board 1 lost
Lost on board 1 and still won the match.
3046performance
opponents averaged 2646
Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.
229points lower on average
Won a match against the team that looked strongest on paper: the largest gap in average rating, all four boards played and rated.
1match
A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.
269moves
91 + 59 + 46 + 73
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
112moves
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
97captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
44captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
59½opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
136endgame moves
The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.
7eval 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.
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.
48.04per 100 moves
98 of 204 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
10.5checks per game
42 checks in 4 games
Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.
8per game
32 late knight moves in 4 games
Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.
2promotions
2 in 4 games (0.5 per game)
2 in 4 games (0.5 per game)
Most promotions by the team's players.
24.24retreats per 100 moves
56 of 231 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
7.59retreats per 100 moves
11 of 145 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
33.14pawn moves per 100 moves
57 of 172 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
| Knights | 31.33 % | South Korea KOR52 of 166 moves |
| Bishops | 30 % | Palestine PLE75 of 250 moves |
| Rooks | 32.93 % | Norway NOR81 of 246 moves |
| Queens | 30.28 % | Indonesia INA76 of 251 moves |
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
16.75king moves per game
67 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
5.25average castling move
castled in 4 of 4 games
castled in 4 of 4 games
castled in 4 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
2checkmates
2 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
2 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
2 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Most checkmates delivered on the board.
3½identical moves
with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
with Black: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
3:04per move
109 moves timed in 4 games
Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
1:09per move
108 moves timed in 4 games
Fewest seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
37.6% under five minutes
73 of 194 moves in 4 games
Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.
1:08:24left on average
over 4 games
Most time left on the clock after the last move, on average.
Over the relay clocks of 391 of 410 finished games; a team needs four such games.
98.7% accuracy
4 analysed games
Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.
3games saved
Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 391 of 410 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
moves of opening
moves of middlegame
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 80% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 7.1 on average.
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Rook | 57 | 43 |
| Bishop | 33 | 30 |
| Queen and rook | 23 | 8 |
| King and pawn | 20 | 17 |
| Queen | 15 | 9 |
| Knight | 12 | 10 |
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.
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.
captures, 18.4 per game
checks
castled kingside
castled queenside
games without castling
promotions, 4 under
en passant captures
Share of all finished games. Opening names and ECO codes come from Lichess, based on the position reached.
| Opening | Games | White’s score |
|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 94 | 54% |
| English Opening | 37 | 62% |
| French Defense | 30 | 58% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 24 | 56% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 21 | 48% |
| Ruy Lopez | 19 | 74% |
| King's Indian Defense | 16 | 69% |
| Italian Game | 15 | 53% |
| Opening | Games | White’s score |
|---|---|---|
| B31 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation | 5 | 70% |
| C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo | 6 | 67% |
| B45 Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation | 6 | 67% |
| A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense | 6 | 58% |
| Opening | Games | White’s score |
|---|---|---|
| B25 Sicilian Defense: Closed | 5 | 20% |
| B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional | 7 | 29% |
| C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation | 5 | 50% |
| A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense | 6 | 58% |
Openings with at least 5 games.
pawn moves, 25%
knight moves, 17%
bishop moves, 15%
rook moves, 19%
queen moves, 12%
king moves, 13%
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 3,573 | 45% |
| knights | 1,350 | 18% |
| bishops | 1,215 | 26% |
| rooks | 909 | 45% |
| queens | 517 | 41% |
6 by White, 11 by Black
| Mating piece | Games |
|---|---|
| Queen | 11 |
| Rook | 5 |
| Bishop | 0 |
| Knight | 1 |
| Pawn | 0 |
The mating piece is read from the final position.
A dot per checkmate on the move it fell, filled for a mate by White, hollow for one by Black, the fastest in red.
| Piece | Move | By | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | 4 | Black | Abon Arelong – Francois Gamba |
| Queen | 27 | White | FM Ahmed Abdullah S Alrehaili – IM Jose Camacho Collados |
| Queen | 33 | White | Makuwa Mbayo Gaetan – Lesly Nompavos |
| Queen | 34 | Black | Raheem Hodge – Gary Clark |
| Queen | 35 | Black | Wolde Place – Ahmad Akmal |
| Queen | 43 | Black | Christian Brotons – Joe M. Wawoe |
| Queen | 48 | Black | Javid Bruce John – Prince Mika Bosco Baninga |
| Queen | 54 | White | FM Ebrima Bah – Tonutonu Donald |
| Queen | 56 | Black | FM Salim Al Amri Salim Mohammed – CM Zaw Ye Htut |
| Queen | 68 | Black | Mahendra Gurung – Nathaniel Leonel Reyes |
| Queen | 73 | Black | Timothy Kate – CM Hassan Mohamed |
| Rook | 33 | Black | CM Tom McCoy – Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga |
| Rook | 37 | Black | Resurrecion Barredo – FM Bakary Traore |
| Rook | 38 | White | FM Viresh Giasi – WCM Gerda Nevska |
| Rook | 55 | White | FM Daqi Mao – Rokur Davidsen |
| Rook | 72 | White | Wallace O. Williams – Titouan Bellier Pontais |
| Knight | 66 | Black | CM Georgijs Germanovs – GM Ediz Gurel |
Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.
Quietest square with any traffic: a1, 151.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.