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K4 Classical League S2

Round 2

33 of 33 games finished, 94% of them decisive.

CompleteUpdated 14 Oct 2026, 12:21 CEST

Round 2 in numbers

33

games finished of 33

94%

decisive; White scored 52%

38

moves per game

81

moves in the longest game

Games

  1. 1Igor «Premove Blunder» S. 22601againstCamill «Camillionaire» T. 1700027 moves · the game on Lichess
  2. 2Boris «Out of Nowhere» G. 17100againstChristopher «Ong Passong» G. 2150114 moves · the game on Lichess
  3. 3Linus «The Middlegame Mixer» K. 17000againstKorbinian «King's Gambit is a real opening» A. 2100130 moves · the game on Lichess
  4. 4Joshua «Pristine Pawn Pusher» G. 20001againstNikola «Pawn Carnivore» N. 1700069 moves · the game on Lichess
  5. 5Ramura «viennugambu» G. 17000againstChristopher «King Decimator» H. 2000160 moves · the game on Lichess
  6. 6Victor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. 16000againstJanosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. 2000130 moves · the game on Lichess
  7. 7Islam «xXBlackXx» H. 16000againstMario «ChessDude» M. 1900181 moves · the game on Lichess
  8. 8Itamar «Itaberg» B. 1560½againstMax «Bird is the word» W. 1200½67 moves · the game on Lichess
  9. 9Stefano «acheron» B. 19001againstRoger «Ruthless En Passant Shredder» H. 1500048 moves · the game on Lichess
  10. 10Peter «Peaky Blunder» N. 15000againstSam «Active King» B. 1900135 moves · the game on Lichess
  11. 11Manuel «Grundpatzer» C. 15001againstSimon «The Endgame Alchemist» L. 1818035 moves · the game on Lichess
  12. 12Osama «Ruiner of Bird's» A. 18001againstDaniel «Bishop Mangler Supreme» T. 1400034 moves · the game on Lichess
  13. 13Yannik «The Golden Castling Obliterator» T. 14500againstJacopo «Bildothebest» B. 1800123 moves · the game on Lichess
  14. 14Gaston «SleepingDawg» F. 17451againstIannis «Modern Pulverizer» D. 1200047 moves · the game on Lichess
  15. 15Loris «LorisNiUr» U. 12480againstLaurens «Castling Specialist» B. 1732130 moves · the game on Lichess
  16. 16Oliver «Monkey sees Pawn» K. 19100againstNakul «Na cool» P. 1959143 moves · the game on Lichess
  17. 16Dogan «Kido» P. 14001againstValentin «valentin_benglen» C. 500024 moves · the game on Lichess
  18. 17Giacomo «Bishop Airlines » R. 12500againstAnton «TheCatalan» B. 1450129 moves · the game on Lichess
  19. 18Manuel «Pawn Shredder» G. 21001againstbela «bela» O. 1200047 moves · the game on Lichess
  20. 19Alex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 20001againstJack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 1200026 moves · the game on Lichess
  21. 20Alexander «Not Grischuk» G. 10001againstDavide «AME» V. 1950032 moves · the game on Lichess
  22. 21Viktor «VHH93» H. 16671againstJonathan «EnCroissant1997» D. 1100021 moves · the game on Lichess
  23. 22Matteo «Afraid of Caro-Kann» M. 18501againstJanic «Clasher» S. 1000021 moves · the game on Lichess
  24. 24Torsten «torstyehocara» J. 15000againstPieter «snok» S. 900127 moves · the game on Lichess
  25. 25Adam «PawnRuinerAlpha» A. 15001againstRuslan «Thunder-Blunder» G. 850022 moves · the game on Lichess
  26. 26Eva «Miss of King» S. 5000againstJakob «Jaquemate » . 1500127 moves · the game on Lichess
  27. 27Michael «Mivobu» B. 15001againstOliver «ScreaminG HI JoK ING» . 800039 moves · the game on Lichess
  28. 29Oliver «Mouse Slip Expert» S. 14001againstFlorian «Knightmare» G. 500058 moves · the game on Lichess
  29. 30Andrei «PawnWreckerAlpha» A. 14500againstDiego «The Bishop Slayer» R. 1350140 moves · the game on Lichess
  30. 31Christopher «Hangs Pieces for Fun» N. 12001againstLudwig «solucionfisiologica» S. 1400035 moves · the game on Lichess
  31. 32Tobias «tiuan» P. 1952½againstArnaud «The French Squid» P. 2300½58 moves · the game on Lichess
  32. 33Fabienne «Chessy» S. 12990againstRainer «Quigli» S. 1500147 moves · the game on Lichess
  33. Silvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 9500againstAdela «Adele» P. 1500122 moves · the game on Lichess

33 of 33 boards decided, as the players entered them. Byes are not games and are not listed.

Results

16

White wins, 49%

2

draws, 6%

15

Black wins, 46%

14 checkmates on the board, 1 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 0 draws before move 30 and 0 forfeits.

Game awards

Not awarded this round: Houdini.

Player awards

Ratings

Chess culture

Not awarded this round: Never Play f6, Tal’s Dark Forest, Pigs on the 7th, Short’s King Walk.

Homages to chess memes and famous games, meant kindly; each looks at every finished game.

Collections

Not awarded this round: Underpromotion, Family Fork, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Poisoned Pawn, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Connect Four, The Hard One, 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.

Notable games

Game phases

10

moves of opening

15

moves of middlegame

16

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 79% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6.2 on average.

Endgames by type

EndgameReachedAt the end
King and pawn42
Queen43
Rook41
Bishop41
Queen and rook32
Knight21

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.

ReachedAt the endBishop 41King and pawn 42Queen 43Rook 41Queen and rook 32Knight 21

Tactics

572

captures, 17.3 per game

155

checks

45

castled kingside

10

castled queenside

2

games without castling

11

promotions, 0 under

3

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.e4
    76%
  2. 1.d4
    21%
  3. 1.Nf3
    3%

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.

AKing's Indian Attack 1Zukertort Opening 1Queen's Pawn Game 2BScandinavian Defense 2Alekhine Defense 1Caro-Kann Defense 4Sicilian Defense 5CFrench Defense 2Vienna Game 1Ponziani Opening 1Scotch Game 2Three Knights Opening 1Four Knights Game 1Italian Game 3Ruy Lopez 1DRapport-Jobava System 1Semi-Slav Defense 1EBogo-Indian Defense 1Nimzo-Indian Defense 1King's Indian Defense 1

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.

Round: White 52%gamesSicilian DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseItalian GameFrench DefenseQueen's Pawn GameScandinavian DefenseScotch GameAlekhine DefenseBogo-Indian DefenseFour Knights GameKing's Indian AttackKing's Indian DefenseNimzo-Indian DefensePonziani OpeningRapport-Jobava Syst…Ruy LopezSemi-Slav DefenseThree Knights OpeningVienna GameZukertort Opening54322221111111111111
The numbers
FamilyGamesWhite winsDrawsBlack winsWhite’s score
Sicilian Defense520340%
Caro-Kann Defense421163%
Italian Game320167%
French Defense20020%
Queen's Pawn Game2200100%
Scandinavian Defense2200100%
Scotch Game210150%
Alekhine Defense10010%
Bogo-Indian Defense1100100%
Four Knights Game1100100%
King's Indian Attack10010%
King's Indian Defense1100100%
Nimzo-Indian Defense10010%
Ponziani Opening10010%
Rapport-Jobava System101050%
Ruy Lopez1100100%
Semi-Slav Defense10010%
Three Knights Opening1100100%
Vienna Game10010%
Zukertort Opening10010%

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

Pieces

726

pawn moves, 29%

358

knight moves, 14%

375

bishop moves, 15%

329

rook moves, 13%

347

queen moves, 14%

349

king moves, 14%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns25649%
knights11017%
bishops9131%
rooks7345%
queens4253%

Checkmates

14on the board

7 by White, 7 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen10
  1. move 14Christopher «Ong Passong» G. mated Boris «Out of Nowhere» G.
  2. move 22Adela «Adele» P. mated Silvan «Fork This Fork That» S.
  3. move 23Jacopo «Bildothebest» B. mated Yannik «The Golden Castling Obliterator» T.
  4. move 26Alex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. mated Jack «NoBackwardMoves» C.
  5. move 27Jakob «Jaquemate » . mated Eva «Miss of King» S.
  6. move 29Anton «TheCatalan» B. mated Giacomo «Bishop Airlines » R.
  7. move 34Osama «Ruiner of Bird's» A. mated Daniel «Bishop Mangler Supreme» T.
  8. move 39Michael «Mivobu» B. mated Oliver «ScreaminG HI JoK ING» .
  9. move 58Oliver «Mouse Slip Expert» S. mated Florian «Knightmare» G.
  10. move 81Mario «ChessDude» M. mated Islam «xXBlackXx» H.
Rook1
  1. move 35Christopher «Hangs Pieces for Fun» N. mated Ludwig «solucionfisiologica» S.
Bishop2
  1. move 47Manuel «Pawn Shredder» G. mated bela «bela» O.
  2. move 69Joshua «Pristine Pawn Pusher» G. mated Nikola «Pawn Carnivore» N.
Knight0
Pawn1
  1. move 30Laurens «Castling Specialist» B. mated Loris «LorisNiUr» U.

The mating piece is read from the final position. A piece opens onto its mates.

Fastest mates

  1. Move 14, mate with the queenBoris «Out of Nowhere» G. 17100againstChristopher «Ong Passong» G. 21501
  2. Move 22, mate with the queenSilvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 9500againstAdela «Adele» P. 15001
  3. Move 23, mate with the queenYannik «The Golden Castling Obliterator» T. 14500againstJacopo «Bildothebest» B. 18001
  4. Move 26, mate with the queenAlex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 20001againstJack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 12000
  5. Move 27, mate with the queenEva «Miss of King» S. 5000againstJakob «Jaquemate » . 15001

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.

020406080100QueenRookBishopKnightPawn

Board heatmap

Darker means more moves, on a square-root scale.

Busiest squares

  1. f6106
  2. e5103
  3. d591
  4. e490
  5. d486

Quietest square with any traffic: a7, 6.

Where the pieces went in the finished games of the round.