Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 9th round of S20 was played! For the rules please refer to the announcement post. It was a 5+1 Chess960 / Fischerrandom arena with 26 players. Welcome to Hivechess, @anli!
What appears to be another easy victory for our IM serial winner was in fact not, at a closer look. This time - believe it or not - for the most time I was leading the tournament and only in the last 10 min. or so I was overtaken by the usual winner and the runner-up @kintokris. I am still happy with the third place, given the much tougher pairing I had and a performance of 2021 in chess960 is I think a record for me😄! Ranks 4 and 5 went to @maverieux000 (Keylix) and @rosmarly. Like in the previous round, the ranks 2 to 5 were only separated by 2 points, so again an intensely combated round! Congratulations to All!
Result table of round 9:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/5y42pWHc
Season 20: 31 Jan to 25 Apr 2025 / Ranking after 9 (of 12) rounds:
Tournament 1 (<1500)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sammy00 | migmag | BIH | 1417 | 9 | 103 | 1464,2 |
| 2(+1) | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1353 | 9 | 66 | 1411,2 |
| 3(-1) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | UKR | 1420 | 8 | 63 | 1475,8 |
| 4 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1467 | 8 | 47 | 1474,8 |
| 5(+1) | @uniforced | uniforced | DEU | 1425 | 3 | 29 | 1679,5 |
| 6(+2) | @teooo | teoooForHive | LTU | 2 | 22 | ||
| 7(-2) | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1291 | 6 | 17 | 1361 |
| 8(+7) | @roswelborges | Roswel | 1292 | 2 | 16 | 1236 | |
| 9(-2) | @sahi1 | sahi1-chess | PAK | 1263 | 4 | 14 | 1314,7 |
| 10(-1) | @seki1 | oghogho123 | 961 | 2 | 9 | 1476 | |
| 11(-1) | @konquest | Kon_1 | NZL | 1066 | 3 | 8 | 1432,3 |
| 12(-1) | @dovycola | Dovycola | 1016 | 3 | 6 | 1074,3 | |
| 13(-1) | @yonnathang | Yonnathang | VEN | 1178 | 1 | 5 | 1477 |
| 14(new) | @anli | andli19 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 15(-1) | @katerinaramm | katerinaramm | GRC | 880 | 3 | 4 | 1036 |
| 16(-1) | @techstyle | Techstyle | 1 | 3 | |||
| 17(-1) | @elcholitosanto | RicardoFox | PER | 1 | 1 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1899)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(+1) | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1732 | 9 | 137 | 1802,3 |
| 2(-1) | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1729 | 9 | 129 | 1833 |
| 3 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | 1684 | 9 | 121 | 1598 | |
| 4 | @justola1 | just-ola | NGA | 1679 | 9 | 111 | 1712 |
| 5(+1) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | UKR | 1655 | 8 | 99 | 1726,2 |
| 6(-1) | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | VEN | 1532 | 7 | 98 | 1502,3 |
| 7 | @masterswatch | Masterswatch | GER | 1709 | 7 | 94 | 1696 |
| 8 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | VEN | 1705 | 5 | 48 | 1652,3 |
| 9 | @jay12y | Jay12y | 1755 | 3 | 31 | 1787 | |
| 10 | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1 | 21 | |||
| 11 | @olujay | Olu-jay | NGA | 1487 | 2 | 21 | 1514,5 |
| 12 | @grigorijj | grigorijjj | POL | 1741 | 2 | 19 | 1722 |
| 13 | @bOs | Da_k1ng | NGA | 1606 | 2 | 17 | 1567 |
| 14 | @johannfrare | johannfrare | VEN | 1636 | 2 | 15 | 1570 |
| 15 | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | GER | 1 | 10 | ||
| 16 | @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 | 9 | 221 | 2298,2 | |
| 2(+1) | @franu | Tz995 | BIH | 2118 | 9 | 179 | 2064,8 |
| 3(+1) | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2073 | 9 | 179 | 1989,7 |
| 4(+1) | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | NGA | 2227 | 8 | 175 | 2112,2 |
| 5(+1) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 2004 | 9 | 170 | 1945,8 |
| 6(-4) | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2073 | 8 | 167 | 2030,3 | |
| 7(+1) | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | VEN | 2062 | 7 | 124 | 2005,8 |
| 8(-1) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | NGA | 2115 | 8 | 123 | 1937 |
| 9 | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2007 | 5 | 100 | 2038,3 | |
| 10 | @kreur | Kreur | CZE | 2165 | 2 | 31 | 2027 |
| 11 | @zacherybinx | sirtetris | USA | 2045 | 1 | 28 | 1977 |
| 12 | @mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | VEN | 2 | 22 | ||
| 13 | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | NGA | 2324 | 1 | 18 | 2061 |
| 14 | @ropavejero | ropavejero | VEN | 1 | 9 |
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes!
This time a lot changed in the top positions! In tournament 1 @rodrook regained rank 2, in tournament 2 @justfavour - thanks to his excellent place 6 yesterday - overtook @lighteye and is now leading, and in tournament 3 @dhilan04 missed out. So he lost 4 ranks and fell back to the 6th rank. New runner-up is @franu, but I am very close with the same number of points. Also @kintokris is only 5 points behind and has still good chances to reach a place on the podium.
Top gainer in R9 was @roswelborges who managed to jump up 7 places and is now 8th! Well done!
Three rounds to go!
See you next week - and keep practicing!
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