Bloodbath
30captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
- Women section
- Round 1 of 7
- Saturday 17 October
- Budva
- Standings
- Round 2
- Open round 1
Round 1
44 of 44 games finished, 89% of them decisive. 7 teams won 4–0. Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica had the best team performance, 2482.
CompleteUpdated 18 Oct 2026, 21:31 CEST
Round 1 in numbers
44
games finished of 44
89%
decisive; White scored 51%
38
moves per game
81
moves in the longest game
Results
20
White wins, 46%
5
draws, 11%
19
Black wins, 43%
2 checkmates on the board, 1 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 0 draws before move 30 and 0 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
89%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
1.59
blunders per game
70
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
65
blunders, as Lichess marks them
2:46
average time per move
16%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 41 of 44 finished games, with 150 inaccuracies, 70 mistakes and 65 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 43 games. The extra 30 minutes after move 40 showed up on move 41 or 42 for 64% of 22 players, and never for 1 player who went past move 45.
Game awards
Pacifist
11captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
81moves
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
22moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
57moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
23moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
7attackers
- ♟ on e5 after 12. d4GM Elisabeth Paehtz GER 24041againstWFM Elis Denele Dicen ENG 20360
- ♞ on f6 after 29. Nxf7WGM Xeniya Balabayeva KAZ 23841againstWCM Hannah Sayce AUS 19120
- ♟ on d4 after 12… e5GM Elina Danielian ARM 23851againstWFM Nia Donghvani GEO 20520
3 more, tied
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
42moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
7moves
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.
David vs Goliath
354rating points
The biggest rating gap where the lower-rated player did not lose.
Not awarded this round: Bare King Optimist, Houdini.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
6captures in a row
- from move 25WFM Anusha Subramanian ENG 2026½againstGM Pia Cramling SWE 2380½
- from move 16Marte B. Kyrkjebo NOR 1852½againstWFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½
- from move 16Parisa Patel ENG 16300againstRebekka Schuster GER 18021
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
4checks in a row
- moves 42–45Marte B. Kyrkjebo NOR 1852½againstWFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½
- moves 26–29Lucia Follana Albelda ESP 19861againstAmanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18120
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
Do You Even Rook Lift Bro
15moves
- Rc5, the rook from a8IM Nurgyul Salimova BUL 24291againstWIM Anna Kantane POL 22100
- Rc6, the rook from a8WCM Alexia-Ioana Hoanca ROU 19350againstIM Laura Unuk SLO 23181
- Rd6, the rook from a1WGM Michalina Rudzinska POL 22151againstWFM Maud Rodsmoen NOR 18920
1 more, tied
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
Castle Commitment Issues
16moves
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
18king moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
22squares
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
29.4% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
27knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
10captures
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
9captures
- GM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 25361againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23820
- WGM Ilze Berzina LAT 22171againstWFM Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng SGP 21770
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
7pawn captures
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
Center Stage
6arrivals
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
Square Tourist
17squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
56.5% of piece moves
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
Pawn Storm
7pawn moves
- WFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20610againstIM Stavroula Tsolakidou GRE 24511
- IM Irina Bulmaga ROU 23651againstWFM Patricie Naymanova BUL 20560
- Mariam Kalandadze GEO 19760againstIM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya POL 23821
6 more, tied
- WGM Viktoria Radeva BUL 22291againstIndzi Ajradinoska MKD 18250
- Gabriela Velikova BUL 17040againstWCM Ksenija Tomin SRB 19641
- Hanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720againstWGM Alicja Sliwicka POL 23021
- Lucia Follana Albelda ESP 19861againstAmanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18120
- WFM Lucie Rybackova CZE 21531againstEva Peretti ITA 18680
- WFM Radmila Kovacevic SRB 20691againstAsta Budre LTU 16890
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
37.5% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Giant Slayer
16.4% expected
The win with the lowest expected score by Elo, at most 25 %.
Untitled Hero
2121opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
Upset of the Round
283rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2459average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Not awarded this round: GM Scalp, Youngest Player, Oldest Player, Generations.
Clock awards
Longest Think
39:17on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Zeitnot Addict
40moves under 5 minutes
Most moves played with less than five minutes on the clock.
Time Millionaire
1:06:30left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Increment Farmer
0:33gained after move 40
Most time banked after move 40 from the 30-second increments, in a game of 50 moves or more.
Flag Fall
0:00on the last clock
- after 29… Ne7WGM Xeniya Balabayeva KAZ 23841againstWCM Hannah Sayce AUS 19120
- after 26. Ke4Parisa Patel ENG 16300againstRebekka Schuster GER 18021
Lost with less than 30 seconds, one increment, on the last clock.
Time Not So Well Spent
35:34thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
Not awarded this round: Time Scramble Survivor.
From the relay clocks of 43 of 44 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
98.8% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
14combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
124combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
75% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
−5.36at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
+5.36at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Rollercoaster
2swings
- WGM Ilze Berzina LAT 22171againstWFM Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng SGP 21770
- WFM Lucie Rybackova CZE 21531againstEva Peretti ITA 18680
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
Ice Cold
49moves 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 this round: Lucky Escape.
From Lichess’s computer analysis of 41 of 44 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
Royal Walkabout
11moves
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.
Never Play f6
63% scored by all who tried
- 7. f3GM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 25361againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23820
- 10… f6Parisa Patel ENG 16300againstRebekka Schuster GER 18021
Ben Finegold says never push the f-pawn one square. These players did it by move 10 (f3 or …f6) and won anyway.
Brilliant!!
2points 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.
Pigs on the 7th
4moves
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded this round: Botez Gambit, Tal’s Dark Forest, The Carlsen Grind, Short’s King Walk.
Homages to chess memes and famous games, meant kindly. Brilliant!!, Botez Gambit and The Carlsen Grind use Lichess’s analysis of 41 of 44 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
En Passant
2en passants
- 28… exf3WFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20610againstIM Stavroula Tsolakidou GRE 24511
- 20… bxa3Mariam Kalandadze GEO 19760againstIM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya POL 23821
Every en passant capture of the round.
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
1left alone
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.
Connect Four
2rows of pawns
- 21. c3, pawns on a3, b3, c3, d3WIM Ljilja Drljevic SRB 21210againstRalitsa Ilieva BUL 18381
- 14… d5, pawns on b5, c5, d5, e5WIM Ljilja Drljevic SRB 21210againstRalitsa Ilieva BUL 18381
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.
Not awarded this round: Underpromotion, Mate Gallery, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Irish Pawn Centre, The Hard One, Photo Finish, Royal Court.
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
7matches
4 more
Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.
Team of the Round
2482performance
opponents averaged 2082
Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.
Marathon Match
239moves
77 + 32 + 81 + 49
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
Sprint Match
119moves
34 + 33 + 19 + 33
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
Bloodiest Match
99captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
Quietest Match
51captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
Theory Match
50½opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
Endgame Match
108endgame 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 this round: Comeback Match, Slingshot, Peace Treaty.
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
37.25per 100 moves
57 of 153 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
Check, Please
3.75checks per game
15 checks in 4 games
15 checks in 4 games
Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.
The Late Knight Show
5.5per game
22 late knight moves in 4 games
Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.
Chicken Nation
21.1retreats per 100 moves
50 of 237 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
Forward March
5.83retreats per 100 moves
7 of 120 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Pawn Pushers
35.04pawn moves per 100 moves
41 of 117 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Favourite Piece
Knights 24.37 % Odlar Yurdu AZE29 of 119 moves Bishops 31.4 % GASCO Pardubice CZE54 of 172 moves Rooks 21.85 % SK Radnicki SRB33 of 151 moves Queens 19.66 % Wasa SK SWE23 of 117 moves
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
Wandering Kings
10.25king moves per game
41 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
Safety First
5.67average castling move
castled in 3 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
Déjà Vu
2½identical moves
with Black: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Teams: clocks
Deep Thinkers
3:25per move
131 moves timed in 4 games
Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Quick Draw
2:15per move
235 moves timed in 4 games
Fewest seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Zeitnot Nation
36.3% under five minutes
86 of 237 moves in 4 games
Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.
Time in the Bank
37:18left on average
over 4 games
Most time left on the clock after the last move, on average.
Over the relay clocks of 43 of 44 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Precision Nation
96.6% accuracy
4 analysed games
Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 41 of 44 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
81moves
GM Elisabeth Paehtz GER 24041againstWFM Elis Denele Dicen ENG 20360Shortest decisive game
13moves
WFM Elina Otikova LAT 20601againstAsta Kristbjornsdottir ISL 15660Shortest draw
31moves
WIM Anastasia Kirtadze GEO 2228½againstIM Klaudia Kulon POL 2378½Fastest checkmate
22moves
Mate with the bishopWGM Michalina Rudzinska POL 22151againstWFM Maud Rodsmoen NOR 18920Bloodiest game
30captures
IM Alina Bivol SRB 2331½againstWGM Nadya Toncheva BUL 2378½Quietest game
9captures
In 26 movesIM Dinara Wagner GER 23921againstWFM Emilia Deak-Sala AUT 21200Longest stretch without a capture
26moves
Moves 20 to 45GM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 25361againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23820Longest endgame
57moves
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 25361againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23820Game phases
11
moves of opening
17
moves of middlegame
16
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 59% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6.1 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Rook | 6 | 5 |
| Bishop | 3 | 3 |
| Knight | 3 | 1 |
| King and pawn | 2 | 1 |
| Queen | 1 | 1 |
| Queen and rook | 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
722
captures, 16.4 per game
155
checks
60
castled kingside
9
castled queenside
6
games without castling
4
promotions, 0 under
2
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e461%White scored 56%
- 1.d430%White scored 35%
- 1.Nf39%White scored 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 50% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38% |
| French Defense | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Queen's Indian Defense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67% |
| Indian Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Ruy Lopez | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Zukertort Opening | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Catalan Opening | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| English Opening | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Italian Game | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| London System | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Queen's Gambit Accepted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Queen's Pawn Game | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Slav Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation
1game in the event so far
B10 Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack
1game in the event so far
E06 Catalan Opening: Closed
1game in the event so far
Pieces
910
pawn moves, 27%
605
knight moves, 18%
558
bishop moves, 17%
501
rook moves, 15%
414
queen moves, 12%
343
king moves, 10%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 356 | 49% |
| knights | 137 | 22% |
| bishops | 117 | 34% |
| rooks | 66 | 63% |
| queens | 46 | 52% |
Checkmates
2on the board
2 by White, 0 by Black
Mating pieceGames
Rook0
Knight0
Pawn0
The mating piece is read from the final position. A piece opens onto its mates.
Fastest mates
- Move 22, mate with the bishopWGM Michalina Rudzinska POL 22151againstWFM Maud Rodsmoen NOR 18920
- Move 77, mate with the queenGM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 25361againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23820
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
- d4139
- c5125
- d5115
- e5111
- e4108
Quietest square with any traffic: h1, 7.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.