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K4 Classical League S2

Round 4

28 of 31 games finished, 89% of them decisive.

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

Round 4 in numbers

28

games finished of 31

89%

decisive; White scored 55%

38

moves per game

79

moves in the longest game

Games

  1. 1Igor «Premove Blunder» S. 2260½againstJanosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. 2000½53 moves · the game on Lichess
  2. 2Mario «ChessDude» M. 19000againstChristopher «Ong Passong» G. 2150136 moves · the game on Lichess
  3. 3Gaston «SleepingDawg» F. 17450againstKorbinian «King's Gambit is a real opening» A. 2100129 moves · the game on Lichess
  4. 4Joshua «Pristine Pawn Pusher» G. 20000againstRainer «Quigli» S. 1500144 moves · the game on Lichess
  5. 5Viktor «VHH93» H. 1667½againstJacopo «Bildothebest» B. 1800½45 moves · the game on Lichess
  6. 6Manuel «Pawn Shredder» G.½againstNikola «Pawn Carnivore» N.½Not played
  7. 8Max «Bird is the word» W. 12001againstVictor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. 1600037 moves · the game on Lichess
  8. 9Stefano «acheron» B. 19001againstJakob «Jaquemate » . 1500031 moves · the game on Lichess
  9. 10Ramura «viennugambu» G. 1700½againstSam «Active King» B. 1900½45 moves · the game on Lichess
  10. 11Matteo «Afraid of Caro-Kann» M. 18501againstRoger «Ruthless En Passant Shredder» H. 1500044 moves · the game on Lichess
  11. 12Alexander «Not Grischuk» G. 10000againstSimon «The Endgame Alchemist» L. 1818144 moves · the game on Lichess
  12. 13Osama «Ruiner of Bird's» A. 18000againstManuel «Grundpatzer» C. 1500124 moves · the game on Lichess
  13. 14Laurens «Castling Specialist» B. 17321againstDaniel «Bishop Mangler Supreme» T. 1400029 moves · the game on Lichess
  14. 15Nakul «Na cool» P. 19591againstCamill «Camillionaire» T. 1700032 moves · the game on Lichess
  15. 16Linus «The Middlegame Mixer» K. 17000againstVed «Underpromotes Everything» B. 1800137 moves · the game on Lichess
  16. 17Oliver «Monkey sees Pawn» K. 19100againstAlejandro «Waffle» E. 1850149 moves · the game on Lichess
  17. 18Jonathan «Panic Gambit» B. 15000againstItamar «Itaberg» B. 1560119 moves · the game on Lichess
  18. 19Santiago «One-eyed Bishop» B. 1850−againstAnton «TheCatalan» B. 1450+Not played
  19. 20Alexander «London Annihilator» M. 16001againstJohannes «Jo» N. 1850037 moves · the game on Lichess
  20. 22Alex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 20001againstDiego «The Bishop Slayer» R. 1350056 moves · the game on Lichess
  21. 23Boris «Out of Nowhere» G. 17101againstIannis «Modern Pulverizer» D. 1200026 moves · the game on Lichess
  22. 24Peter «Peaky Blunder» N. 15001againstbela «bela» O. 1200047 moves · the game on Lichess
  23. 25Torsten «torstyehocara» J. 15001againstLoris «LorisNiUr» U. 1248079 moves · the game on Lichess
  24. 26Christopher «Hangs Pieces for Fun» N. 12000againstAdam «PawnRuinerAlpha» A. 1500143 moves · the game on Lichess
  25. 27Silvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 9500againstMichael «Mivobu» B. 1500130 moves · the game on Lichess
  26. 28Florian «Knightmare» G.+againstYannik «The Golden Castling Obliterator» T.−Not played
  27. 29Dogan «Kido» P. 14001againstPieter «snok» S. 900032 moves · the game on Lichess
  28. 31Tobias «tiuan» P. 19521againstOliver «ScreaminG HI JoK ING» . 800017 moves · the game on Lichess
  29. 32Fabienne «Chessy» S. 12991againstJack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 1200029 moves · the game on Lichess
  30. 33Eva «Miss of King» S. 5000againstDavide «AME» V. 1950131 moves · the game on Lichess
  31. 34Andrei «PawnWreckerAlpha» A. 14501againstJonathan «EnCroissant1997» D. 1100038 moves · the game on Lichess

31 of 31 boards decided, as the players entered them. Byes are not games and are not listed.

Results

14

White wins, 50%

3

draws, 11%

11

Black wins, 39%

5 checkmates on the board, 1 draws by repetition, 0 stalemates, 0 draws before move 30 and 2 forfeits.

Game awards

Not awarded this round: Houdini.

Player awards

Ratings

Chess culture

Not awarded this round: 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, Mate Gallery, Holy Hell, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, 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

11

moves of opening

16

moves of middlegame

16

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 71% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6 on average.

Endgames by type

EndgameReachedAt the end
Queen33
Rook30
King and pawn21
Bishop22
Queen and rook21
Knight00

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 endQueen 33Rook 3Bishop 22King and pawn 21Queen and rook 21

Tactics

489

captures, 17.5 per game

164

checks

41

castled kingside

5

castled queenside

2

games without castling

7

promotions, 0 under

1

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.e4
    68%
  2. 1.d4
    21%
  3. 1.c4
    7%
  4. 1.Nf3
    4%

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 1English Opening 2BOwen Defense 1Scandinavian Defense 2Alekhine Defense 1Modern Defense 1Caro-Kann Defense 4Sicilian Defense 2CFrench Defense 2Danish Gambit Accepted 1Bishop's Opening 1Ponziani Opening 1Three Knights Opening 2Four Knights Game 1Ruy Lopez 1DRapport-Jobava System 1Queen's Pawn Game 2Queen's Gambit Declined 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 55%gamesCaro-Kann DefenseEnglish OpeningFrench DefenseQueen's Gambit Decl…Queen's Pawn GameScandinavian DefenseSicilian DefenseThree Knights OpeningAlekhine DefenseBishop's OpeningDanish Gambit Acce…Four Knights GameKing's Indian AttackModern DefenseOwen DefensePonziani OpeningRapport-Jobava Syst…Ruy Lopez422222221111111111
The numbers
FamilyGamesWhite winsDrawsBlack winsWhite’s score
Caro-Kann Defense411238%
English Opening211075%
French Defense201125%
Queen's Gambit Declined20020%
Queen's Pawn Game2200100%
Scandinavian Defense2200100%
Sicilian Defense210150%
Three Knights Opening210150%
Alekhine Defense10010%
Bishop's Opening1100100%
Danish Gambit Accepted1100100%
Four Knights Game1100100%
King's Indian Attack10010%
Modern Defense1100100%
Owen Defense10010%
Ponziani Opening1100100%
Rapport-Jobava System1100100%
Ruy Lopez10010%

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

591

pawn moves, 28%

342

knight moves, 16%

324

bishop moves, 15%

272

rook moves, 13%

308

queen moves, 15%

276

king moves, 13%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns22349%
knights9020%
bishops8029%
rooks6245%
queens3452%

Checkmates

5on the board

3 by White, 2 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen2
  1. move 31Davide «AME» V. mated Eva «Miss of King» S.
  2. move 79Torsten «torstyehocara» J. mated Loris «LorisNiUr» U.
Rook3
  1. move 29Fabienne «Chessy» S. mated Jack «NoBackwardMoves» C.
  2. move 30Michael «Mivobu» B. mated Silvan «Fork This Fork That» S.
  3. move 47Peter «Peaky Blunder» N. mated bela «bela» O.
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0

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

Fastest mates

  1. Move 29, mate with the rookFabienne «Chessy» S. 12991againstJack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 12000
  2. Move 30, mate with the rookSilvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 9500againstMichael «Mivobu» B. 15001
  3. Move 31, mate with the queenEva «Miss of King» S. 5000againstDavide «AME» V. 19501
  4. Move 47, mate with the rookPeter «Peaky Blunder» N. 15001againstbela «bela» O. 12000
  5. Move 79, mate with the queenTorsten «torstyehocara» J. 15001againstLoris «LorisNiUr» U. 12480

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. f685
  2. e584
  3. d483
  4. f381
  5. d577

Quietest square with any traffic: a1, 3.

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