Bloodbath
28captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
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- Round 8 of 11
- Thursday 24 September
- Samarkand
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- Round 7
- Open round 8
Round 8
49 of 376 games finished, 94% of them decisive. 1 team won 4–0.
321 games still runningUpdated 24 Sept 2026, 14:24 CEST, 6 forfeits
Round 8 in numbers
49
games finished of 376
94%
decisive; White scored 72%
30
moves per game
58
moves in the longest game
Results
34
White wins, 69%
3
draws, 6%
12
Black wins, 25%
18 checkmates on the board, 2 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 0 draws before move 30 and 6 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
82.7%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
2.43
blunders per game
86
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
112
blunders, as Lichess marks them
1:30
average time per move
0%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 46 of 49 finished games, with 190 inaccuracies, 86 mistakes and 112 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 47 games.
Game awards
Pacifist
15captures
- WCM Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale ZAM 19361againstLutopu Khoa NAM 17460
- WCM Timea Sele LIE 17901againstKalima Williams ISV0
- Carla Taraveira C Ribeiro STP0againstYorelis M. Febles Otero PUR 16411
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
58moves
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
13moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Checkmate on the Board
10moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
35moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
16moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
7attackers
- ♙ on d4 after 6. Be3WCM Chanon Reifer-Belle BAR 17611againstOrpa Angue Ondo Obono GEQ 16140
- ♟ on d5 after 5… d5WCM Timea Sele LIE 17901againstKalima Williams ISV0
- ♟ on e5 after 13… e5Najla Ahmed BRN 15781againstElena Krasnova SMR 16740
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
38moves
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
31moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
Bare King Optimist
9moves
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 22Omari Tshibola Sagesse COD0againstAluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD1
- from move 6WCM Chanon Reifer-Belle BAR 17611againstOrpa Angue Ondo Obono GEQ 16140
- from move 14WCM Jailos Rachel MAW 15661againstZeinabou Boubacar NIG0
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
7checks in a row
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
Do You Even Rook Lift Bro
11moves
- Re3, the rook from h1Fatime Ali Moustapha CHA1againstVernesa James LCA 14350
- Rb6, the rook from a8Nkwanyane Nolwazi SWZ 15701againstZainab Farahmand AFG0
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
Castle Commitment Issues
20moves
- O-ONaomi Mwale ZAM 17511againstHelvi Shuudifonya NAM 16380
- O-ONaomi Mwale ZAM 17511againstHelvi Shuudifonya NAM 16380
- O-OWIM Sreekarthika Velmurugan SGP 20881againstWCM Kawuma Patricia UGA 18700
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
21king moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
39squares
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
28.9% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
23knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
10captures
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
10captures
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
5pawn captures
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
18squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
57.5% of piece moves
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
44.8% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Untitled Hero
1726opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
Upset of the Round
146rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2514average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Youngest Player
12years
The youngest player who played this round, by birth year.
Oldest Player
71years
The oldest player who played this round, by birth year.
Generations
47years
The largest age gap between two opponents.
Not awarded yet: Giant Slayer, GM Scalp.
Clock awards
Longest Think
23:05on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Time Millionaire
1:21:14left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Increment Farmer
2:39gained 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
12:27thinking, 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 47 of 49 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
99.4% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
10combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
224combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
92.3% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
#−1at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
#1at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Rollercoaster
4swings
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
Ice Cold
34moves without a mark
- GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2478½againstGM Jiner Zhu CHN 2550½
- Alicia Thomas ANT0againstDelrieu Lou-Anne VAN 15671
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 46 of 49 finished games. 3 more join when the round is updated the next evening. 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.
Tal’s Dark Forest
15moves down
“Take your opponent into a deep dark forest”: won after the longest stretch at least three points down in material.
Pigs on the 7th
3moves
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded yet: Royal Walkabout, Never Play f6, Brilliant!!, 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 46 of 49 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
En Passant
1en passant
Every en passant capture of the round.
Mate Gallery
2named mates
- Anastasia’s mateMin Amarawatti MYA 17501againstNsira Gassama GUI0
- pawn mateAlicia Thomas ANT0againstDelrieu Lou-Anne VAN 15671
Checkmates with a name: back-rank, smothered, Anastasia’s, Arabian, hook, dovetail, Boden’s, double-bishop, double check, pawn, promotion, king move or castling.
Family Fork
2forks
- 10. Nxf6+, the queen fell next moveMaria Soares de Araujo TLS 17241againstIsma Ismaila Djailane COM0
- 25. Ng5+, the queen fell next moveWCM Timea Sele LIE 17901againstKalima Williams ISV0
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
2left alone
- 18… f5, exf6 e.p.Lukai Marguerite VAN 15311againstNicole Grant ANT0
- 38… a5, bxa6 e.p.Omari Tshibola Sagesse COD0againstAluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD1
En passant was on the board and the player left it alone. En passant is forced, allegedly.
Poisoned Pawn
2pawn grabs
- 8. Qxb7Luciana Age PNG1againstMuthu Pooja Manavalan SEY0
- 12. Qxb7Proudpitcha Suthiponpaisarn THA 17171againstFatimatou El Hadj Sidi MTN 16850
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
1Irish centre
Three pawns on one file, one behind the other. The first time for each player is listed.
Royal Court
1third queen
A third queen on the board.
Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Connect Four, 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
Whitewash
1match
Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.
Marathon Match
131moves
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
Sprint Match
131moves
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
Bloodiest Match
59captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
Quietest Match
59captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
Theory Match
36½opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
Endgame Match
19½endgame moves
The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.
Thrill Ride
8eval 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, 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
32.31per 100 moves
42 of 130 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
Check, Please
3checks per game
12 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
20.16retreats per 100 moves
26 of 129 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
Forward March
12.31retreats per 100 moves
16 of 130 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Pawn Pushers
31.54pawn moves per 100 moves
41 of 130 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Favourite Piece
Knights 27.91 % Seychelles SEY36 of 129 moves Bishops 23.08 % Papua New Guinea PNG30 of 130 moves Rooks 6.98 % Seychelles SEY9 of 129 moves Queens 20.93 % Seychelles SEY27 of 129 moves
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
Wandering Kings
3king moves per game
12 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
Safety First
9average castling move
castled in 4 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
Finishers
2checkmates
2 of 2 wins by checkmate on the board
2 of 2 wins by checkmate on the board
2 of 2 wins by checkmate on the board
1 more, tied
2 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Most checkmates delivered on the board.
Déjà Vu
3½identical moves
with White: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
with Black: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Teams: clocks
Deep Thinkers
1:19per move
126 moves timed in 4 games
Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Quick Draw
1:15per move
125 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 124 moves in 4 games
0 of 124 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 47 of 49 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Precision Nation
76.7% accuracy
4 analysed games
Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.
Escape Artists
2games saved
Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 46 of 49 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
58moves
Omari Tshibola Sagesse COD0againstAluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD1Shortest decisive game
10moves
Rhonda J Lambert GRN 15771againstJerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley SLE0Shortest draw
31moves
IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham VIE 2348½againstFM Ena Cvitan CRO 2271½Fastest checkmate
10moves
Mate with the queenRhonda J Lambert GRN 15771againstJerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley SLE0Bloodiest game
28captures
WCM Chanon Reifer-Belle BAR 17611againstOrpa Angue Ondo Obono GEQ 16140Quietest game
6captures
In 22 movesAshwiniy Kumaran MAS 17121againstOgaga Shamira Nicole Albright KEN 17700Longest stretch without a capture
14moves
Moves 8 to 22Luciana Age PNG1againstMuthu Pooja Manavalan SEY0Longest endgame
35moves
WCM Chanon Reifer-Belle BAR 17611againstOrpa Angue Ondo Obono GEQ 16140Game phases
10
moves of opening
13
moves of middlegame
11
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 7 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Knight | 3 | 2 |
| Queen and rook | 3 | 2 |
| Rook | 2 | 2 |
| Bishop | 2 | 1 |
| King and pawn | 1 | 1 |
| Queen | 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
707
captures, 14.4 per game
186
checks
73
castled kingside
7
castled queenside
3
games without castling
5
promotions, 0 under
1
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e465%White scored 80%
- 1.d422%White scored 46%
- 1.Nf310%White scored 80%
- 1.c42%White scored 100%
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 | 7 | 43% |
| Four Knights Game | 6 | 58% |
| Italian Game | 6 | 67% |
| French Defense | 4 | 100% |
| Sicilian Defense | 4 | 75% |
| Philidor Defense | 3 | 67% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 2 | 50% |
| King's Indian Attack | 2 | 100% |
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
C23 Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation
1game in the event so far
C21 Danish Gambit Accepted
1game in the event so far
B20 Sicilian Defense: Staunton-Cochrane Variation
1game in the event so far
Pieces
794
pawn moves, 27%
572
knight moves, 20%
475
bishop moves, 16%
416
rook moves, 14%
353
queen moves, 12%
314
king moves, 11%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 275 | 64% |
| knights | 143 | 27% |
| bishops | 132 | 33% |
| rooks | 94 | 52% |
| queens | 63 | 41% |
Checkmates
18on the board
14 by White, 4 by Black
| Mating piece | Games |
|---|---|
| Queen | 11 |
| Rook | 5 |
| Bishop | 0 |
| Knight | 1 |
| Pawn | 1 |
The mating piece is read from the final position.
Fastest mates
- Move 10, mate with the queenRhonda J Lambert GRN 15771againstJerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley SLE0
- Move 13, mate with the queenSibani Sri Elumalai LCA1againstHourra mahamat Bagamla CHA0
- Move 17, mate with the queenMaria Soares de Araujo TLS 17241againstIsma Ismaila Djailane COM0
- Move 17, mate with the queenKapende Shalom MAW 15711againstKoundou Ballama Magaram Malaram NIG0
- Move 22, mate with the queenClaudine Bahati Mbebe COD1againstAluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng SSD0
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
| Piece | Move | By | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | 10 | White | Rhonda J Lambert – Jerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley |
| Queen | 13 | White | Sibani Sri Elumalai – Hourra mahamat Bagamla |
| Queen | 17 | White | Maria Soares de Araujo – Isma Ismaila Djailane |
| Queen | 17 | White | Kapende Shalom – Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram |
| Queen | 22 | White | Claudine Bahati Mbebe – Aluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng |
| Queen | 25 | White | Lukai Marguerite – Nicole Grant |
| Queen | 34 | White | Masika Edwards – Roxanne Corro |
| Queen | 35 | Black | Mariame Seth Keita – Lin Lin Htet |
| Queen | 41 | Black | May Myint Myat – Manangbe Sougoule |
| Queen | 41 | White | Isabella Brisbane – Chane-Ann Chin |
| Queen | 58 | Black | Omari Tshibola Sagesse – Aluong Riak Thon Ajak |
| Rook | 26 | White | Min Amarawatti – Nsira Gassama |
| Rook | 30 | White | Calvary John Khamis Kamunde – Hatty Kisita |
| Rook | 30 | White | Belqis Gunesh – Ngozo Tivumile |
| Rook | 32 | White | WCM Timea Sele – Kalima Williams |
| Rook | 47 | White | Elfiana dos Santos – Nasra Kamal Ibrahim |
| Knight | 46 | White | Luciana Age – Muthu Pooja Manavalan |
| Pawn | 34 | Black | Alicia Thomas – Delrieu Lou-Anne |
Board heatmap
Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.
Busiest squares
- d5114
- d4113
- e4109
- f3107
- c3100
Quietest square with any traffic: a1, 4.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.