First, I'd like to show off my new badge. It's bestowed upon active players in the chess community. I go to admire it on PeakD once in a while LOL 😂. I could be very corny sometimes; I get excited about things like this.
Thank you @stayoutoftherz 🤗
Also, @samostically , something was quite wrong, which I observed. Players were getting paired even before the tournament began. Probably Lichess caught a glitch. I wanted to bring this observation to your attention.
_Now, let's dive into today's tournament talk:
So, today was another interesting round of the Saturday Hivechess Arena._
It was a tough round; glad I made the top 10 in the leaderboard this time with 14 points.
Here's how the final leaderboard looked:
🥇 Manfromspain– 41 points (absolute beast mode!) @poseout87
🥈 stuffings– 35 points
🥉 Queen5layer– 34 points
As usual, let's highlight some of the games that are quite interesting and we could learn from 👇🏼
Todays Game Highlights and Analysis
JUSTOLA VS MASTERSWATCH
We both decided to risk it all and berserk this game. White was playing pretty well until he made a blunder of castling, which left his queen vulnerable. Black used that opportunity to use his knight to secure a rook. Black ended the game with the queen to g7.
Lets watch the gif:
This is the PGN file of the game:
[Event "Saturday HiveChess S1R4 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/txqGRLt1"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [White "Masterswatch"] [Black "Just_ola"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "txqGRLt1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.26"] [UTCTime "15:03:36"] [WhiteElo "1746"] [BlackElo "1885"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-4"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: London System"] [Termination "Normal"]
- d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nbd7 4. e3 Nb6 5. Be2 Bd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c3 c5 8. Bg3 c4 9. Qc2 Ba4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Ndf3 Nh5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne5 Nhf6 16. h4 Rc8 17. h5 Bb4 18. O-O Rxc3 19. Qb1 Ne4 20. f3 Nd2 21. Qe1 Nxf1 22. Qxf1 Rc2 23. Bd3 Rc3 24. f4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qg5 26. Bf4 Qxh5 27. Be2 Qg6 28. Qf3 Rc2 29. Rf1 O-O 30. Qf2 Rfc8 31. Qf3 Rc1 32. Bd1 Bd2 33. Qe2 Ba5 34. Qb2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rc2 36. Qb1 Qxg2# 0-1
BATTLE OF THE GRANDMASTERS
MANFROM SPAIN VS ODNOOBRAZ_BCM
Both opponents have pretty high ratings. White is rated 2573 and Black 2316 in this game. A battle between two highly rated players caught my attention; I couldn't let my curiosity go unsatisfied.
White is pretty bold to have berserked. I envisaged White making a lot of blunders since he was playing with a highly rated opponent, especially with the time constraint on his side, but he played really well.
It was a tough duel; Black offered a draw, which White accepted, as he was running out of time, or maybe it's because the tournament had only a few seconds left.
Lets watch the gif:
This is the PGN file:
[Event "Saturday HiveChess S1R4 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ArzjYw0k"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [White "Odnoobraz_bcm"] [Black "ManFromSpain"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "ArzjYw0k"] [UTCDate "2025.07.26"] [UTCTime "16:02:42"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2316"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Hungarian Opening"] [Termination "Normal"]
- g3 d6 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nh3 e5 8. Nf2 h6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nb3 Qh4 15. Qf3 b6 16. d4 a5 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. f5 Bc8 20. f6 Nxf6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxh6 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Rae1 Ne7 27. Ng4 Kg7 28. Nf6 Qh4 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re3 Rh8 31. Rfe1 Nf5 32. R3e2 c6 33. Nd2 Qf4 34. Nf3 Rh5 35. Re5 Nh4 36. Nxh4 Rxh4 37. R5e3 c5 38. Rf3 Qd6 39. Ref1 f6 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. Rxf6 Kxf6 42. Qxd5 Rg4+ 43. Kf2 cxd4 44. cxd4 Rg5 45. Qd6+ Kf5 46. Qxb6 Rg4 47. Qxa5+ Ke4 48. Qd2 Rh4 49. Kg3 Rh5 50. d5 Rxd5 51. Qxd5+ Kxd5 52. Kg4 Ke6 53. Kg5 Kf7 54. a5 Kg7 55. a6 Kf7 56. a7 Kg7 57. a8=Q Kf7 58. Qa7+ Ke6 59. Kxg6 Kd5 60. Qe3 Kc4 61. Kf5 Kd5 62. Qd3+ Kc5 63. Ke5 Kc6 64. Qc3+ Kb5 65. Kd5 Kb6 66. Qb3+ Kc7 67. Kc5 Kd7 68. Qd5+ Kc7 69. Qf7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2
JUSTFAVOUR VS THEMADMAN4RMDASOUTH
@justfavour had really terrible pairings. His opponents were pretty strong. Well, 'what can't kill a man makes him stronger,' LOL 😹
Black's alias name and rating, which are a bit intimidating, got me curious about how he got defeated by White. White made a blunder by castling too early, especially with Black's bishop, which could be a threat later in the game. Black has a solid arrangement, but ran out of time, and White brilliantly won the round.
Lets watch the gif:
This is the PGN file:
[Event "Saturday HiveChess S1R4 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/jBRQ13ji"] [Date "2025.07.26"] [White "justfavour"] [Black "TheMadman4rmDaSouth"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "jBRQ13ji"] [UTCDate "2025.07.26"] [UTCTime "15:09:19"] [WhiteElo "1834"] [BlackElo "2142"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: King's Indian Attack"] [Termination "Time forfeit"]
- e4 e6 2. d3 Nf6 3. h3 d6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. a3 c5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nb1 Qa5 12. Qe1 Qb6 13. Qd2 d5 14. Qe1 dxe4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxe4 O-O 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Re1 a6 20. Qb4 Be7 21. Qd2 Rdc8 22. Bd3 f6 23. Re2 b5 24. Kd1 Qc6 25. f3 1-0
Thank you all for the games, it was really fun I won't lie. And thank you @samostically for hosting this game.
Reminder:
Let's not forget the Liga chess competition happening tomorrow! Let's be there to support the blockchain team. We didn't do too well last round but we have a chance to redeem ourselves !!!
Read @stayoutoftherz post for more information:
Saturday HiveChess S1R4 Arena
