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K4 Classical League S2

Round 3

30 of 33 games finished, 90% of them decisive.

CompleteUpdated 14 Oct 2026, 12:21 CEST, 3 forfeits

Round 3 in numbers

30

games finished of 33

90%

decisive; White scored 48%

45

moves per game

80

moves in the longest game

Games

  1. 1Sam «Active King» B. 19000againstIgor «Premove Blunder» S. 2260162 moves · the game on Lichess
  2. 2Christopher «Ong Passong» G. 21501againstStefano «acheron» B. 1900026 moves · the game on Lichess
  3. 3Korbinian «King's Gambit is a real opening» A. 21001againstOsama «Ruiner of Bird's» A. 1800025 moves · the game on Lichess
  4. 4Jacopo «Bildothebest» B. 1800½againstJoshua «Pristine Pawn Pusher» G. 2000½65 moves · the game on Lichess
  5. 5Christopher «King Decimator» H. 20000againstGaston «SleepingDawg» F. 1745137 moves · the game on Lichess
  6. 6Janosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. 20001againstLaurens «Castling Specialist» B. 1732037 moves · the game on Lichess
  7. 7Mario «ChessDude» M. 19001againstManuel «Grundpatzer» C. 1500042 moves · the game on Lichess
  8. 8Nakul «Na cool» P. 1959½againstMax «Bird is the word» W. 1200½65 moves · the game on Lichess
  9. 9Rainer «Quigli» S. 15001againstItamar «Itaberg» B. 1560030 moves · the game on Lichess
  10. 10Anton «TheCatalan» B. 14500againstManuel «Pawn Shredder» G. 2100149 moves · the game on Lichess
  11. 11Jakob «Jaquemate » . 15001againstAlex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 2000029 moves · the game on Lichess
  12. 12Michael «Mivobu» B. 15000againstViktor «VHH93» H. 1667126 moves · the game on Lichess
  13. 13Yannik «The Golden Castling Obliterator» T. 14500againstMatteo «Afraid of Caro-Kann» M. 1850121 moves · the game on Lichess
  14. 14Simon «The Endgame Alchemist» L. 18181againstDogan «Kido» P. 1400058 moves · the game on Lichess
  15. 15Daniel «Bishop Mangler Supreme» T. 14001againstBoris «Out of Nowhere» G. 1710037 moves · the game on Lichess
  16. 16Camill «Camillionaire» T. 17001againstOliver «Mouse Slip Expert» S. 1400066 moves · the game on Lichess
  17. 17Diego «The Bishop Slayer» R. 13500againstLinus «The Middlegame Mixer» K. 1700170 moves · the game on Lichess
  18. 18Nikola «Pawn Carnivore» N. 17001againstChristopher «Hangs Pieces for Fun» N. 1200045 moves · the game on Lichess
  19. 19Iannis «Modern Pulverizer» D. 12000againstRamura «viennugambu» G. 1700150 moves · the game on Lichess
  20. 20Pieter «snok» S. 15000againstVictor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. 1600125 moves · the game on Lichess
  21. 21Arnaud «The French Squid» P. 23000againstIslam «xXBlackXx» H. 1600150 moves · the game on Lichess
  22. 22Ved «Underpromotes Everything» B. 18001againstPeter «Peaky Blunder» N. 1500042 moves · the game on Lichess
  23. 23Adela «Adele» P. 15000againstAlexander «Not Grischuk» G. 1000138 moves · the game on Lichess
  24. 24Roger «Ruthless En Passant Shredder» H. 15001againstTobias «tiuan» P. 1952038 moves · the game on Lichess
  25. 25Jan «Kung Fu Blunder» S.+againstAdam «PawnRuinerAlpha» A.−Not played
  26. 26Loris «LorisNiUr» U. 12480againstGiacomo «Bishop Airlines » R. 1250180 moves · the game on Lichess
  27. 27Davide «AME» V. 19500againstOliver «Monkey sees Pawn» K. 1910176 moves · the game on Lichess
  28. 28Ruslan «Thunder-Blunder» G. 8500againstTorsten «torstyehocara» J. 1500179 moves · the game on Lichess
  29. 29Fabienne «Chessy» S.½againstOliver «ScreaminG HI JoK ING» .½Not played
  30. 30bela «bela» O. 1200+againstEva «Miss of King» S. 500−Not played
  31. 32Florian «Knightmare» G. 5001againstJonathan «EnCroissant1997» D. 1100023 moves · the game on Lichess
  32. 34Ludwig «solucionfisiologica» S. 14000againstSilvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 950114 moves · the game on Lichess
  33. 100Alejandro «Waffle» E. 1850½againstAlexander «London Annihilator» M. 1600½41 moves · the game on Lichess

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

Results

13

White wins, 43%

3

draws, 10%

14

Black wins, 47%

9 checkmates on the board, 0 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 0 draws before move 30 and 2 forfeits.

Game awards

Crosshairs

6attackers

8 more, tied

The piece with the most attackers and defenders pointed at it at one moment.

Not awarded this round: Houdini.

Player awards

Ratings

Chess culture

Not awarded this round: Royal Walkabout, Never Play f6, 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, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Connect Four, Irish Pawn Centre, The Hard One.

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

11

moves of opening

16

moves of middlegame

23

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 77% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 8.1 on average.

Endgames by type

EndgameReachedAt the end
Rook73
King and pawn53
Queen and rook42
Queen32
Bishop11
Knight11

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 endRook 73King and pawn 53Queen and rook 42Queen 32Bishop 11Knight 11

Tactics

557

captures, 18.6 per game

204

checks

47

castled kingside

9

castled queenside

1

games without castling

11

promotions, 0 under

2

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.e4
    47%
  2. 1.d4
    43%
  3. 1.c4
    10%

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.

AEnglish Opening 3Queen's Pawn Game 2Indian Defense 3Dutch Defense 1BScandinavian Defense 1Pirc Defense 1Caro-Kann Defense 4Sicilian Defense 3CKing's Gambit Accepted 1Scotch Game 1Italian Game 3DQueen's Pawn Game 1Slav Defense 1Tarrasch Defense 1Semi-Slav Defense 1ENimzo-Indian Defense 1King's Indian Defense 2

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 48%gamesCaro-Kann DefenseEnglish OpeningIndian DefenseItalian GameQueen's Pawn GameSicilian DefenseKing's Indian DefenseDutch DefenseKing's Gambit Accep…Nimzo-Indian DefensePirc DefenseScandinavian DefenseScotch GameSemi-Slav DefenseSlav DefenseTarrasch Defense4333332111111111
The numbers
FamilyGamesWhite winsDrawsBlack winsWhite’s score
Caro-Kann Defense410325%
English Opening320167%
Indian Defense311150%
Italian Game310233%
Queen's Pawn Game321083%
Sicilian Defense320167%
King's Indian Defense20020%
Dutch Defense1100100%
King's Gambit Accepted101050%
Nimzo-Indian Defense10010%
Pirc Defense1100100%
Scandinavian Defense1100100%
Scotch Game10010%
Semi-Slav Defense1100100%
Slav Defense10010%
Tarrasch Defense10010%

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

709

pawn moves, 27%

431

knight moves, 16%

357

bishop moves, 13%

379

rook moves, 14%

367

queen moves, 14%

435

king moves, 16%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns24946%
knights9719%
bishops9620%
rooks6943%
queens4642%

Checkmates

9on the board

4 by White, 5 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen6
  1. move 14Silvan «Fork This Fork That» S. mated Ludwig «solucionfisiologica» S.
  2. move 23Florian «Knightmare» G. mated Jonathan «EnCroissant1997» D.
  3. move 25Victor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. mated Pieter «snok» S.
  4. move 50Islam «xXBlackXx» H. mated Arnaud «The French Squid» P.
  5. move 58Simon «The Endgame Alchemist» L. mated Dogan «Kido» P.
  6. move 80Giacomo «Bishop Airlines » R. mated Loris «LorisNiUr» U.
Rook3
  1. move 37Gaston «SleepingDawg» F. mated Christopher «King Decimator» H.
  2. move 37Janosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. mated Laurens «Castling Specialist» B.
  3. move 66Camill «Camillionaire» T. mated Oliver «Mouse Slip Expert» S.
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0

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

Fastest mates

  1. Move 14, mate with the queenLudwig «solucionfisiologica» S. 14000againstSilvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 9501
  2. Move 23, mate with the queenFlorian «Knightmare» G. 5001againstJonathan «EnCroissant1997» D. 11000
  3. Move 25, mate with the queenPieter «snok» S. 15000againstVictor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. 16001
  4. Move 37, mate with the rookChristopher «King Decimator» H. 20000againstGaston «SleepingDawg» F. 17451
  5. Move 37, mate with the rookJanosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. 20001againstLaurens «Castling Specialist» B. 17320

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.

020406080QueenRookBishopKnightPawn

Board heatmap

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

Busiest squares

  1. f397
  2. d492
  3. e487
  4. e586
  5. d585

Quietest square with any traffic: a2, 9.

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