Bloodbath
29captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
- Women section
- Round 7 of 11
- Wednesday 23 September
- Samarkand
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- Round 6
- Open round 7
Round 7
39 of 376 games finished, 92% of them decisive.
335 games still runningUpdated 23 Sept 2026, 14:23 CEST, 2 forfeits
Round 7 in numbers
39
games finished of 376
92%
decisive; White scored 53%
31
moves per game
67
moves in the longest game
Results
19
White wins, 49%
3
draws, 8%
17
Black wins, 44%
20 checkmates on the board, 1 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 1 draws before move 30 and 2 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
83%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
3.08
blunders per game
73
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
120
blunders, as Lichess marks them
1:30
average time per move
0%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 39 of 39 finished games, with 153 inaccuracies, 73 mistakes and 120 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 38 games.
Game awards
Pacifist
11captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
67moves
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
14moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Checkmate on the Board
16moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
38moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
14moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
7attackers
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
32moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
10moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
Shortest Draw
22moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
Bare King Optimist
8moves
The longest stretch played on with nothing but a king.
Not awarded yet: David vs Goliath, Houdini.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
6captures in a row
- from move 9Jerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley SLE0againstNiyukuri Mariette BDI 15471
- from move 21Isma Ismaila Djailane COM0againstJoy Williams SKN1
- from move 16Netsanet Lukas Melebo ETH 16171againstFrancesca Cressall-Haycock BER0
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
6checks in a row
- moves 24–29Kiara Phillip IVB0againstJoan Gemota PLW 14991
- moves 31–36Nur Farzana Saiful Azmi BRU 14501againstCristina Giannini SMR0
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
Do You Even Rook Lift Bro
16moves
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
Castle Commitment Issues
24moves
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
18king moves
- Stacy Baptiste-King VIN0againstFatime Ali Moustapha CHA1
- Fatima Cheikh Sidiya MTN 16091againstTerena Diallo MLI0
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
28squares
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
21.4% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
12knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
10captures
- Kiara Phillip IVB0againstJoan Gemota PLW 14991
- Nur Farzana Saiful Azmi BRU 14501againstCristina Giannini SMR0
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
10captures
- Isma Ismaila Djailane COM0againstJoy Williams SKN1
- Bouchra Abbe MTN 14971againstAdama Diakite MLI 16730
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
4pawn captures
- Kiara Phillip IVB0againstJoan Gemota PLW 14991
- Aluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD0againstZeinabou Boubacar NIG1
- Dejw Wrensford ISV1againstRachelle Hoareau SEY 15880
3 more, tied
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
Center Stage
4arrivals
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
Square Tourist
16squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
50% of piece moves
- queen: 16 of 32 piece movesStacy Baptiste-King VIN0againstFatime Ali Moustapha CHA1
- king: 18 of 36 piece movesFatima Cheikh Sidiya MTN 16091againstTerena Diallo MLI0
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
Pawn Storm
9pawn moves
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
37% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Upset of the Round
176rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2426average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Youngest Player
10years
- born 2016Isabella Jeetlall SKN0againstFahima Ali Mohamed Mohamed COM1
- born 2016Nasra Kamal Ibrahim COM1againstKennedi Kangalee SKN0
The youngest player who played this round, by birth year.
Oldest Player
71years
The oldest player who played this round, by birth year.
Generations
59years
The largest age gap between two opponents.
Not awarded yet: Giant Slayer, Untitled Hero, GM Scalp.
Clock awards
Longest Think
35:35on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Zeitnot Addict
4moves under 5 minutes
Most moves played with less than five minutes on the clock.
Time Millionaire
1:32:14left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Increment Farmer
1:04gained 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
16:42thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
Not awarded yet: Time Scramble Survivor, Flag Fall.
From the relay clocks of 38 of 39 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
99.2% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
8combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
352combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
53.9% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
−6.90at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
+6.90at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Rollercoaster
4swings
- Tshenden Pema BHU1againstEnock Mathilde VAN 14350
- Kazene Pierre VIN1againstZouleikha Ali Moustapha CHA0
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
Ice Cold
47moves without a mark
Longest game of at least 30 moves in which one side got no inaccuracy, mistake or blunder mark from Lichess.
Not awarded yet: Lucky Escape.
From Lichess’s computer analysis of 39 of 39 finished games. Inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders are the ones Lichess marks on the move.
Chess culture
Botez Gambit
8moves
The queen went right after a move Lichess marked ??: taken on the next move, not won back, and still three points down soon after. The earliest one wins.
Never Play f6
83% scored by all who tried
- 3. f3Nasra Kamal Ibrahim COM1againstKennedi Kangalee SKN0
- 9… f6Kristyna Elisee Ndam Ziza Gabon0againstAteila Bobb ANT1
Ben Finegold says never push the f-pawn one square. These players did it by move 10 (f3 or …f6) and won anyway.
Pigs on the 7th
2moves
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded yet: Royal Walkabout, Brilliant!!, 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 39 of 39 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
Family Fork
1fork
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
3left alone
- 22… f5, exf6 e.p.Tshenden Pema BHU1againstEnock Mathilde VAN 14350
- 18. c4, dxc3 e.p.WCM Ellen Mpinganjira MAW 15460againstWCM Ahmed Nihaya MDV 16121
- 13. b4, cxb3 e.p.Dorina Capicchioni SMR 14470againstFazreena Hussin BRU 16321
En passant was on the board and the player left it alone. En passant is forced, allegedly.
Poisoned Pawn
1pawn grab
The queen grabbed the b-pawn (Qxb7 or …Qxb2) by move 15. Fischer’s favourite snack; the result tells whether it was poisoned.
Greek Gift
1sacrifice
The classic bishop sacrifice on h7 (or …h2): the bishop took the pawn with check.
Royal Court
1third queen
A third queen on the board.
Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, En Passant, Mate Gallery, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Connect Four, Irish Pawn Centre, The Hard One, Photo Finish.
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
Comeback Match
1match
board 1 lost
Lost on board 1 and still won the match.
Marathon Match
144moves
47 + 32 + 31 + 34
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
Sprint Match
144moves
47 + 32 + 31 + 34
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
Bloodiest Match
67captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
Quietest Match
67captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
Theory Match
34opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
Endgame Match
46½endgame moves
The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.
Thrill Ride
2eval 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: Whitewash, Team of the Round, 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
41.67per 100 moves
60 of 144 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
Check, Please
3.5checks per game
14 checks in 4 games
Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.
The Late Knight Show
0.75per game
3 late knight moves in 4 games
Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.
Promotion Party
1promotion
1 in 4 games (0.25 per game)
Most promotions by the team's players.
Chicken Nation
12.59retreats per 100 moves
18 of 143 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
Forward March
6.25retreats per 100 moves
9 of 144 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Pawn Pushers
25.17pawn moves per 100 moves
36 of 143 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Favourite Piece
Knights 15.28 % Comoros Islands COM22 of 144 moves Bishops 16.67 % Comoros Islands COM24 of 144 moves Rooks 20.28 % Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN29 of 143 moves Queens 18.06 % Comoros Islands COM26 of 144 moves
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
Wandering Kings
4.5king moves per game
18 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
Safety First
7average castling move
castled in 4 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
Finishers
3checkmates
Most checkmates delivered on the board.
Déjà Vu
2identical moves
with Black: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Teams: clocks
Nothing to hand out yet; teams need all four boards finished.
Over the relay clocks of 38 of 39 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Precision Nation
87.4% accuracy
4 analysed games
Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.
Escape Artists
1game saved
3 more, tied
the deepest hole -4.75
the deepest hole -3.54
Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 39 of 39 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
67moves
Kiara Phillip IVB0againstJoan Gemota PLW 14991Shortest decisive game
14moves
Fatim Maiga MLI0againstFatimatou El Hadj Sidi MTN 16851Shortest draw
22moves
WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul MGL 2290½againstGM Marie Sebag FRA 2401½Fastest checkmate
16moves
Mate with the rookYeshey lhaden BHU1againstVirelala Cinzia VAN 15320Bloodiest game
29captures
Kiara Phillip IVB0againstJoan Gemota PLW 14991Quietest game
2captures
In 22 movesWGM Turmunkh Munkhzul MGL 2290½againstGM Marie Sebag FRA 2401½Longest stretch without a capture
18moves
Moves 4 to 22WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul MGL 2290½againstGM Marie Sebag FRA 2401½Longest endgame
38moves
Kiara Phillip IVB0againstJoan Gemota PLW 14991Game phases
10
moves of opening
12
moves of middlegame
12
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 69% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6.8 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Queen | 3 | 3 |
| Queen and rook | 3 | 2 |
| King and pawn | 2 | 0 |
| Rook | 2 | 0 |
| Bishop | 2 | 1 |
| Knight | 1 | 1 |
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
589
captures, 15.1 per game
149
checks
64
castled kingside
5
castled queenside
1
games without castling
8
promotions, 0 under
0
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e451%White scored 35%
- 1.d446%White scored 75%
- 1.Nf33%White scored 0%
Share of all finished games. Opening names and ECO codes come from Lichess, based on the position reached.
Most played families
| Opening | Games | White’s score |
|---|---|---|
| Queen's Pawn Game | 12 | 54% |
| Sicilian Defense | 5 | 20% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 3 | 33% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 3 | 100% |
| Four Knights Game | 2 | 100% |
| French Defense | 2 | 50% |
| Italian Game | 2 | 50% |
| Semi-Slav Defense | 2 | 100% |
Best for White
| Opening | Games | White’s score |
|---|---|---|
| D00 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System | 5 | 90% |
Best for Black
| Opening | Games | White’s score |
|---|---|---|
| D00 Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System | 5 | 90% |
Openings with at least 5 games.
Rarest openings of the round
B52 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation
1game in the event so far
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation
1game in the event so far
C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
1game in the event so far
Pieces
696
pawn moves, 29%
400
knight moves, 17%
394
bishop moves, 16%
345
rook moves, 14%
340
queen moves, 14%
250
king moves, 10%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 247 | 59% |
| knights | 119 | 24% |
| bishops | 102 | 35% |
| rooks | 78 | 50% |
| queens | 43 | 55% |
Checkmates
20on the board
10 by White, 10 by Black
| Mating piece | Games |
|---|---|
| Queen | 14 |
| Rook | 5 |
| Bishop | 0 |
| Knight | 1 |
| Pawn | 0 |
The mating piece is read from the final position.
Fastest mates
- Move 16, mate with the rookYeshey lhaden BHU1againstVirelala Cinzia VAN 15320
- Move 19, mate with the queenSamiro Mohamed Ali SOM 15041againstOmari Tshibola Sagesse COD0
- Move 20, mate with the queenCherry-Ann Benjamin ANT1againstLyne Marley Sabine Oussou GAB0
- Move 20, mate with the queenKristyna Elisee Ndam Ziza Gabon0againstAteila Bobb ANT1
- Move 24, mate with the queenMary Salamatu Farmer SLE0againstMucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys BDI 15281
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.
The numbers
Board heatmap
Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.
Busiest squares
- d4107
- f6101
- e593
- e488
- d587
Quietest square with any traffic: a2, 2.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.