Chess Olympiad 2026 Stats

Round 2

16 of 376 games finished, 100% of them decisive.

358 games still runningUpdated 17 Sept 2026, 13:24 CEST, 2 forfeits

Round 2 in numbers

16

games finished of 376

100%

decisive; White scored 63%

22

moves per game

48

moves in the longest game

Results

10

White wins, 63%

0

draws, 0%

6

Black wins, 38%

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

Accuracy and time

83.3%

average accuracy, as Lichess scores it

1.93

blunders per game

17

mistakes, as Lichess marks them

29

blunders, as Lichess marks them

0:53

average time per move

0%

of moves played with under 5 minutes left

Lichess analysed 15 of 16 finished games, with 37 inaccuracies, 17 mistakes and 29 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 13 games.

Game awards

Not awarded yet: Shortest Draw, David vs Goliath.

Player awards

Center Stage

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

2arrivals
13 more, tied

Not awarded yet: Underpromotion.

Ratings, titles and ages

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

Clock awards

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

From the relay clocks of 13 of 16 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, Lucky Escape.

From Lichess’s computer analysis of 15 of 16 finished games. 1 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, Brilliant!!, Shahrukh, Tal’s Dark Forest, The Carlsen Grind, Pigs on the 7th, Short’s King Walk, Il Vaticano, 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 15 of 16 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

Shortest draw

–moves

No game yet.

Game phases

10

moves of opening

9

moves of middlegame

9

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 44% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 5.9 on average.

Tactics

169

captures, 10.6 per game

50

checks

20

castled kingside

0

castled queenside

4

games without castling

2

promotions, 0 under

1

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.e4
    50%
  2. 1.d4
    44%
  3. 1.c4
    6%

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

Most played families

OpeningGamesWhite’s score
Caro-Kann Defense2100%
Italian Game250%
Queen's Pawn Game250%
Semi-Slav Defense2100%
English Opening10%
Four Knights Game1100%
Indian Defense10%
Petrov's Defense1100%

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

210

pawn moves, 30%

125

knight moves, 18%

116

bishop moves, 17%

75

rook moves, 11%

97

queen moves, 14%

67

king moves, 10%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns7371%
knights3545%
bishops3250%
rooks1872%
queens1172%

Checkmates

12on the board

9 by White, 3 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen9
Rook1
Bishop1
Knight1
Pawn0

The mating piece is read from the final position.

Fastest mates

  1. Move 6, mate with the knightWCM Nadine Rjeb TUN 18531againstDk Siti Haziqah Pg Hj Janudin BRU 16300
  2. Move 10, mate with the queenMaryam Yusuf Al Balushi OMA 14611againstAluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng SSD0
  3. Move 14, mate with the queenKothar Al Mamary OMA 15871againstAluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD0
  4. Move 15, mate with the queenKennedi Kangalee SKN0againstFatima Cheikh Sidiya MTN 16091
  5. Move 15, mate with the queenFatimatou El Hadj Sidi MTN 16851againstKaellaa Fyfield-Jones Saint Kitts and Nevis0

Board heatmap

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

Busiest squares

  1. f334
  2. d629
  3. f628
  4. c626
  5. d426

Quietest square with any traffic: a1, 1.

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