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  • Overview
    • Story of the season
  • Game times / durations
  • By board / rating band
  • Openings - tables
  • Openings - sunburst
  • Awards
  • Detailed statistics
    • Best performances / highest accuracy
    • Time spent / strongest opponents
    • Comebacks and upsets
    • Dawdlers and instant movers
    • Longest thinks, time trouble addicts, and lucky escapes
    • Misc. facts
  • About this report

Overview


  • The season was played from 26 May 2020 to 9 August 2020.
  • 105 players took part, playing 371 games in total. The season’s forfeit rate was 12.3 per cent.1
  • White won 191 games (51.3%), 29 games (7.8%) were drawn, and Black won 148 games (39.8%).2
  • 222 games ended with a resignation, 114 games by checkmate, 7 games by time running out, and 1 games by stalemate.


1st place

MrDumbDumb

2nd place

aplause

3rd place

jbeast2882

Story of the season

Game times / durations

Includes games ranked at or above the 90th percentile by number of moves.

Rank
Players / Link
Date
Moves
1
Sun 12 Jul 2020
87
2
Sat 11 Jul 2020
83
3
Sun 5 Jul 2020
82
4
Fri 5 Jun 2020
80
5
Sat 30 May 2020
77
6
Thu 11 Jun 2020
76
7
Thu 23 Jul 2020
75
7
Wed 5 Aug 2020
75
8
Wed 1 Jul 2020
74
9
Sat 11 Jul 2020
73
1–10 of 33 rows

Includes games ranked at or above the 90th percentile by total clock time.3

Rank
Players / Link
Date
Total time
1
Thu 6 Aug 2020
2h 1m 8s
2
Sun 5 Jul 2020
1h 59m 51s
3
Thu 23 Jul 2020
1h 58m 3s
4
Mon 29 Jun 2020
1h 57m 59s
5
Sun 12 Jul 2020
1h 55m 34s
6
Tue 2 Jun 2020
1h 55m 29s
7
Thu 28 May 2020
1h 55m 20s
8
Sat 1 Aug 2020
1h 51m 35s
9
Sun 12 Jul 2020
1h 51m 24s
10
Sun 14 Jun 2020
1h 50m 40s
1–10 of 33 rows

By board / rating band

The games with the lowest combined ACPL (including draws).

Players / Link
Result
Sum ACPL
Date
1-0
36
Thu 9 Jul 2020
1-0
40
Thu 23 Jul 2020
0-1
41
Thu 18 Jun 2020
0-1
41
Sat 1 Aug 2020
0-1
42
Fri 17 Jul 2020
1/2-1/2
43
Sat 1 Aug 2020
1/2-1/2
43
Thu 30 Jul 2020
1-0
44
Wed 24 Jun 2020
0-1
44
Sat 30 May 2020
0-1
45
Mon 20 Jul 2020

The decisive games with the lowest combined ACPL.

Players / Link
Result
Sum ACPL
Date
1-0
36
Thu 9 Jul 2020
1-0
40
Thu 23 Jul 2020
0-1
41
Thu 18 Jun 2020
0-1
41
Sat 1 Aug 2020
0-1
42
Fri 17 Jul 2020
1-0
44
Wed 24 Jun 2020
0-1
44
Sat 30 May 2020
0-1
45
Mon 20 Jul 2020
1-0
48
Sat 11 Jul 2020
0-1
49
Sat 8 Aug 2020

Openings - tables

The best-scoring main openings for White.

Includes all main openings played in at least 10 games.

Rank
Opening
Games
White's score (%)
White wins (%)
Draws (%)
Black wins (%)
Mean eval after 15 moves
Avg rating
1
King's Indian Defense
12
67
67
0
33
0.41
1647
2
Queen's Gambit Declined
24
65
58
13
29
1.12
1638
3
Queen's Pawn Game
34
63
59
9
32
1.91
1626
4
French Defense
20
63
55
15
30
1.13
1654
5
Italian Game
24
60
58
4
38
0.80
1613
6
English Opening
22
59
50
18
32
0.39
1640
7
Slav Defense
12
58
58
0
42
2.41
1693
8
Ruy Lopez
22
55
50
9
41
1.48
1654
9
Sicilian Defense
57
52
47
9
44
0.57
1657
10
Caro-Kann Defense
22
32
27
9
64
-0.24
1688

The best-scoring main openings for Black.

Includes all main openings played in at least 10 games.

Rank
Opening
Games
Black's score (%)
Black wins (%)
Draws (%)
White wins (%)
Mean eval after 15 moves
Avg rating
1
Caro-Kann Defense
22
68
64
9
27
-0.24
1688
2
Sicilian Defense
57
48
44
9
47
0.57
1657
3
Ruy Lopez
22
45
41
9
50
1.48
1654
4
Slav Defense
12
42
42
0
58
2.41
1693
5
English Opening
22
41
32
18
50
0.39
1640
6
Italian Game
24
40
38
4
58
0.80
1613
7
French Defense
20
38
30
15
55
1.13
1654
8
Queen's Pawn Game
34
37
32
9
59
1.91
1626
9
Queen's Gambit Declined
24
35
29
13
58
1.12
1638
10
King's Indian Defense
12
33
33
0
67
0.41
1647

The players who enjoyed the most success when playing gambits.5

Shows all players who scored at least 50% playing gambits in the season (min. games: 2).

Rank
Player
Games
% Score
1
Emkatt
2
100

Openings - sunburst

Click on the image below to see a sunburst plot of all openings played in the season.

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Awards

Because winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing :)

See the footnote for further details on selected awards.6

Award
Description
Winner
Details
Honourable mentions
Archbishop of Accuracy
Archbishop of Accuracy
Lowest ACPL
AUroach
29.7 ACPL over 135 moves
rahulukumar, pinbsg21
Bullet Boss
Bullet Boss
Most moves made in under 0.5s
Fritzmann
23 moves
Janetheus, lc91
David Award
David Award
Faced the strongest opposition
pulsar512b
Opponents' record: 63.5/88
aplause, izcms02
Gambit Guru
Gambit Guru
Best score playing gambits
Emkatt
100% from 2 games
Giri Award
Giri Award
Most draws
Fritzmann, gregorgg, sigvei
3 draws
Grischuk's Cousin
Grischuk's Cousin
Least time remaining after 10th move, and still winning
pepepibote
Had 6m 36s left after 10 moves
hamhamslam, feskslo
Houdini Award
Houdini Award
Biggest comebacks
aplause
Sbstyn, jbeast2882
Intimate with Increment
Intimate with Increment
Highest percentage of moves played with < 1 min left
SupraScud
19.8%
pepepibote, librocubiculartist
Musing or Snoozing
Musing or Snoozing
Longest time spent on a move
feskslo
Spent 16m 28s
kschmigel, Meeklydim
MVP Award
MVP Award
Best performance rating relative to initial rating
aplause
+8-2=1 perf 2004, initially 1673
mr_peters, jbeast2882
Primates of Precision
Primates of Precision
Most games < 10 ACPL
Radjabov Award
Radjabov Award
Securing a draw from the jaws of victory
Fritzmann
Tim17, EdForceOne
Rookie Award
Rookie Award
Best relative perf. by a new league player
mahithas
+2-2=0 perf 1648, initially 1030
cinqued, pinbsg21
Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell
Most moves made with < 5s left before winning
BarbarAusBielefeld
2 move(s) in https://lichess.org/dT9oEIkr
pinallwizard, lc91
Slingshot Specialist
Slingshot Specialist
Achieved the most upsets across the season
mahithas
2 upsets (biggest: 553 pts)
SupraScud, Janetheus
Tarjan Award
Tarjan Award
Achieved the biggest upset
mahithas
Won despite being outrated by 553 points
mahithas, cinqued
Tetrarch of Time
Tetrarch of Time
Spent the most clock time across the season
lepertoe
8h 48m 14s
gregorgg, Calcium237

Detailed statistics

All the following tables are sortable and searchable.

Best performances / highest accuracy

Shows players’ relative performance ratings: season performance rating minus initial rating.7

Includes all players with a positive relative performance rating over at least five games.

#
Player
Games
W
D
L
Initial
Perf
Diff.
1
aplause
11
8
1
2
1673
2004
331
2
mr_peters
7
5
0
2
1609
1847
238
3
jbeast2882
10
7
1
2
1706
1904
198
4
cinqued
8
3
0
5
1381
1568
187
5
xVaria
9
4
2
3
1568
1754
186
6
pinbsg21
8
5
0
3
1517
1699
182
7
sigvei
10
5
3
2
1729
1903
174
8
rahulukumar
7
5
1
1
1719
1891
172
9
blarson
9
6
0
3
1708
1880
172
10
SupraScud
10
6
0
4
1558
1725
167
1–10 of 42 rows

Includes the 100 players with the lowest ACPL (min. 100 moves played).

Rank
Player
Moves
ACPL
1
AUroach
135
29.73
2
rahulukumar
242
31.56
3
pinbsg21
294
34.72
4
Rehbein
481
36.84
5
TheRuralJuror
326
37.79
6
terriblebackin
102
38.40
7
Sien
223
39.13
8
mahithas
189
39.47
9
Lukasz1928
465
40.07
10
ZheniaSemyanko
304
41.32
1–10 of 88 rows
...

Time spent / strongest opponents

Includes the 50 players who spent the most clock time over the season.

Rank
Player
Games
Total time spent
1
lepertoe
11
8h 48m 14s
2
gregorgg
11
8h 40m 9s
3
Calcium237
11
7h 41m 7s
4
gavalanche20
10
7h 1m 34s
5
lc91
10
6h 53m 57s
6
feskslo
11
6h 47m 38s
7
Lukasz1928
10
6h 46m 54s
8
Rybkathink
10
6h 46m 47s
9
SupraScud
10
6h 42m 0s
10
pinallwizard
10
6h 41m 35s
1–10 of 50 rows

Includes everyone who played at least three games.

Rank
Player
Games
Moves
Time spent per move
Percentile
1
pgabrail
3
67
1m 40.3s
91
2
pawnsac101
8
152
1m 21.5s
90
3
blarson
8
124
1m 20.8s
89
4
adrianomejs
6
122
1m 16.1s
88
5
MrScribbles
8
140
1m 15.0s
87
6
pinallwizard
10
270
1m 13.8s
86
7
Calcium237
11
305
1m 12.9s
85
8
GERDie
7
162
1m 12.1s
84
9
rickdeckard79
3
70
1m 12.1s
83
10
lc91
10
286
1m 10.8s
82
1–10 of 91 rows
...

These players faced the most in-form opponents across the season, when judged by their opponents’ collective score in all their other games.8

Includes all players who faced a collective group of opponents that played at least 15 (other) games across the season with a collective score above 50 per cent.

#
Player
Opp Games
Opp Pts
Opp %
1
pulsar512b
88
63.5
72
2
aplause
97
68.5
71
3
izcms02
69
48.5
70
4
sigvei
77
54
70
5
Sien
34
22.5
66
6
blarson
78
51
65
7
terriblebackin
38
24.5
64
8
jbeast2882
75
48
64
9
lc91
74
47
64
10
adrianomejs
46
29
63
1–10 of 45 rows

Comebacks and upsets

Includes players with a positive average “comeback margin” that played at least three games.9

Rank
Player
Average Comeback Margin
Total Comeback Margin
1
aplause
1.11
12.26
2
Sbstyn
1.00
10.99
3
jbeast2882
1.08
10.85
4
lc91
1.05
10.51
5
mmgoo
1.04
10.41
6
feskslo
0.90
9.95
7
pulsar512b
0.88
9.67
8
gavalanche20
0.95
9.55
9
pinallwizard
0.95
9.49
10
Janetheus
0.79
8.67
1–10 of 88 rows
...

Includes all players who defeated an opponent rated at least 50 points higher.

Rank
Player
Upset Margin
1
mahithas
553
2
mahithas
409
3
cinqued
260
4
Reodor
257
5
Janetheus
229
6
KnightOfReyn
224
7
cinqued
217
8
furrykef
209
9
mojomoe
199
10
mojomoe
188
1–10 of 91 rows
...

Includes players who achieved multiple wins over opponents rated at least 50 points higher.

Rank
Player
Total Upset Margin
Upsets
Avg Upset Margin
Biggest Margin
1
mahithas
962
2
481.0
553
2
SupraScud
751
5
150.2
184
3
Janetheus
677
4
169.3
229
4
cinqued
660
3
220.0
260
5
mojomoe
473
3
157.7
199
6
Sbstyn
454
4
113.5
129
7
KnightOfReyn
436
3
145.3
224
8
furrykef
418
3
139.3
209
9
pinbsg21
405
4
101.3
117
10
xVaria
321
3
107.0
168
1–10 of 25 rows

Dawdlers and instant movers

The players with the least time left after 10 moves…who still managed to win!10

Rank
Player
Time left after 10 moves
Link

Players who made the most ‘instant’ moves over the season, taking less than 0.5 seconds (includes premoves).

Includes players with more than five ‘instant’ moves.

Rank
Player
Instant moves
1
Fritzmann
23
2
Janetheus
19
3
lc91
18
4
noeom
17
5
AugustHammers
16
6
Meeklydim
14
7
Emkatt
13
8
jbeast2882
12
8
MrScribbles
12
9
mmgoo
11
1–10 of 26 rows

Longest thinks, time trouble addicts, and lucky escapes

The longest times spent on a single move.

Top 100 shown.

#
Player
Time spent
Colour
Move
Link
1
feskslo
16m 28s
White
6
2
kschmigel
15m 53s
Black
10
3
Meeklydim
12m 37s
Black
12
4
jbeast2882
12m 31s
White
18
5
hamhamslam
12m 3s
Black
8
7
feskslo
11m 39s
White
15
8
pgabrail
11m 35s
Black
18
10
mynameismund
11m 17s
White
12
1–10 of 100 rows
...

Shows players by proportion of moves made in time trouble (defined as having less than a minute remaining on the clock).

Includes everyone who played at least 100 moves over the season while making at least one move in time trouble.

#
Player
All moves
With < 1min left
Time Trouble %
1
SupraScud
369
73
19.8%
2
pepepibote
253
50
19.8%
3
librocubiculartist
295
29
9.8%
4
jbeast2882
397
31
7.8%
5
lc91
383
28
7.3%
6
GERDie
230
13
5.7%
7
gregorgg
517
25
4.8%
8
Calcium237
414
20
4.8%
9
pinallwizard
366
17
4.6%
10
Janetheus
513
20
3.9%
1–10 of 38 rows

Players who made moves with under 5 seconds left on their clock…and still won!11

Player
Moves with under 5s left
Least time left
Link

Misc. facts

A pawn gave checkmate in 2 games: https://lichess.org/TZUdn39A, https://lichess.org/6977F9EL.

A knight gave checkmate in 2 games: https://lichess.org/S7sn2Djq, https://lichess.org/mVV2mVDV.

73 games had at least one promotion. 1 of these saw an under-promotion.

The most promotions seen in a game was 3: https://lichess.org/1c8ZHAso

61 games featured significant winning chances for both sides (as identified by Lichess’s server analysis), comprising 16.4% of all games played.

About this report

  • This report was compiled on 16 August 2021.
  • These statistics are presented for general interest only. They are not guaranteed to be comprehensive, complete12, accurate, or up to date. They may be periodically revised to incorporate updates and bugfixes.
  • Any player determined by Lichess to have violated their Terms of Service when this report was compiled should not appear in the detailed statistics.13
  • Homepage / source code
  • Acknowledgements: Noun Project for the award icons; Simon Ilincev for chess_graph, which produces the openings sunburst plots.

  1. The forfeit rate is the percentage of pairings that didn’t result in a game being played.↩︎

  2. The number of games played in this statistic can differ from the number of games played in the season, as it excludes games where the result of the pairing was later changed to a forfeit win or loss.↩︎

  3. A game’s total clock time is the sum of both players’ move times from move 2 onwards.↩︎

  4. Currently, gambit openings are identified by the presence of the term gambit in the opening name assigned by Lichess. This is admittedly an imperfect approach as it excludes certain openings that should also be considered as gambits such as the Marshall Attack.↩︎

  5. Qualifying “gambiteers” are ordered by number of gambit games played before percentage score.↩︎

  6. Archbishop of Accuracy: lowest average centipawn loss (ACPL) over all moves played, as determined by Lichess’s server analysis. Minimum 100 moves played. David Award: the player whose opponents achieved the highest percentage score across the season, excluding games against the player. One’s opponents must have played over 20 games (against others) to qualify. Suggested by Tranzoo. Egalitarian Award: intended for the team whose players performed most similarly to each other. First, I compute all players’ relative performance ratings – the difference between their actual performance rating (using FIDE’s method) and their initial rating. Then I group all players by team, and give the award to the team with the lowest standard deviation across its players’ relative ratings. Suggested by Silkthewanderer. Gambit Guru: most gambits played while scoring above 50%. MVP Award: minimum 5 games played. Rookie Award: minimum 4 games played. Saved by the Bell: Excludes moves made in positions with an evaluation of under +300 centipawns from the mover’s perspective. Ordering is determined first by # moves played with under 5 seconds remaining, then by least time remaining in such conditions, then by worst eval faced. Slingshot Specialist: the player with the highest total rating gap between their opponents and themselves when only considering wins against opponents rated at least 50 rating points higher.︎↩︎

  7. The season performance ratings presented in this report may differ slightly from the figures given by the Lichess4545 website. Both figures are based on FIDE’s preferred calculation method and exclude unplayed games (such as forfeit wins/losses and scheduling draws.↩︎

  8. Both the statistic and the name of its associated award – the David Award – were suggested by Tranzoo.↩︎

  9. Originally suggested by Lou-E. This table shows players ranked by the size and number of comebacks achieved over the course of the season. For this purpose, the size of a comeback has been defined as the difference between a player’s final score in a game (0, 0.5, or 1) and the worst evaluation during the game that they faced (which is then converted into a rough win probability for their opponent). For example, if I were to win a game after Lichess’s server analysis gave my opponent a 75% chance of winning in a certain position, then I would have earned 1.75 comeback “points” from the game. My opponent of course would have earned zero points. If the game had been drawn, I would have instead earned only 0.75 comeback “points”.↩︎

  10. Statistic suggested by Silkthewanderer.↩︎

  11. Excludes moves made in technically winning positions, defined as eval300 (from the mover’s perspective). Players are first ordered by number of moves made with 5 seconds or fewer remaining, then by least time remaining in such conditions, and finally by worst eval faced.↩︎

  12. For example, this report excludes from its analysis all games of less than 5 plies (half-moves), games that ended in a disconnection or by “cheat detected”, games that were aborted, and games that started from a custom position.↩︎

  13. However, players who were banned from the Lichess4545 leagues after finishing a season in the top three places are still shown with a podium place in that season’s report.↩︎