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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 12 August 2020 to 26 October 2020.
  • 108 players took part, playing 363 games in total. The season’s forfeit rate was 14.2 per cent.1
  • White won 173 games (47.7%), 31 games (8.5%) were drawn, and Black won 150 games (41.3%).2
  • 231 games ended with a resignation, 92 games by checkmate, 6 games by time running out, and 5 games by stalemate.


1st place

terrormt

2nd place

SedNomini

3rd place

PetMarmoset

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
Sat 3 Oct 2020
94
1
Thu 10 Sep 2020
94
2
Tue 25 Aug 2020
89
4
Sat 19 Sep 2020
82
5
Thu 1 Oct 2020
81
6
Sat 29 Aug 2020
80
7
Sun 16 Aug 2020
76
8
Sat 19 Sep 2020
74
9
Sat 12 Sep 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
Sat 3 Oct 2020
2h 19m 12s
2
Tue 25 Aug 2020
2h 14m 15s
3
Sun 6 Sep 2020
1h 59m 48s
4
Sun 27 Sep 2020
1h 55m 14s
5
Sat 24 Oct 2020
1h 54m 13s
6
Sat 12 Sep 2020
1h 53m 8s
7
Sun 27 Sep 2020
1h 51m 41s
8
Sun 25 Oct 2020
1h 51m 32s
9
Fri 23 Oct 2020
1h 49m 43s
10
Fri 4 Sep 2020
1h 49m 39s
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
30
Sat 12 Sep 2020
1/2-1/2
33
Wed 12 Aug 2020
1/2-1/2
34
Sun 11 Oct 2020
1/2-1/2
36
Sat 17 Oct 2020
0-1
42
Thu 24 Sep 2020
0-1
42
Fri 4 Sep 2020
0-1
42
Sun 16 Aug 2020
1-0
44
Mon 14 Sep 2020
1-0
46
Sat 29 Aug 2020
0-1
46
Fri 28 Aug 2020
0-1
46
Sat 15 Aug 2020

The decisive games with the lowest combined ACPL.

Players / Link
Result
Sum ACPL
Date
1-0
30
Sat 12 Sep 2020
0-1
42
Thu 24 Sep 2020
0-1
42
Fri 4 Sep 2020
0-1
42
Sun 16 Aug 2020
1-0
44
Mon 14 Sep 2020
1-0
46
Sat 29 Aug 2020
0-1
46
Fri 28 Aug 2020
0-1
46
Sat 15 Aug 2020
1-0
47
Wed 21 Oct 2020
1-0
48
Sat 22 Aug 2020
0-1
48
Fri 14 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
Ruy Lopez
12
71
58
25
17
1.50
1633
2
Queen's Gambit Declined
27
70
67
7
26
1.90
1662
3
Scotch Game
13
58
54
8
38
3.17
1608
4
Italian Game
21
55
52
5
43
2.08
1627
5
Scandinavian Defense
11
55
45
18
36
1.97
1599
6
English Opening
12
54
50
8
42
0.08
1706
7
Sicilian Defense
75
54
49
9
41
-0.74
1627
8
Slav Defense
14
54
50
7
43
2.43
1692
9
Queen's Pawn Game
21
52
43
19
38
0.29
1611
10
King's Indian Defense
11
50
45
9
45
0.98
1643
1–10 of 13 rows

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
Indian Defense
12
71
67
8
25
-1.20
1620
2
French Defense
13
62
62
0
38
-0.30
1633
3
Caro-Kann Defense
41
59
56
5
39
0.08
1633
4
King's Indian Defense
11
50
45
9
45
0.98
1643
5
Queen's Pawn Game
21
48
38
19
43
0.29
1611
6
Slav Defense
14
46
43
7
50
2.43
1692
7
Sicilian Defense
75
46
41
9
49
-0.74
1627
8
English Opening
12
46
42
8
50
0.08
1706
9
Scandinavian Defense
11
45
36
18
45
1.97
1599
10
Italian Game
21
45
43
5
52
2.08
1627
1–10 of 13 rows

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
pinallwizard
2
50

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
WillGosnold
22.8 ACPL over 214 moves
cyndaquil1, gregorgg
Bullet Boss
Bullet Boss
Most moves made in under 0.5s
lCaptainBob
32 moves
jockboi, Johnnyeccles01
David Award
David Award
Faced the strongest opposition
Alayan
Opponents' record: 32.5/45
PaintingWithPawns, terrormt
Gambit Guru
Gambit Guru
Best score playing gambits
pinallwizard
50% from 2 games
Giri Award
Giri Award
Most draws
HighSilence, Johnnyeccles01, lCaptainBob, Sincraxis
3 draws
Grischuk's Cousin
Grischuk's Cousin
Least time remaining after 10th move, and still winning
SupraScud
Had 12m 45s left after 10 moves
ZheniaSemyanko, DrewWhite
Houdini Award
Houdini Award
Biggest comebacks
wmakos
terrormt, HighSilence
Intimate with Increment
Intimate with Increment
Highest percentage of moves played with < 1 min left
DrewWhite
21.1%
SupraScud, HighSilence
Musing or Snoozing
Musing or Snoozing
Longest time spent on a move
Fritzmann
Spent 22m 42s
KnightOfReyn, hakri
MVP Award
MVP Award
Best performance rating relative to initial rating
WillGosnold
+6-0=0 perf 2517, initially 1698
jamzskee, hakri
Primates of Precision
Primates of Precision
Most games < 10 ACPL
Radjabov Award
Radjabov Award
Securing a draw from the jaws of victory
AUroach
Sincraxis, mmgoo
Rookie Award
Rookie Award
Best relative perf. by a new league player
WillGosnold
+6-0=0 perf 2517, initially 1698
jamzskee, dimitrishatov
Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell
Most moves made with < 5s left before winning
HighSilence
2 move(s) in https://lichess.org/oNMlkTss
Slingshot Specialist
Slingshot Specialist
Achieved the most upsets across the season
blunderkind7
5 upsets (biggest: 189 pts)
PaintingWithPawns, Bosun1234
Tarjan Award
Tarjan Award
Achieved the biggest upset
mahithas
Won despite being outrated by 303 points
dimitrishatov, Bosun1234
Tetrarch of Time
Tetrarch of Time
Spent the most clock time across the season
SupraScud
10h 2m 51s
lepertoe, HighSilence

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
WillGosnold
6
6
0
0
1698
2517
819
2
jamzskee
8
3
1
4
1144
1560
416
3
hakri
8
6
1
1
1664
1968
304
4
SedNomini
9
7
0
2
1620
1910
290
5
terrormt
11
9
0
2
1660
1950
290
6
PaintingWithPawns
11
7
1
3
1573
1838
265
7
blunderkind7
9
5
1
3
1470
1709
239
8
KnightOfReyn
10
5
2
3
1542
1780
238
9
Bosun1234
8
3
0
5
1385
1592
207
10
Midnightokar
8
6
1
1
1748
1955
207
1–10 of 41 rows

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

Rank
Player
Moves
ACPL
1
WillGosnold
214
22.78
2
cyndaquil1
157
22.92
3
gregorgg
158
34.28
4
PaintingWithPawns
369
35.29
5
erichprivat
312
36.28
6
PetMarmoset
394
36.47
7
DonPauleone
271
36.60
8
dimitrishatov
140
40.39
9
terrormt
406
41.82
10
freddy267t
322
42.52
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
SupraScud
11
10h 2m 51s
2
lepertoe
10
8h 25m 40s
3
HighSilence
11
8h 3m 23s
4
rickdeckard79
10
7h 38m 37s
5
PetMarmoset
11
7h 26m 15s
6
lCaptainBob
11
7h 17m 7s
7
Sincraxis
9
6h 59m 55s
8
amidoingitrite
9
6h 58m 49s
9
blarson
9
6h 35m 8s
10
Johnnyeccles01
10
6h 19m 24s
1–10 of 50 rows

Includes everyone who played at least three games.

Rank
Player
Games
Moves
Time spent per move
Percentile
1
TATI-nbo
3
28
1m 37.4s
91
2
Boomer34
5
70
1m 30.6s
90
3
moleSG
4
62
1m 30.5s
89
4
thehikingbadger
6
130
1m 17.7s
88
5
Evsterm
4
106
1m 17.1s
87
6
PetMarmoset
11
284
1m 15.3s
86
7
Alayan
6
151
1m 14.6s
85
8
shmeeshlov
5
126
1m 13.8s
84
9
Sincraxis
9
264
1m 13.4s
83
10
pawnsac101
8
189
1m 12.3s
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
Alayan
45
32.5
72
2
PaintingWithPawns
89
62.5
70
3
terrormt
83
56
67
4
SedNomini
75
50.5
67
5
WillGosnold
52
34.5
66
6
Fritzmann
62
40.5
65
7
PetMarmoset
76
49.5
65
8
hakri
71
46
65
9
DrewWhite
49
31.5
64
10
Midnightokar
74
46.5
63
1–10 of 43 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
wmakos
1.08
11.88
2
terrormt
1.00
11.05
3
HighSilence
0.99
10.93
4
Midnightokar
1.31
10.51
5
KnightOfReyn
0.98
9.82
6
SedNomini
1.03
9.29
7
PetMarmoset
0.83
9.13
8
lCaptainBob
0.83
9.10
9
blunderkind7
0.90
8.97
10
Fritzmann
0.89
8.90
1–10 of 87 rows
...

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

Rank
Player
Upset Margin
1
mahithas
303
2
dimitrishatov
224
3
Bosun1234
222
4
GERDie
218
5
Evsterm
216
6
Bosun1234
213
7
Sincraxis
207
8
eruantien
203
9
jamzskee
190
10
blunderkind7
189
1–10 of 95 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
blunderkind7
765
5
153.0
189
2
PaintingWithPawns
640
6
106.7
148
3
Bosun1234
583
3
194.3
222
4
jamzskee
538
3
179.3
190
5
KnightOfReyn
509
4
127.3
151
6
Sincraxis
482
3
160.7
207
7
SedNomini
479
4
119.8
154
8
dimitrishatov
404
2
202.0
224
9
DonPauleone
382
3
127.3
155
10
GERDie
364
3
121.3
218
1–10 of 26 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
lCaptainBob
32
2
jockboi
22
3
Johnnyeccles01
20
4
amidoingitrite
18
4
erichprivat
18
4
Fritzmann
18
5
HighSilence
11
6
dcamp
10
6
mtnewman1
10
7
blunderkind7
9
1–10 of 21 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
Fritzmann
22m 42s
Black
20
2
KnightOfReyn
20m 12s
White
8
4
Alayan
14m 43s
White
14
5
AUroach
13m 16s
Black
18
6
TATI-nbo
13m 3s
White
14
8
UpGoerFive
11m 49s
Black
26
9
xVaria
11m 26s
Black
10
10
BarbarAusBielefeld
11m 17s
Black
15
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
DrewWhite
275
58
21.1%
2
SupraScud
676
116
17.2%
3
HighSilence
443
70
15.8%
4
Sincraxis
351
40
11.4%
5
lCaptainBob
421
47
11.2%
6
texasadam
277
28
10.1%
7
blarson
369
35
9.5%
8
Fritzmann
342
29
8.5%
9
gregorgg
157
13
8.3%
10
xVaria
335
27
8.1%
1–10 of 41 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

68 games featured significant winning chances for both sides (as identified by Lichess’s server analysis), comprising 18.7% 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.↩︎