Bloodbath
18captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
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- Round 9 of 11
- Friday 25 September
- Samarkand
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- Open round 9
Round 9
13 of 376 games finished, 77% of them decisive.
360 games still runningUpdated 25 Sept 2026, 13:31 CEST, 3 forfeits
Round 9 in numbers
13
games finished of 376
77%
decisive; White scored 50%
24
moves per game
33
moves in the longest game
Results
5
White wins, 39%
3
draws, 23%
5
Black wins, 39%
5 checkmates on the board, 2 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 2 draws before move 30 and 3 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
77.7%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
3.69
blunders per game
33
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
48
blunders, as Lichess marks them
1:02
average time per move
0%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 13 of 13 finished games, with 50 inaccuracies, 33 mistakes and 48 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 13 games.
Game awards
Pacifist
3captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
33moves
- Kalima Williams ISV0againstIsabelle Mamah TOG 18861
- WCM Sabreen Oraby SUD 18231againstHafiza Mashal Rashid PAK 18340
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
17moves
- Kwizera Benissa BDI1againstChristine Wosley PNG0
- Aluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD1againstMuthu Pooja Manavalan SEY0
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Checkmate on the Board
17moves
- queen mateKwizera Benissa BDI1againstChristine Wosley PNG0
- queen mateAluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD1againstMuthu Pooja Manavalan SEY0
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
13moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
15moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
7attackers
- ♟ on f6 after 23… f6Kalima Williams ISV0againstIsabelle Mamah TOG 18861
- ♟ on d5 after 14… Nb6WCM Sabreen Oraby SUD 18231againstHafiza Mashal Rashid PAK 18340
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
18moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
13moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
Shortest Draw
14moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
Not awarded yet: David vs Goliath, Bare King Optimist, Houdini.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
7captures in a row
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
4checks in a row
- moves 22–25Aluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng SSD0againstJessee Eulentin SEY1
- moves 16–19Pauline C. Kendall Onanga Ndjimba GAB0againstNelly Melissa Mangalo CAF 17801
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
Do You Even Rook Lift Bro
15moves
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
Castle Commitment Issues
18moves
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
6king moves
- WCM Sabreen Oraby SUD 18231againstHafiza Mashal Rashid PAK 18340
- Pema Yangsel Dorji BHU 14810againstNevissa Dahi MTN 15561
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
18squares
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
25% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
14knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
5captures
- Kalima Williams ISV0againstIsabelle Mamah TOG 18861
- Aluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng SSD0againstJessee Eulentin SEY1
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
9captures
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
4pawn captures
- Kalima Williams ISV0againstIsabelle Mamah TOG 18861
- WCM Sabreen Oraby SUD 18231againstHafiza Mashal Rashid PAK 18340
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
Center Stage
3arrivals
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
Square Tourist
9squares
- king from e1Aluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng SSD0againstJessee Eulentin SEY1
- knight from b8Aluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng SSD0againstJessee Eulentin SEY1
- rook from h1Pema Yangsel Dorji BHU 14810againstNevissa Dahi MTN 15561
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
51.9% of piece moves
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
Pawn Storm
6pawn moves
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
25.8% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Upset of the Round
11rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2233average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Youngest Player
10years
- born 2016Kennedi Kangalee SKN0againstCherry-Ann Benjamin ANT1
- born 2016Pauline C. Kendall Onanga Ndjimba GAB0againstNelly Melissa Mangalo CAF 17801
The youngest player who played this round, by birth year.
Oldest Player
51years
The oldest player who played this round, by birth year.
Generations
29years
The largest age gap between two opponents.
Not awarded yet: Giant Slayer, Untitled Hero, GM Scalp.
Clock awards
Longest Think
10:14on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Time Millionaire
1:21:43left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Time Not So Well Spent
7:15thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
Not awarded yet: Zeitnot Addict, Time Scramble Survivor, Increment Farmer, Flag Fall.
From the relay clocks of 13 of 13 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
97.6% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
48combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
393combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
60.3% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
−10.09at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
+10.09at 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.
Not awarded yet: Lucky Escape, Ice Cold.
From Lichess’s computer analysis of 13 of 13 finished games. Inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders are the ones Lichess marks on the move.
Chess culture
Nothing to hand out yet; games are still running.
Homages to chess memes, famous games and Samarkand lore, meant kindly. Brilliant!!, Botez Gambit and The Carlsen Grind use Lichess’s analysis of 13 of 13 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
Poisoned Pawn
2pawn grabs
- 11… Qxb2Kennedi Kangalee SKN0againstCherry-Ann Benjamin ANT1
- 14. Qxb7WCM Sabreen Oraby SUD 18231againstHafiza Mashal Rashid PAK 18340
The queen grabbed the b-pawn (Qxb7 or …Qxb2) by move 15. Fischer’s favourite snack; the result tells whether it was poisoned.
Royal Court
1third queen
A third queen on the board.
Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, En Passant, Mate Gallery, Family Fork, Holy Hell, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Greek Gift, 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
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, the category leaders and the board race are on the standings page.
Teams: style
Finishers
1checkmate
1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
2 more, tied
1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
Most checkmates delivered on the board.
Déjà Vu
1identical moves
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Not awarded yet: Space Invaders, Check, Please, The Late Knight Show, Promotion Party, Chicken Nation, Forward March, Pawn Pushers, Favourite Piece, Wandering Kings, Safety First.
Teams: clocks
Nothing to hand out yet; teams need all four boards finished.
Over the relay clocks of 13 of 13 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Escape Artists
2games saved
Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.
Not awarded yet: Precision Nation.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 13 of 13 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
33moves
Kalima Williams ISV0againstIsabelle Mamah TOG 18861Shortest decisive game
17moves
Kwizera Benissa BDI1againstChristine Wosley PNG0Shortest draw
14moves
WGM Lenka Ptacnikova ISL 2082½againstWIM Marjona Malikova UZB 2 2149½Fastest checkmate
17moves
Mate with the queenKwizera Benissa BDI1againstChristine Wosley PNG0Bloodiest game
18captures
Pema Yangsel Dorji BHU 14810againstNevissa Dahi MTN 15561Quietest game
3captures
In 31 movesBerenice Armelle Langue Simba CAF½againstKristyna Elisee Ndam Ziza Gabon½Longest stretch without a capture
14moves
Moves 1 to 14WGM Lenka Ptacnikova ISL 2082½againstWIM Marjona Malikova UZB 2 2149½Longest endgame
13moves
Pema Yangsel Dorji BHU 14810againstNevissa Dahi MTN 15561Game phases
10
moves of opening
12
moves of middlegame
8
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 31% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 7.7 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| King and pawn | 0 | 0 |
| Queen | 0 | 0 |
| Rook | 0 | 0 |
| Bishop | 0 | 0 |
| Knight | 0 | 0 |
| Queen and rook | 0 | 0 |
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.
Tactics
124
captures, 9.5 per game
34
checks
20
castled kingside
2
castled queenside
1
games without castling
1
promotions, 0 under
0
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e454%White scored 29%
- 1.d439%White scored 70%
- 1.c48%White scored 100%
Share of all finished games. Opening names and ECO codes come from Lichess, based on the position reached.
Every opening of the round
The round’s openings as a tree: the five volumes of the opening encyclopaedia (A flank openings, B semi-open games, C open games and the French, D closed games and the Grünfeld, E Indian defences), their families, and every variation played. A line grows with the games through it; the red thread leads to the round’s rarest openings.
Point at a line or a name to name the opening; click to open it on Lichess.Tap a name to name the opening; tap it again to open it on Lichess.
Which openings won
A bar per family: White’s wins, the draws, Black’s wins. The tick is the family’s score for White, the grey line the round’s; a tick right of it, and White did better than usual. Framed in red, the best for White and the best for Black of the families with at least 5 games.
The numbers
| Family | Games | White wins | Draws | Black wins | White’s score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Pawn Game | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% |
| Bishop's Opening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Catalan Opening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| English Opening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Four Knights Game | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| French Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Italian Game | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Petrov's Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Ruy Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
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
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation
1game in the event so far
C90 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Pilnik Variation
2games in the event so far
C23 Bishop's Opening
2games in the event so far
Pieces
170
pawn moves, 28%
145
knight moves, 24%
114
bishop moves, 18%
59
rook moves, 10%
81
queen moves, 13%
49
king moves, 8%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 51 | 75% |
| knights | 29 | 44% |
| bishops | 23 | 56% |
| rooks | 12 | 77% |
| queens | 9 | 69% |
Checkmates
5on the board
3 by White, 2 by Black
Mating pieceGames
Queen5
- move 17Kwizera Benissa BDI mated Wosley, Christine PNG
- move 17Aluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD mated Manavalan, Muthu Pooja SEY
- move 19Mangalo, Nelly Melissa CAF mated ONANGA NDJIMBA, Pauline C. Kendall GAB
- move 23Pieter, Liana CUR mated Baptiste-King, Stacy VIN
- move 23Benjamin, Cherry-Ann ANT mated Kangalee, Kennedi SKN
Rook0
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0
The mating piece is read from the final position. A piece opens onto its mates.
Fastest mates
- Move 17, mate with the queenKwizera Benissa BDI1againstChristine Wosley PNG0
- Move 17, mate with the queenAluong Riak Thon Ajak SSD1againstMuthu Pooja Manavalan SEY0
- Move 19, mate with the queenPauline C. Kendall Onanga Ndjimba GAB0againstNelly Melissa Mangalo CAF 17801
- Move 23, mate with the queenWCM Liana Pieter CUR 17351againstStacy Baptiste-King VIN0
- Move 23, mate with the queenKennedi Kangalee SKN0againstCherry-Ann Benjamin ANT1
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. Each piece in the list opens onto its games.
Board heatmap
Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.
Busiest squares
- f328
- d526
- c623
- e521
- f621
Quietest square with any traffic: a2, 1.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.