Bloodbath
28captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
- Women section
- Round 2 of 7
- Sunday 18 October
- Budva
- Standings
- Round 1
- Open round 2
Round 2
44 of 44 games finished, 77% of them decisive. 1 team won 4–0. Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo had the best team performance, 2573.
CompleteUpdated 18 Oct 2026, 21:31 CEST
Round 2 in numbers
44
games finished of 44
77%
decisive; White scored 57%
47
moves per game
121
moves in the longest game
Results
20
White wins, 46%
10
draws, 23%
14
Black wins, 32%
1 checkmates on the board, 1 draws by repetition, 1 stalemates, 1 draws before move 30 and 0 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
90%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
2.51
blunders per game
94
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
103
blunders, as Lichess marks them
2:23
average time per move
24%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 41 of 44 finished games, with 213 inaccuracies, 94 mistakes and 103 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 38 games. The extra 30 minutes after move 40 showed up on move 41 or 42 for 79% of 38 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
121moves
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
25moves
- IM Polina Shuvalova FID 25091againstIM Olga Badelka AUT 24080
- Ralitsa Ilieva BUL 18380againstWFM Radmila Kovacevic SRB 20691
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Checkmate on the Board
39moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
97moves
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
- ♙ on d4 after 13. d4IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva AZE 2395½againstGM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 2536½
- ♙ on d5 after 13. Rd1IM Gunay Mammadzada AZE 23480againstIM Stavroula Tsolakidou GRE 24511
- ♟ on d5 after 23. Rd1WGM Jovana Rapport SRB 22481againstWFM Lucie Rybackova CZE 21530
5 more, tied
- ♙ on c4 after 28. Ne3Indzi Ajradinoska MKD 18250againstWFM Anusha Subramanian ENG 20261
- ♙ on d4 after 9. Be3WFM Mei-Xian Eunice Hng SGP 20851againstWFM Petya Karaivanova BUL 20550
- ♙ on d4 after 8. e3WIM Irina Tetenkina SWE 21161againstArina Budiak LTU 17090
- ♙ on d4 after 8… dxe5Rutdzhanna Vericheva LTU 18240againstWIM Viktoria Johansson SWE 20341
- ♙ on d4 after 11… Nc6WIM Cristine Rose Isurina Mariano PHI 19520againstAna Borisovaite LTU 15911
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
55moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
6moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
Shortest Draw
28moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
David vs Goliath
402rating points
The biggest rating gap where the lower-rated player did not lose.
Houdini
15points behind
Escaped with stalemate while behind; the biggest deficit wins.
Not awarded this round: Bare King Optimist.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
11captures in a row
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
18checks in a row
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
23moves
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
36king moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
92squares
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
30.2% retreats
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
28knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
12captures
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
9captures
- WIM Ana Berke CRO 21000againstWFM Anastasia Grozdanovic SRB 20821
- Hanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720againstWGM Anna-Maja Kazarian NED 22951
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
8pawn 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
30squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
57.1% of piece moves
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
Pawn Storm
8pawn moves
- WFM Lia-Alexandra Maria ROU 20730againstWFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20611
- Hanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720againstWGM Anna-Maja Kazarian NED 22951
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
45.8% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Giant Slayer
10.7% expected
The win with the lowest expected score by Elo, at most 25 %.
Untitled Hero
2204opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
Upset of the Round
368rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2466average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Not awarded this round: GM Scalp, Youngest Player, Oldest Player, Generations.
Clock awards
Longest Think
55:32on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Zeitnot Addict
81moves under 5 minutes
Most moves played with less than five minutes on the clock.
Time Scramble Survivor
0:32left at the lowest
Won after dropping below one minute at some point after move 30; the lowest clock wins.
Time Millionaire
1:01:59left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Time Not So Well Spent
15:37thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
Not awarded this round: Increment Farmer, Flag Fall.
From the relay clocks of 38 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
99% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
6combined centipawn loss
- White 3, Black 3IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva AZE 2395½againstGM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 2536½
- White 3, Black 3WFM Elis Denele Dicen ENG 2036½againstWCM Alexia-Ioana Hoanca ROU 1935½
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
134combined centipawn loss
- White 66, Black 68WFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½againstIM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette FRA 2385½
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
73.3% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
−8.61at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
#3at the best
- after 91… Rc5WFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½againstIM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette FRA 2385½
- after 44. Kh2WCM Hannah Sayce AUS 1912½againstAmanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 1812½
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Rollercoaster
3swings
- WFM Lia-Alexandra Maria ROU 20730againstWFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20611
- Hanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720againstWGM Anna-Maja Kazarian NED 22951
- Donata Januseviciute LTU 15331againstWIM Borislava Borisova SWE 19010
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
Lucky Escape
6move mate missed
The opponent let a forced mate slip, as Lichess marked it, and did not win; the shortest missed mate wins.
Ice Cold
43moves without a mark
Longest game of at least 30 moves in which one side got no inaccuracy, mistake or blunder mark from Lichess.
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
Never Play f6
83% scored by all who tried
- 8… f6WFM Lia-Alexandra Maria ROU 20730againstWFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20611
- 10. f3WIM Anna Kantane POL 22101againstWFM Maud Rodsmoen NOR 18920
Ben Finegold says never push the f-pawn one square. These players did it by move 10 (f3 or …f6) and won anyway.
Brilliant!!
9points 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
- moves 52–55Zuzana Stara CZE 2180½againstWIM Adela Velikic SRB 2195½
- moves 33–36WIM Irina Tetenkina SWE 21161againstArina Budiak LTU 17090
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded this round: Royal Walkabout, 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
- 11. exf6Ralitsa Ilieva BUL 18380againstWFM Radmila Kovacevic SRB 20691
- 21. bxa6WFM Nia Donghvani GEO 20521againstEva Peretti ITA 18680
Every en passant capture of the round.
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.
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 this round: Underpromotion, Mate Gallery, Family Fork, 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.
Team of the Round
2573performance
opponents averaged 2373
Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.
Marathon Match
305moves
37 + 96 + 121 + 51
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
Sprint Match
128moves
25 + 28 + 29 + 46
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
Bloodiest Match
86captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
Quietest Match
56captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
Theory Match
49½opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
Endgame Match
167½endgame moves
The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.
Thrill Ride
4eval 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
42.76per 100 moves
130 of 304 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
Check, Please
11.75checks per game
47 checks in 4 games
Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.
The Late Knight Show
6.5per game
26 late knight moves in 4 games
Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.
Chicken Nation
24.34retreats per 100 moves
74 of 304 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
Forward March
8.73retreats per 100 moves
11 of 126 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Pawn Pushers
30.95pawn moves per 100 moves
39 of 126 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Favourite Piece
Knights 24.46 % Zenski sahovski klub NAPREDAK Zenica BIH34 of 139 moves Bishops 23.65 % Davit Jojua's chess club GEO35 of 148 moves Rooks 26.11 % Gostivar MKD47 of 180 moves Queens 28.7 % Klub Kolner Schachfreunde GER64 of 223 moves
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
Wandering Kings
17king moves per game
68 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
Safety First
6.5average castling move
castled in 4 of 4 games
castled in 4 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
Déjà Vu
1½identical moves
1 more, tied
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Teams: clocks
Deep Thinkers
2:49per move
154 moves timed in 4 games
Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Quick Draw
1:55per move
299 moves timed in 4 games
Fewest seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Zeitnot Nation
42.4% under five minutes
128 of 302 moves in 4 games
Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.
Time in the Bank
31:37left on average
over 4 games
Most time left on the clock after the last move, on average.
Over the relay clocks of 38 of 44 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Precision Nation
97.8% 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
121moves
WFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½againstIM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette FRA 2385½Shortest decisive game
25moves
IM Polina Shuvalova FID 25091againstIM Olga Badelka AUT 24080Shortest draw
28moves
WGM Beloslava Krasteva BUL 2356½againstIM Leya Garifullina FID 2418½Fastest checkmate
39moves
Mate with the queenWCM Ksenija Tomin SRB 19641againstWFM Viktorie Buchtova CZE 20380Bloodiest game
28captures
FM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23821againstWFM Sri Darshini T IND 21910Quietest game
7captures
In 25 movesRalitsa Ilieva BUL 18380againstWFM Radmila Kovacevic SRB 20691Longest stretch without a capture
51moves
Moves 71 to 121WFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½againstIM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette FRA 2385½Longest endgame
97moves
WFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 2113½againstIM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette FRA 2385½Game phases
11
moves of opening
19
moves of middlegame
20
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 86% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 7.1 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Rook | 5 | 5 |
| Bishop | 3 | 2 |
| King and pawn | 2 | 1 |
| Queen | 2 | 2 |
| Queen and rook | 2 | 0 |
| Knight | 1 | 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.
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
812
captures, 18.5 per game
290
checks
68
castled kingside
9
castled queenside
2
games without castling
5
promotions, 0 under
2
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e450%White scored 59%
- 1.d425%White scored 41%
- 1.Nf316%White scored 71%
- 1.c47%White scored 83%
- 1.b32%White scored 0%
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 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 55% |
| King's Indian Attack | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Indian Defense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| English Opening | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| French Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Ruy Lopez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| Semi-Slav Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Alekhine Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Catalan Opening | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Italian Game | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| King's Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Nimzo-Larsen Attack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Pirc Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Yusupov-Rubinstein System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
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
B03 Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation
1game in the event so far
B15 Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation, Perlis Line
1game in the event so far
E04 Catalan Opening: Open Defense
1game in the event so far
Pieces
1,019
pawn moves, 25%
662
knight moves, 16%
637
bishop moves, 15%
780
rook moves, 19%
536
queen moves, 13%
519
king moves, 13%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 376 | 46% |
| knights | 146 | 17% |
| bishops | 131 | 26% |
| rooks | 92 | 48% |
| queens | 67 | 30% |
Checkmates
1on the board
1 by White, 0 by Black
Mating pieceGames
Rook0
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0
The mating piece is read from the final position. A piece opens onto its mates.
Fastest mates
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
- d4131
- e4131
- d5127
- e5126
- f3124
Quietest square with any traffic: a1, 15.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.