Bloodbath
29captures
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
- Women section
- Round 3 of 7
- Monday 19 October
- Budva
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- Open round 3
Round 3
44 of 44 games finished, 82% of them decisive. CE Gambit Bonnevoie had the best team performance, 2590.
CompleteUpdated 19 Oct 2026, 21:30 CEST
Round 3 in numbers
44
games finished of 44
82%
decisive; White scored 61%
42
moves per game
81
moves in the longest game
Results
23
White wins, 52%
8
draws, 18%
13
Black wins, 30%
4 checkmates on the board, 2 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 1 draws before move 30 and 0 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
87.3%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
3.03
blunders per game
83
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
118
blunders, as Lichess marks them
2:41
average time per move
18%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 39 of 44 finished games, with 186 inaccuracies, 83 mistakes and 118 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 88% of 43 players, and never for 1 player who went past move 45.
Game awards
Pacifist
8captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
81moves
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
22moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Checkmate on the Board
26moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
Endgame Wizard
48moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
22moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
8attackers
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
49moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
14moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
Shortest Draw
23moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
Not awarded this round: David vs Goliath, Bare King Optimist, Houdini.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
8captures in a row
- from move 14IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya POL 23821againstIM Marsel Efroimski ISR 23440
- from move 26WFM Lucie Rybackova CZE 21531againstWFM Petya Karaivanova BUL 20550
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
Longest King Hunt
6checks in a row
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
22moves
- O-OGabriela Velikova BUL 17041againstDonata Januseviciute LTU 15330
- O-OEva Peretti ITA 1868½againstWFM Lia-Alexandra Maria ROU 2073½
The latest castling of the round.
Dadbod Shuffler
19king moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
Sporty Queen
43squares
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
24.3% 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
8captures
- IM Stavroula Tsolakidou GRE 24510againstIM Nurgyul Salimova BUL 24291
- WIM Adela Velikic SRB 21951againstWFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 21130
- IM Olga Badelka AUT 24080againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23821
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
9captures
- GM Nino Batsiashvili GEO 24591againstGM Anna Ushenina UKR 24030
- IM Govhar Beydullayeva AZE 23921againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21000
- WFM Maud Rodsmoen NOR 18920againstWFM Mei-Xian Eunice Hng SGP 20851
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
7pawn captures
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
Center Stage
4arrivals
- knight from g1IM Govhar Beydullayeva AZE 23921againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21000
- rook from a8IM Olga Badelka AUT 24080againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23821
- bishop from c8WIM Anna Kantane POL 22100againstWIM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana LAT 21981
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
Square Tourist
20squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
55.6% 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 Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20611againstWGM Beloslava Krasteva BUL 23560
- WCM Hannah Sayce AUS 19121againstRebekka Schuster GER 18020
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
43.2% 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
15.5% expected
The win with the lowest expected score by Elo, at most 25 %.
Untitled Hero
1952opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
Upset of the Round
295rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2523average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Not awarded this round: GM Scalp, Youngest Player, Oldest Player, Generations.
Clock awards
Longest Think
32:13on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Zeitnot Addict
46moves under 5 minutes
Most moves played with less than five minutes on the clock.
Time Scramble Survivor
0:33left at the lowest
Won after dropping below one minute at some point after move 30; the lowest clock wins.
Time Millionaire
43:39left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Time Not So Well Spent
20:43thinking, 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 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
98.5% accuracy
Highest Lichess accuracy in a game of at least 20 moves.
Cleanest Game
11combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
185combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
85.5% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
−7.85at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
#11at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Rollercoaster
3swings
Most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black, in a game of at least 20 moves.
Lucky Escape
11move mate missed
The opponent let a forced mate slip, as Lichess marked it, and did not win; the shortest missed mate wins.
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.
From Lichess’s computer analysis of 39 of 44 finished games. 5 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
13moves
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.
The Carlsen Grind
70moves
Won a long game from nothing: the eval stayed within ±1.00 through move 40, and the win came after move 60. The longest grind wins.
Pigs on the 7th
2moves
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
Not awarded this round: Botez Gambit, Never Play f6, Brilliant!!, Tal’s Dark Forest, 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 39 of 44 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
En Passant
4en passants
- 25… cxb3WIM Adela Velikic SRB 21951againstWFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 21130
- 16. dxc6WFM Rosa Adela Lorente Serrano ESP 21011againstWCM Ksenija Tomin SRB 19640
- 49. dxc6WFM Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng SGP 21771againstHanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720
Every en passant capture of the round.
Family Fork
2forks
- 32… Ne3+, the queen fell next moveLudovica Parisi ITA 16460againstIndzi Ajradinoska MKD 18251
- 44… Ng4+, the queen was not takenIM Irina Bulmaga ROU 23650againstGM Elina Danielian ARM 23851
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
- 13… f5, gxf6 e.p.GM Aleksandra Goryachkina FID 25361againstIM Polina Shuvalova FID 25090
- 30… f5, gxf6 e.p.IM Klaudia Kulon POL 23781againstIM Dinara Wagner GER 23920
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
1row of pawns
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.
Irish Pawn Centre
3Irish centres
- 34… fxg2, pawns on g2, g5, g7WFM Emilia Deak-Sala AUT 2120½againstAmalie Zadrapova CZE 2178½
- 17. dxc5, pawns on c3, c4, c5WFM Patricie Naymanova BUL 20561againstZuzana Stara CZE 21800
- 42… hxg3, pawns on g3, g5, g7WFM Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng SGP 21771againstHanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720
Three pawns on one file, one behind the other. The first time for each player is listed.
Not awarded this round: Underpromotion, Mate Gallery, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, 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
Comeback Match
1match
board 1 lost
Lost on board 1 and still won the match.
Team of the Round
2590performance
opponents averaged 2390
Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.
Slingshot
3points lower on average
Won a match against the team that looked strongest on paper: the largest gap in average rating, all four boards played and rated.
Marathon Match
205moves
70 + 42 + 70 + 23
The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.
Sprint Match
132moves
34 + 23 + 48 + 27
The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.
Bloodiest Match
80captures
The match with the most captures over its four boards.
Quietest Match
46captures
The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.
Theory Match
55opening moves
The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.
Endgame Match
70½endgame 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: Whitewash, 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
36.48per 100 moves
58 of 159 moves crossed the middle
Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.
Check, Please
4.25checks per game
17 checks in 4 games
Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.
The Late Knight Show
6.25per game
25 late knight moves in 4 games
Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.
Chicken Nation
21.21retreats per 100 moves
42 of 198 moves went backwards
Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.
Forward March
10.69retreats per 100 moves
14 of 131 moves went backwards
Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Pawn Pushers
37.4pawn moves per 100 moves
49 of 131 moves
Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.
Favourite Piece
Knights 30.2 % SK Radnicki SRB45 of 149 moves Bishops 19.73 % Velikova Chess Club BUL29 of 147 moves Rooks 24.53 % Klub Kolner Schachfreunde GER39 of 159 moves Queens 21.72 % Oslo Schakselskap NOR43 of 198 moves
For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.
Wandering Kings
7.5king moves per game
30 king moves in 4 games
30 king moves in 4 games
Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.
Safety First
6average castling move
castled in 4 of 4 games
Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.
Déjà Vu
1½identical moves
Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.
Teams: clocks
Deep Thinkers
3:09per move
142 moves timed in 4 games
Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Quick Draw
2:25per move
189 moves timed in 4 games
Fewest seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.
Zeitnot Nation
32% under five minutes
55 of 172 moves in 4 games
Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.
Time in the Bank
28:11left 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
91.9% accuracy
4 analysed games
Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 39 of 44 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
81moves
IM Govhar Beydullayeva AZE 23921againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21000Shortest decisive game
22moves
WCM Alexia-Ioana Hoanca ROU 19351againstLucrezia Aiko Tosi ITA 17440Shortest draw
23moves
IM Leya Garifullina FID 2418½againstGM Humpy Koneru IND 2518½Fastest checkmate
26moves
Mate with the queenAmanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18121againstParisa Patel ENG 16300Bloodiest game
29captures
IM Govhar Beydullayeva AZE 23921againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21000Quietest game
6captures
In 23 movesIM Leya Garifullina FID 2418½againstGM Humpy Koneru IND 2518½Longest stretch without a capture
22moves
Moves 18 to 40GM Nino Batsiashvili GEO 24591againstGM Anna Ushenina UKR 24030Longest endgame
48moves
IM Govhar Beydullayeva AZE 23921againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21000Game phases
11
moves of opening
22
moves of middlegame
15
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 66% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 7.5 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Rook | 5 | 4 |
| Queen and rook | 2 | 0 |
| King and pawn | 1 | 1 |
| Bishop | 1 | 1 |
| Knight | 1 | 1 |
| Queen | 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.
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
726
captures, 16.5 per game
166
checks
72
castled kingside
7
castled queenside
0
games without castling
2
promotions, 0 under
4
en passant captures
En passant
Openings
First moves
- 1.e452%White scored 63%
- 1.d434%White scored 63%
- 1.Nf39%White scored 50%
- 1.c45%White scored 50%
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 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 77% |
| French Defense | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 63% |
| Ruy Lopez | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 63% |
| English Opening | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| King's Indian Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Queen's Pawn Game | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Zukertort Opening | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Benoni Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Italian Game | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Queen's Indian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Rapport-Jobava System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Rat Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Scotch Game | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| 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
A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni
1game in the event so far
C13 French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Teichmann Variation
1game in the event so far
C07 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line
1game in the event so far
Pieces
997
pawn moves, 27%
726
knight moves, 20%
524
bishop moves, 14%
613
rook moves, 16%
499
queen moves, 13%
373
king moves, 10%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 347 | 50% |
| knights | 126 | 28% |
| bishops | 132 | 25% |
| rooks | 76 | 57% |
| queens | 45 | 51% |
Checkmates
4on the board
3 by White, 1 by Black
Mating pieceGames
Queen4
Rook0
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0
The mating piece is read from the final position. A piece opens onto its mates.
Fastest mates
- Move 26, mate with the queenAmanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18121againstParisa Patel ENG 16300
- Move 37, mate with the queenWGM Ilze Berzina LAT 22170againstWGM Anna-Maja Kazarian NED 22951
- Move 42, mate with the queenIM Laura Unuk SLO 23181againstWFM Elis Denele Dicen ENG 20360
- Move 71, mate with the queenWFM Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng SGP 21771againstHanna B. Kyrkjebo NOR 19720
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
- f6139
- d4138
- e5124
- f3110
- d5106
Quietest square with any traffic: a8, 13.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.