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K4 Classical League S2

Round 5

30 of 31 games finished, 93% of them decisive.

CompleteUpdated 14 Oct 2026, 12:21 CEST, 1 forfeit

Round 5 in numbers

30

games finished of 31

93%

decisive; White scored 50%

40

moves per game

77

moves in the longest game

Games

  1. 1Christopher «Ong Passong» G. 21501againstKorbinian «King's Gambit is a real opening» A. 2100033 moves · the game on Lichess
  2. 2Rainer «Quigli» S. 15000againstIgor «Premove Blunder» S. 2260137 moves · the game on Lichess
  3. 3Janosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. 2000½againstChristopher «King Decimator» H. 2000½77 moves · the game on Lichess
  4. 4Jacopo «Bildothebest» B. 18000againstMario «ChessDude» M. 1900129 moves · the game on Lichess
  5. 5Max «Bird is the word» W. 12000againstGaston «SleepingDawg» F. 1745134 moves · the game on Lichess
  6. 6Manuel «Grundpatzer» C. 15001againstStefano «acheron» B. 1900067 moves · the game on Lichess
  7. 7Ved «Underpromotes Everything» B. 18001againstMatteo «Afraid of Caro-Kann» M. 1850034 moves · the game on Lichess
  8. 8Simon «The Endgame Alchemist» L. 18181againstLaurens «Castling Specialist» B. 1732049 moves · the game on Lichess
  9. 9Joshua «Pristine Pawn Pusher» G. 20001againstNakul «Na cool» P. 1959052 moves · the game on Lichess
  10. 10Anton «TheCatalan» B. 14501againstViktor «VHH93» H. 1667035 moves · the game on Lichess
  11. 12Alejandro «Waffle» E. 18500againstRamura «viennugambu» G. 1700135 moves · the game on Lichess
  12. 13Itamar «Itaberg» B. 15600againstAlexander «London Annihilator» M. 1600130 moves · the game on Lichess
  13. 14Adam «PawnRuinerAlpha» A. 15000againstManuel «Pawn Shredder» G. 2100127 moves · the game on Lichess
  14. 15Roger «Ruthless En Passant Shredder» H. 15000againstAlex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 2000140 moves · the game on Lichess
  15. 16Jakob «Jaquemate » . 15000againstOsama «Ruiner of Bird's» A. 1800153 moves · the game on Lichess
  16. 17Michael «Mivobu» B. 15001againstBoris «Out of Nowhere» G. 1710049 moves · the game on Lichess
  17. 18Camill «Camillionaire» T. 17001againstDogan «Kido» P. 1400073 moves · the game on Lichess
  18. 19Daniel «Bishop Mangler Supreme» T. 1400½againstLinus «The Middlegame Mixer» K. 1700½47 moves · the game on Lichess
  19. 20Nikola «Pawn Carnivore» N. 17001againstAlexander «Not Grischuk» G. 1000052 moves · the game on Lichess
  20. 21Victor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. 16000againstTobias «tiuan» P. 1952147 moves · the game on Lichess
  21. 22Oliver «Mouse Slip Expert» S. 14000againstPeter «Peaky Blunder» N. 1500154 moves · the game on Lichess
  22. 23Florian «Knightmare» G. 5000againstTorsten «torstyehocara» J. 1500125 moves · the game on Lichess
  23. 24Oliver «Monkey sees Pawn» K. 19101againstJonathan «Panic Gambit» B. 1500043 moves · the game on Lichess
  24. 25Johannes «Jo» N. 18500againstFabienne «Chessy» S. 1299131 moves · the game on Lichess
  25. 26Diego «The Bishop Slayer» R. 13500againstSantiago «One-eyed Bishop» B. 1850130 moves · the game on Lichess
  26. 27Davide «AME» V. 19501againstbela «bela» O. 1200026 moves · the game on Lichess
  27. 28Adela «Adele» P. 15000againstPieter «snok» S. 900114 moves · the game on Lichess
  28. 29Andrei «PawnWreckerAlpha» A.+againstYannik «The Golden Castling Obliterator» T.−Not played
  29. 30Iannis «Modern Pulverizer» D. 12001againstSilvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 950036 moves · the game on Lichess
  30. 32Oliver «ScreaminG HI JoK ING» . 8001againstJonathan «EnCroissant1997» D. 1100019 moves · the game on Lichess
  31. 33Jack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 12001againstEva «Miss of King» S. 500021 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, 47%

2

draws, 7%

14

Black wins, 47%

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

Game awards

Not awarded this round: Houdini.

Player awards

Ratings

Chess culture

Not awarded this round: 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, Family Fork, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Poisoned Pawn, Greek Gift, 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

11

moves of opening

16

moves of middlegame

18

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 73% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6 on average.

Endgames by type

EndgameReachedAt the end
Rook41
Queen and rook42
King and pawn32
Bishop21
Queen11
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 and rook 42Rook 41King and pawn 32Bishop 21Queen 11

Tactics

549

captures, 18.3 per game

137

checks

43

castled kingside

11

castled queenside

0

games without castling

7

promotions, 0 under

1

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.e4
    67%
  2. 1.d4
    23%
  3. 1.c4
    3%
  4. 1.f4
    3%
  5. 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.

ABird Opening 1Zukertort Opening 1English Opening 1Englund Gambit 1Dutch Defense 1BScandinavian Defense 1Alekhine Defense 1Caro-Kann Defense 3Sicilian Defense 3CFrench Defense 1Center Game 1Vienna Game 2King's Gambit Accepted 1Petrov's Defense 2Ponziani Opening 1Scotch Game 2Three Knights Opening 1Italian Game 1DQueen's Pawn Game 3Semi-Slav Defense 1EKing'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 50%gamesCaro-Kann DefenseQueen's Pawn GameSicilian DefensePetrov's DefenseScotch GameVienna GameAlekhine DefenseBird OpeningCenter GameDutch DefenseEnglish OpeningEnglund GambitFrench DefenseItalian GameKing's Gambit Accep…King's Indian DefensePonziani OpeningScandinavian DefenseSemi-Slav DefenseThree Knights OpeningZukertort Opening333222111111111111111
The numbers
FamilyGamesWhite winsDrawsBlack winsWhite’s score
Caro-Kann Defense3300100%
Queen's Pawn Game310233%
Sicilian Defense320167%
Petrov's Defense210150%
Scotch Game210150%
Vienna Game210150%
Alekhine Defense10010%
Bird Opening101050%
Center Game1100100%
Dutch Defense10010%
English Opening1100100%
Englund Gambit1100100%
French Defense10010%
Italian Game1100100%
King's Gambit Accepted10010%
King's Indian Defense101050%
Ponziani Opening10010%
Scandinavian Defense10010%
Semi-Slav Defense1100100%
Three Knights Opening10010%
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

606

pawn moves, 25%

388

knight moves, 16%

405

bishop moves, 17%

388

rook moves, 16%

290

queen moves, 12%

305

king moves, 13%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns25945%
knights10017%
bishops8827%
rooks6149%
queens4143%

Checkmates

5on the board

3 by White, 2 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen3
  1. move 14Pieter «snok» S. mated Adela «Adele» P.
  2. move 21Jack «NoBackwardMoves» C. mated Eva «Miss of King» S.
  3. move 26Davide «AME» V. mated bela «bela» O.
Rook2
  1. move 35Ramura «viennugambu» G. mated Alejandro «Waffle» E.
  2. move 52Nikola «Pawn Carnivore» N. mated Alexander «Not Grischuk» G.
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 queenAdela «Adele» P. 15000againstPieter «snok» S. 9001
  2. Move 21, mate with the queenJack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 12001againstEva «Miss of King» S. 5000
  3. Move 26, mate with the queenDavide «AME» V. 19501againstbela «bela» O. 12000
  4. Move 35, mate with the rookAlejandro «Waffle» E. 18500againstRamura «viennugambu» G. 17001
  5. Move 52, mate with the rookNikola «Pawn Carnivore» N. 17001againstAlexander «Not Grischuk» G. 10000

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.

0204060QueenRookBishopKnightPawn

Board heatmap

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

Busiest squares

  1. e595
  2. e493
  3. d487
  4. f687
  5. f381

Quietest square with any traffic: h7, 5.

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