Bloodbath
25captures
- Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18120againstLudovica Parisi ITA 16461
- IM Polina Shuvalova FID 2509½againstGM Anna Ushenina UKR 2403½
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
- Women section
- Round 5 of 7
- Wednesday 21 October
- Budva
- Standings
- Round 4
- Open round 5
Round 5
24 of 44 games finished, 75% of them decisive.
20 games still runningUpdated 21 Oct 2026, 18:30 CEST
Round 5 in numbers
24
games finished of 44
75%
decisive; White scored 46%
40
moves per game
55
moves in the longest game
Results
8
White wins, 33%
6
draws, 25%
10
Black wins, 42%
0 checkmates on the board, 2 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 0 draws before move 30 and 0 forfeits.
Accuracy and time
90.2%
average accuracy, as Lichess scores it
1.73
blunders per game
37
mistakes, as Lichess marks them
38
blunders, as Lichess marks them
2:42
average time per move
17%
of moves played with under 5 minutes left
Lichess analysed 22 of 24 finished games, with 104 inaccuracies, 37 mistakes and 38 blunders. Times come from the relay clocks of 23 games. The extra 30 minutes after move 40 showed up on move 41 or 42 for 84% of 19 players.
Game awards
Pacifist
14captures
- WGM Nadya Toncheva BUL 23780againstGM Humpy Koneru IND 25181
- WCM Katharina Reinecke GER 19110againstWFM Viviana Galvan Cipriani ESP 21131
- WFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20610againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21001
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
Marathon
55moves
The longest game of the round.
Quickest Kill
23moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
Endgame Wizard
31moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
Hypertension
19moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
Crosshairs
7attackers
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
Separation Anxiety
40moves
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
Strategic Downsizing
16moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
Shortest Draw
35moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
Not awarded yet: Checkmate on the Board, David vs Goliath, Bare King Optimist, Houdini.
Player awards
Longest Capture Spree
9captures in a row
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
14moves
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
Castle Commitment Issues
24moves
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
33squares
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
22% retreats
- 11 of 50 movesWCM Alexia-Ioana Hoanca ROU 19351againstWFM Elina Otikova LAT 20600
- 11 of 50 movesBarbare Ashotia GEO 19641againstWFM Viktorie Buchtova CZE 20380
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
Parkour Master
13knight moves
Most knight moves by one side.
Dark Mode Enthusiast
8captures
- WGM Viktoria Radeva BUL 22290againstIM Irina Bulmaga ROU 23651
- WCM Alexia-Ioana Hoanca ROU 19351againstWFM Elina Otikova LAT 20600
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
Wears Sunglasses
8captures
- IM Polina Shuvalova FID 2509½againstGM Anna Ushenina UKR 2403½
- Barbare Ashotia GEO 19641againstWFM Viktorie Buchtova CZE 20380
- Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18120againstLudovica Parisi ITA 16461
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
Peasant Uprising
6pawn 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
14squares
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
Comfort Zone
56.4% 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
- IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya POL 23821againstIM Teodora Injac SRB 24050
- WGM Nadya Toncheva BUL 23780againstGM Humpy Koneru IND 25181
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
Professional Edger
39.5% edge moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
Ratings, titles and ages
Untitled Hero
2085opponent rating
An untitled player beat or drew a titled one; the strongest opponent wins.
Upset of the Round
166rating points
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
Clash of Titans
2456average rating
The game with the highest average rating.
Not awarded yet: Giant Slayer, GM Scalp, Youngest Player, Oldest Player, Generations.
Clock awards
Longest Think
44:34on one move
Most time spent on a single move, from the relay clocks.
Zeitnot Addict
21moves under 5 minutes
Most moves played with less than five minutes on the clock.
Time Scramble Survivor
0:40left at the lowest
Won after dropping below one minute at some point after move 30; the lowest clock wins.
Time Millionaire
52:03left at the end
Most time left at the end of a won game of at least 30 moves.
Increment Farmer
5:12gained 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
25:35thinking, then a blunder
Longest think that ended in a blunder, as Lichess marks them.
Not awarded yet: Flag Fall.
From the relay clocks of 23 of 24 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
15combined centipawn loss
Lowest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Wildest Game
102combined centipawn loss
Highest combined average centipawn loss of both players, at least 20 moves.
Biggest Blunder
38.7% win chance lost
The Lichess-marked blunder that cost the most winning chances.
Swindle of the Day
−6.66at the worst
Won a game that the engine had at −3.00 or worse for the winner; the deepest hole wins.
Heartbreak
+6.66at the best
Lost or drew a game the engine had at +3.00 or better for them; the biggest lead wins.
Ice Cold
35moves 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 yet: Rollercoaster, Lucky Escape.
From Lichess’s computer analysis of 22 of 24 finished games. 2 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
50% scored by all who tried
Ben Finegold says never push the f-pawn one square. These players did it by move 10 (f3 or …f6) and won anyway.
Not awarded yet: Royal Walkabout, Botez Gambit, Brilliant!!, Tal’s Dark Forest, The Carlsen Grind, Pigs on the 7th, 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 22 of 24 finished games; the rest look at every finished game.
Collections
En Passant
1en passant
Every en passant capture of the round.
Holy Hell
3left alone
- 12… f5, exf6 e.p.IM Nurgyul Salimova BUL 2429½againstGM Elina Danielian ARM 2385½
- 5… d5, exd6 e.p.IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya POL 23821againstIM Teodora Injac SRB 24050
- 7… f5, exf6 e.p.WFM Abigail Riis Weersing ENG 20610againstWIM Ana Berke CRO 21001
En passant was on the board and the player left it alone. En passant is forced, allegedly.
Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, Mate Gallery, Family Fork, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Poisoned Pawn, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Connect Four, 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
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
Déjà Vu
½identical 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, 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 23 of 24 finished games; a team needs four such games.
Teams: engine
Nothing to hand out yet; teams need all four boards finished.
Over Lichess’s analysis of 22 of 24 finished games; a team needs four analysed games.
Notable games
Longest game
55moves
Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding NOR 18120againstLudovica Parisi ITA 16461Shortest decisive game
23moves
WIM Borislava Borisova SWE 19010againstWFM Klean Shuqja ALB 20081Shortest draw
35moves
Lucrezia Aiko Tosi ITA 1744½againstMarte B. Kyrkjebo NOR 1852½Fastest checkmate
–moves
No game yet.
Bloodiest game
25captures
IM Polina Shuvalova FID 2509½againstGM Anna Ushenina UKR 2403½Quietest game
5captures
In 23 movesWIM Borislava Borisova SWE 19010againstWFM Klean Shuqja ALB 20081Longest stretch without a capture
16moves
Moves 7 to 23FM Ena Cvitan CRO 23080againstFM Bodhana Sivanandan ENG 23821Longest endgame
31moves
IM Polina Shuvalova FID 2509½againstGM Anna Ushenina UKR 2403½Game phases
12
moves of opening
17
moves of middlegame
12
moves of endgame
Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 88% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 8.2 on average.
Endgames by type
| Endgame | Reached | At the end |
|---|---|---|
| Rook | 3 | 3 |
| King and pawn | 2 | 2 |
| Queen and rook | 2 | 0 |
| Queen | 1 | 0 |
| Bishop | 1 | 0 |
| Knight | 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
432
captures, 18 per game
97
checks
40
castled kingside
5
castled queenside
0
games without castling
0
promotions, 0 under
1
en passant captures
Openings
First moves
- 1.e454%White scored 62%
- 1.d429%White scored 36%
- 1.c48%White scored 0%
- 1.Nf38%White scored 25%
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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 71% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| English Opening | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Ruy Lopez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| French Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Horwitz Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Italian Game | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| King's Indian Attack | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Modern Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Queen's Gambit Accepted | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Queen's Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Rapport-Jobava System | 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
C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo
1game in the event so far
B06 Modern Defense: Standard Defense
1game in the event so far
E32 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation
1game in the event so far
Pieces
531
pawn moves, 28%
347
knight moves, 18%
293
bishop moves, 15%
340
rook moves, 18%
227
queen moves, 12%
184
king moves, 10%
Captured and surviving
| Piece | Captured | Still on the board at the end |
|---|---|---|
| pawns | 203 | 47% |
| knights | 83 | 14% |
| bishops | 68 | 29% |
| rooks | 47 | 51% |
| queens | 31 | 35% |
Checkmates
Nobody has been mated yet; every game ended by resignation, draw or the clock.
Board heatmap
Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.
Busiest squares
- d587
- d486
- e469
- f664
- c461
Quietest square with any traffic: h1, 4.
Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.