This post has @chesspricepool as a beneficiary.
As every Friday so far, another Hivechess tournament is held where the best of Hive duels, this time the format was Swiss which complicates things a bit more for many, as you only have one chance to beat the players, unlike the arena tournaments.
it may be a minuscule but significant difference when we move to the board, here are some of the games i played today
black vs tony
After some first games won, comes the first big challenge, these players that are above my level I always tend to treat them with more seriousness and be aware of many more plans, in this case I think it was a very close battle in every way, and I gave up the draw believing I had no way to win, only to later see that I had a winning combination at the end.
White vs @stayoutoftherz
All our games are always entertaining no matter the result but I have to admit that I was on the canvas most of the time during this game, only at the end and with a crazy horse I could recover and get a draw that is worth gold in these tournaments, I think this game was partly what allowed me to be on the podium.
black vs @jonbellionfan
another good game to test my opening repertoire and it seems to be very good, in this game we played queenside pawn and I think I managed to get an advantage quickly and then finished the game off with a complicit mistake by my opponent.
white vs samostically
Another very good game of the night, a lot at stake in these games against the top players in the tournament and from the start I was solid, until the end when I decided to sneak in with my king to crown another piece, a good plan on my part and some luck with the timing to execute it.
black vs eniolw
My only lost game was to the best of the tournament and champion, I'm still on a losing streak which I intend to break at some point in the season but I guess I had no chance after the first 10 moves, there was no debate on who had the advantage and I decided to give up, but I still got a second place which pushes me even higher up the table!
Now I just need to improve my rating to be able to climb up the sections that the tournament has, I don't usually play much blitz but this week I think I will have a session to increase those numbers.