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K4 Classical League S2

Round 7

19 of 25 games finished, 95% of them decisive.

CompleteUpdated 14 Oct 2026, 12:21 CEST, 6 forfeits

Round 7 in numbers

19

games finished of 25

95%

decisive; White scored 40%

36

moves per game

81

moves in the longest game

Games

  1. 1Christopher «Ong Passong» G. 2150½againstJanosch «Youngbrain 1b4» B. 2000½38 moves · the game on Lichess
  2. 3Manuel «Grundpatzer» C. 15000againstKorbinian «King's Gambit is a real opening» A. 2100146 moves · the game on Lichess
  3. 4Ramura «viennugambu» G. 17000againstJoshua «Pristine Pawn Pusher» G. 2000131 moves · the game on Lichess
  4. 6Anton «TheCatalan» B. 14500againstAlex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 2000128 moves · the game on Lichess
  5. 7Max «Bird is the word» W. 12000againstOsama «Ruiner of Bird's» A. 1800147 moves · the game on Lichess
  6. 8Simon «The Endgame Alchemist» L. 18181againstGaston «SleepingDawg» F. 1745024 moves · the game on Lichess
  7. 9Michael «Mivobu» B.+againstVed «Underpromotes Everything» B.−Not played
  8. 10Nakul «Na cool» P. 19591againstViktor «VHH93» H. 1667042 moves · the game on Lichess
  9. 11Rainer «Quigli» S. 15000againstStefano «acheron» B. 1900124 moves · the game on Lichess
  10. 12Vjeko «Blunderful» B. 18000againstSam «Active King» B. 1900127 moves · the game on Lichess
  11. 13Itamar «Itaberg» B. 15600againstSantiago «One-eyed Bishop» B. 1850134 moves · the game on Lichess
  12. 14Camill «Camillionaire» T. 17001againstMatteo «Afraid of Caro-Kann» M. 1850061 moves · the game on Lichess
  13. 15Roger «Ruthless En Passant Shredder» H. 15001againstOliver «Monkey sees Pawn» K. 191009 moves · the game on Lichess
  14. 16Jakob «Jaquemate » . 15001againstLaurens «Castling Specialist» B. 1732026 moves · the game on Lichess
  15. 17Oliver «Mouse Slip Expert» S.+againstLinus «The Middlegame Mixer» K.−Not played
  16. 18Victor «Loves Threefold Repetition» P. 16001againstIannis «Modern Pulverizer» D. 1200039 moves · the game on Lichess
  17. 19Florian «Knightmare» G. 5000againstPeter «Peaky Blunder» N. 1500125 moves · the game on Lichess
  18. 20Tobias «tiuan» P.−againstTorsten «torstyehocara» J.+Not played
  19. 21Alejandro «Waffle» E. 18501againstDogan «Kido» P. 1400081 moves · the game on Lichess
  20. 22Davide «AME» V.½againstFabienne «Chessy» S.½Not played
  21. 23Daniel «Bishop Mangler Supreme» T. 14000againstAdam «PawnRuinerAlpha» A. 1500136 moves · the game on Lichess
  22. 24Oliver «ScreaminG HI JoK ING» .+againstBoris «Out of Nowhere» G.−Not played
  23. 28Ruslan «Thunder-Blunder» G. 8500againstJohannes «Jo» N. 1850129 moves · the game on Lichess
  24. 30Silvan «Fork This Fork That» S. 9500againstJack «NoBackwardMoves» C. 1200147 moves · the game on Lichess
  25. 31Ludwig «solucionfisiologica» S. 1400+againstEva «Miss of King» S. 500−Not played

25 of 25 boards decided, as the players entered them. Byes are not games and are not listed.

Results

7

White wins, 37%

1

draws, 5%

11

Black wins, 58%

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

Game awards

Not awarded this round: Houdini.

Player awards

Center Stage

2arrivals

20 more, tied

The one piece that landed on d4, d5, e4 or e5 most often.

Ratings

Chess culture

Not awarded this round: Royal Walkabout, 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, Family Fork, Shahrukh, Il Vaticano, Poisoned Pawn, Greek Gift, Pawn Cube, Pawn Diamond, Irish Pawn Centre, The Hard One, Photo Finish, 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

17

moves of middlegame

15

moves of endgame

Averages per game, with the phases split as Lichess splits them. 68% of the games reached an endgame; the first capture came on move 6.6 on average.

Endgames by type

EndgameReachedAt the end
King and pawn42
Queen22
Rook20
Knight21
Queen and rook10
Bishop00

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 endKing and pawn 42Knight 21Queen 22Rook 2Queen and rook 1

Tactics

324

captures, 17.1 per game

120

checks

23

castled kingside

5

castled queenside

2

games without castling

4

promotions, 0 under

2

en passant captures

Openings

First moves

  1. 1.e4
    68%
  2. 1.d4
    16%
  3. 1.e3
    5%
  4. 1.f4
    5%
  5. 1.Nf3
    5%

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.

AVan't Kruijs Opening 1Bird Opening 1Zukertort Opening 1Indian Defense 1BScandinavian Defense 1Alekhine Defense 1Caro-Kann Defense 2Sicilian Defense 4CFrench Defense 1Vienna Game 1Petrov's Defense 1Italian Game 1Ruy Lopez 1DQueen's Pawn Game 1Queen's Gambit Declined 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 40%gamesSicilian DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseAlekhine DefenseBird OpeningFrench DefenseIndian DefenseItalian GamePetrov's DefenseQueen's Gambit Decl…Queen's Pawn GameRuy LopezScandinavian DefenseVan't Kruijs OpeningVienna GameZukertort Opening421111111111111
The numbers
FamilyGamesWhite winsDrawsBlack winsWhite’s score
Sicilian Defense420250%
Caro-Kann Defense210150%
Alekhine Defense1100100%
Bird Opening10010%
French Defense10010%
Indian Defense1100100%
Italian Game101050%
Petrov's Defense1100100%
Queen's Gambit Declined10010%
Queen's Pawn Game10010%
Ruy Lopez1100100%
Scandinavian Defense10010%
Van't Kruijs Opening10010%
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

378

pawn moves, 27%

271

knight moves, 20%

199

bishop moves, 14%

164

rook moves, 12%

176

queen moves, 13%

190

king moves, 14%

Captured and surviving

PieceCapturedStill on the board at the end
pawns14451%
knights5824%
bishops5824%
rooks4047%
queens2447%

Checkmates

5on the board

1 by White, 4 by Black

Mating pieceGames
Queen4
  1. move 28Alex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. mated Anton «TheCatalan» B.
  2. move 29Johannes «Jo» N. mated Ruslan «Thunder-Blunder» G.
  3. move 34Santiago «One-eyed Bishop» B. mated Itamar «Itaberg» B.
  4. move 81Alejandro «Waffle» E. mated Dogan «Kido» P.
Rook1
  1. move 25Peter «Peaky Blunder» N. mated Florian «Knightmare» G.
Bishop0
Knight0
Pawn0

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

Fastest mates

  1. Move 25, mate with the rookFlorian «Knightmare» G. 5000againstPeter «Peaky Blunder» N. 15001
  2. Move 28, mate with the queenAnton «TheCatalan» B. 14500againstAlex «The Benoni Pulverizer» G. 20001
  3. Move 29, mate with the queenRuslan «Thunder-Blunder» G. 8500againstJohannes «Jo» N. 18501
  4. Move 34, mate with the queenItamar «Itaberg» B. 15600againstSantiago «One-eyed Bishop» B. 18501
  5. Move 81, mate with the queenAlejandro «Waffle» E. 18501againstDogan «Kido» P. 14000

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. c656
  2. d550
  3. f349
  4. d448
  5. c346

Quietest square with any traffic: a7, 1.

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