- After round 7 of 7
- 54 awards
- Round 7 awards
Awards
The record of every award over the event, and who won it in each round.
35 records after 7 rounds, each with the game that set it and the round it fell in; every award’s name opens its page with every round. Ties stand together; a round still being played counts as it stands and can change until it is over.
Not computed for this event, whose relay or format lacks what they read: Untitled Hero and GM Scalp (no titles in the feed); Youngest Player, Oldest Player and Generations (no birth years); Longest Think, Zeitnot Addict, Time Scramble Survivor, Time Millionaire, Increment Farmer, Flag Fall and Time Not So Well Spent (no clocks in the feed); Most Accurate, Cleanest Game, Wildest Game, Biggest Blunder, Swindle of the Day, Heartbreak, Rollercoaster, Lucky Escape, Ice Cold, Botez Gambit, Brilliant!! and The Carlsen Grind (no Lichess analysis in the feed).
Game records
Most captures in one game of at least 10 moves.
30 captures
Fewest captures in one game of at least 30 moves.
12 captures
The longest game of the round.
95 moves
Shortest decisive game of at least 10 moves; forfeits do not count.
13 moves
The earliest checkmate actually delivered, not a resignation.
14 moves
The longest endgame of the round, by Lichess's phase divider.
66 moves
Two pieces attacked each other for the longest time and nobody took.
16 moves
The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.
8 attackers
The latest real queen trade: both queens captured within two plies of each other.
76 moves
The earliest real queen trade in a game of at least 20 moves.
5 moves
The shortest draw; before move 30 only repetition or stalemate is allowed.
38 moves
The biggest rating gap where the lower-rated player did not lose.
1000 rating points
The longest stretch played on with nothing but a king.
26 moves
Not awarded yet: Houdini.
Player records
The longest run of consecutive captures, both sides taking turns.
10 captures in a row
Most consecutive checks by one side; a quiet move ends the hunt.
13 checks in a row
The earliest rook to leave its back rank for the third rank or beyond, without capturing.
6 moves
The latest castling of the round.
31 moves
Most king moves by one side in a game of at least 30 moves.
37 king moves
The original queen that travelled the most squares; promoted queens do not count. The metres are at human scale, a long stride per square.
67 squares
Highest share of moves that went backwards, over at least 25 own moves.
33.3 % retreats
Most knight moves by one side.
25 knight moves
Most captures landing on dark squares by one side.
11 captures
Most captures landing on light squares by one side.
11 captures
Most captures made by pawns by one side.
7 pawn captures
The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.
7 arrivals
The one piece that stood on the most different squares, its start square included.
27 squares
Highest share of one piece type among a side's piece moves, over at least 20 of them.
67.9 % of piece moves
Most pawn moves by one side while the game was still in its opening.
10 pawn moves
Highest share of moves from or to the a- and h-files, over at least 25 own moves.
43.6 % edge moves
Rating records
The win with the lowest expected score by Elo, at most 25 %.
0.3 % expected
The decisive game with the biggest rating gap won by the lower-rated player.
1000 rating points
The game with the highest average rating.
2205 average rating
Chess culture records
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.
12 moves
“Take your opponent into a deep dark forest”: won after the longest stretch at least three points down in material.
14 moves down
Both rooks on the opponent’s second rank, eating everything; the longest stay wins.
3 moves
Not awarded yet: Short’s King Walk.
Collections
| Award | So far | Most in a round |
|---|---|---|
| En PassantEvery en passant capture of the round. | 9 | 3 in round 2 |
| Never Play f6Ben Finegold says never push the f-pawn one square. These players did it by move 10 (f3 or …f6) and won anyway. | 7 | 3 in round 7 |
| Mate GalleryCheckmates with a name: back-rank, smothered, Anastasia’s, Arabian, hook, dovetail, Boden’s, double-bishop, double check, pawn, promotion, king move or castling. | 4 | 2 in round 2 |
| Family ForkA 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. | 8 | 3 in rounds 4 and 6 |
| Holy HellEn passant was on the board and the player left it alone. En passant is forced, allegedly. | 8 | 3 in round 7 |
| ShahrukhCastled with check. Timur is said to have named his son Shah Rukh after the king-and-rook move he had just played when the news of the birth arrived. | 1 | 1 in round 1 |
| Poisoned PawnThe queen grabbed the b-pawn (Qxb7 or …Qxb2) by move 15. Fischer’s favourite snack; the result tells whether it was poisoned. | 4 | 2 in round 4 |
| Greek GiftThe classic bishop sacrifice on h7 (or …h2): the bishop took the pawn with check. | 7 | 3 in round 4 |
| Connect FourFour or more pawns side by side on one rank beyond their starting rank. The first row of each player is listed, the longest first. | 2 | 1 in rounds 4 and 7 |
| Irish Pawn CentreThree pawns on one file, one behind the other. The first time for each player is listed. | 6 | 3 in round 2 |
| Photo FinishBoth sides promoted a pawn within four moves of each other. | 8 | 3 in round 3 |
| Royal CourtA third queen on the board. | 3 | 3 in round 3 |
The awards that list every case instead of crowning one. Each round page names them; an award’s page has every case of every round.
Not awarded yet: Underpromotion, Il Vaticano, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, The Hard One.