Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 8th round of S20 was played, 2/3 of the season is played out already! For the rules please refer to the announcement post. It was a 5+0 blitz arena with a record participation of 30 players of an average rating of 1739 (the second-highest this season, 10 out of 30 players had a rating of >2000)!
There was the usual gap between our IM serial winner and the runner-up, in this case @fcastro177 who had not such a good result since round 1. Just one point behind him a surprise player joined the podium - @zacherybinx (sirtetris) who was not seen on Hivechess since season 9, 3½ years ago! Welcome back! Ranks 4 and 5 went to @kintokris and @dhilan04. Apart from the top position the ranks 2 to 5 were only separated by 2 points, so again a fiercely combated round! Congrats to All!
Result table of round 8:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/Q0z7BGFE
Season 20: 31 Jan to 25 Apr 2025 / Ranking after 8 (of 12) rounds:
Tournament 1 (<1500)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sammy00 | migmag | BIH | 1417 | 8 | 95 | 1464,2 |
| 2 | @fiona777 | fiona777 | UKR | 1420 | 7 | 56 | 1475,8 |
| 3 | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1353 | 8 | 53 | 1411,2 |
| 4 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1467 | 7 | 43 | 1474,8 |
| 5(+3) | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1291 | 5 | 16 | 1361 |
| 6(-1) | @uniforced | uniforced | DEU | 1425 | 2 | 14 | 1679,5 |
| 7 | @sahi1 | sahi1-chess | PAK | 1263 | 4 | 14 | 1314,7 |
| 8(-2) | @teooo | teoooForHive | LTU | 1 | 13 | ||
| 9 | @seki1 | oghogho123 | 961 | 2 | 9 | 1476 | |
| 10(-3) | @konquest | Kon_1 | NZL | 1066 | 3 | 8 | 1432,3 |
| 11 | @dovycola | Dovycola | 1016 | 3 | 6 | 1074,3 | |
| 12(neu) | @yonnathang | Yonnathang | VEN | 1178 | 1 | 5 | 1477 |
| 13(-1) | @katerinaramm | katerinaramm | GRC | 880 | 3 | 4 | 1036 |
| 14(-1) | @techstyle | Techstyle | 1 | 3 | |||
| 15(neu) | @roswelborges | Roswel | 1292 | 1 | 2 | 1236 | |
| 14(+1) | @elcholitosanto | RicardoFox | PER | 1 | 1 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1899)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1729 | 8 | 118 | 1833 |
| 2 | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1732 | 8 | 116 | 1802,3 |
| 3 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | 1684 | 8 | 104 | 1598 | |
| 4(+1) | @justola1 | just-ola | NGA | 1679 | 8 | 93 | 1712 |
| 5(-1) | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | VEN | 1532 | 6 | 88 | 1502,3 |
| 6 | @stranger27 | stranger27 | UKR | 1655 | 7 | 83 | 1726,2 |
| 7 | @masterswatch | Masterswatch | GER | 1709 | 6 | 74 | 1696 |
| 8 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | VEN | 1705 | 4 | 42 | 1652,3 |
| 9(+2) | @jay12y | Jay12y | 1755 | 3 | 31 | 1787 | |
| 10(-1) | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1 | 21 | |||
| 11(-1) | @olujay | Olu-jay | NGA | 1487 | 2 | 21 | 1514,5 |
| 12(+3) | @grigorijj | grigorijjj | POL | 1741 | 2 | 19 | 1722 |
| 13(-1) | @bOs | Da_k1ng | NGA | 1606 | 2 | 17 | 1567 |
| 14(neu) | @johannfrare | johannfrare | VEN | 1636 | 1 | 13 | 1570 |
| 15(-2) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | GER | 1 | 10 | ||
| 16(-2) | @yinjuolu | Yetundefemii | NGA | 1879 | 2 | 9 | 2064 |
Tournament 3 (1900+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2512 | 8 | 195 | 2298,2 | |
| 2 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2073 | 8 | 167 | 2030,3 | |
| 3 | @franu | Tz995 | BIH | 2118 | 8 | 160 | 2064,8 |
| 4 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2073 | 8 | 155 | 1989,7 |
| 5(+1) | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | NGA | 2227 | 7 | 150 | 2112,2 |
| 6(-1) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 2004 | 8 | 148 | 1945,8 |
| 7 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | NGA | 2115 | 7 | 120 | 1937 |
| 8 | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | VEN | 2062 | 6 | 112 | 2005,8 |
| 9 | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2007 | 4 | 77 | 2038,3 | |
| 10 | @kreur | Kreur | CZE | 2165 | 2 | 31 | 2027 |
| 11(neu) | @zacherybinx | sirtetris | USA | 2045 | 1 | 28 | 1977 |
| 12(-1) | @mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | VEN | 2 | 22 | ||
| 13(-1) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | NGA | 2324 | 1 | 18 | 2061 |
| 14(-1) | @ropavejero | ropavejero | VEN | 1 | 9 |
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes!
No big changes in the top positions, stay tuned for next weeks round - and keep practicing!
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