Lichess4545 Ledger 089

Lichess4545 Ledger

Issue #089 - March 1, 2019

State of the 4545 League

by @kostasvl

This week is a crucial week for the individual leagues of LoneWolf and 960, as it is the last round for both leagues. In the same time the second round of the 4545 league is going on, so things there are still kind of blurry. After round 10 in lonewolf, in the open section, @alex_slow was a full point ahead of @Leverkuhn and @alms but win wasn't certain. He drew though his last game so his officially the winner of the open section. But things for the next 2 places are not clear yet. In the U1800 section, after round 10, @Hoikka was half point ahead of 3 players. He won his final game though, so he is the winner of the U1800 section. For those that participated in the 13th season of Lonewolf please take take the time to fill out a brief end of season survey. This will be your opportunity to make suggestions on changes you would like to see and when Season 14 should start. https://lakinwecker.typeform.com/to/AYiDHa

In 960 League after round 7 there were currently two leaders (@MoiRon and @Somethingpretentious) half point ahead of the bot @Vetinari_Computer. Players were not paired together as they had already played a game in round 4 (which they drew) so everything was possible! Win could be decided on tie-breaks. However MoiRon drew his final game, while @Somethingpretentious won it, so he is the winner of the 5th season of the 960 league.

Also a Blitz Battle will be hosted on Sunday 17:00 UTC. Registrations will open 15:00 UTC. For those that haven't played before, it is an 8-round swiss tournament with time control 3+2, which lasts no longer than 2 hours.

The crazyhouse league founded by @Zher0 will be trialing a switch from an individual to a team league next season. Season 4 will start on Monday and everyone who registers has a chance to get onto a team, although there are no guarantees. As well as the lichess4545 regulars, we have a handful of new zh players joining us, some world class, so this should both be fun and a great opportunity to improve your game. The time control will range between 5+5 on the top boards to 10+10 on lower boards depending on players preferences. Team selection will be conducted at the beginning of week 1 in a live selection with board 1s choosing board 2s in reverse order of strength (or chosen for them by @Zher0 if they are absent) and so on. You can register here: https://zh.lakin.ca/zhteam/register

Video

@okei has made a review of Season 3 of the Crazyhouse League.

Study

@okei has also made a study including some positions and games from Season 3 of the Crazyhouse League.

Weekly Stats

by @kraaft and @Somethingpretentious

Stats for Season 16 Rounds 1:

The fastest mate was white on move 18 found in Gamelink White: furrykef, Black: kalandra.
The fastest draw was found in Gamelink White: michaeltallovsky, Black: chesspatzerswan.
The fastest resign was black on move 13 found in Gamelink White: momor, Black: seius.
The biggest upset was 248 points in Gamelink White: yvettenicole, Black: alex123a.
The longest game ended with white on move 94 Gamelink White: badplayer_cm, Black: moistvonlipwig.
147 was the highest ACPL in Gamelink White: criclom, Black: upgoerfive.
11 was the lowest ACPL in Gamelink White: momor, Black: seius, Gamelink White: pedropablo72, Black: rabioso.
Combined maximum ACPL was 242 in Gamelink White: criclom, Black: upgoerfive.
Combined minimum ACPL was 26 in Gamelink White: roso97, Black: astralfenix.
The longest think was 18 minutes 3.0 seconds on move 28 in Gamelink White: forhavu, Black: kmisener.
The most time left was 53 minutes 37.0 seconds in Gamelink White: rebelme, Black: glaciersix.
The most time spent was 103 minutes 11.0 seconds in Gamelink White: badplayer_cm, Black: moistvonlipwig.

-PGNs-

Stats for Season 13 Rounds 10:

The fastest mate was black on move 23 found in Gamelink White: upgoerfive, Black: jmvanaclocha.
The fastest draw was found in Gamelink White: future-trunks, Black: matrix47.
The fastest resign was white on move 6 found in Gamelink White: shuure, Black: paterkarl.
The biggest upset was 303 points in Gamelink White: mqll, Black: iiplasma.
The longest game ended with white on move 80 Gamelink White: sheepnl, Black: asian42.
138 was the highest ACPL in Gamelink White: yavuz0602, Black: fismoluni.
6 was the lowest ACPL in Gamelink White: shuure, Black: paterkarl.
Combined maximum ACPL was 232 in Gamelink White: yavuz0602, Black: fismoluni.
Combined minimum ACPL was 12 in Gamelink White: shuure, Black: paterkarl.
The longest think was 14 minutes 8.0 seconds on move 20 in Gamelink White: colwem, Black: jakeboxer.
The most time left was 39 minutes 51.0 seconds in Gamelink White: sheepnl, Black: asian42.
The most time spent was 55 minutes 19.0 seconds in Gamelink White: richtri_rj, Black: blarson.

-PGNs-

Chess Puzzles

Click on the images for the solution.


NoNameK (2025) - morallygray (2013) Gamelink. ⚫ Black to play.	SirNateALot (1796) - Mahmut69 (1784) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.	yvettenicole (1130) - alex123a (1378) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.	jwwells42 (1782) - glbert (1756) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.
mekumcu (1607) - izzie26 (1685) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.	Kraaft (1628) - Aurichalcite (1593) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.	Scarff (1813) - swohl19 (1899) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.

kschmigel (1560) - QuanlentPyke (1365) Gamelink. ◯ White to play.	scottdpt12 (1409) - pepepibote (1520) Gamelink. ⚫ Black to play.
Shared by the community (can contain imperfect puzzles.)
Seb32 (1660) - gokuba (1661) Gamelink. Shared by @seb32. ◯ White to play.

Chessboard images provided by lenik terenin.

Please feel free to join #lichessledger on slack if you would like to contribute towards the ledger in any way, or provide any feedback. Both are highly encouraged and appreciated. Thank you for reading.

Thanks to @forhavu, @kostasvl, @kraaft, @okei, and @Somethingpretentious.