HiveChess Season 9 Begins: Full Tournament Video And Thoughts

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• @kintokris (JonbellionFan)

Introduction.

Yesterday was the kickoff of the Friday's #Hivechess tournament hosted by @stayoutoftherz, With a new season came a different atmosphere for the players.There are changes to the score ranking system and some other add-ons.

You can read the full information about this Season Here

Season 9 Round 1

It was an interesting tournament as most of the top players were available today and battled for the top spot to kick the season with that edge. However tough the competition was, the in-form Candidate Master @eniolw was not to be denied as he won the tournament convincingly with a 2463+ Performance and only lost to @kintokris (JonbellionFan) who came 3rd in the tournament. 2nd place @tungphong who has now become regular at that position jokingly remarked;

Congratulations to our champion and be careful 🤣

@petreius was also happy with his performance,which is interesting as it's only the start of the new season.

@kintokris(JonbellionFan) and I were together last night and he kept on yelling on how he lost to @jaki01, I know how much he really wants to win a Hivechess tournament 😀.I could sense his frustration being unable to convert this game.

My Performance

I think yesterday performance was quite okay as I had a better win rate(64%). I didn't really use the berserk button much, so I had some easy wins but that still didn't stop me from losing three in a row at clutch time.

My stream was quite interesting at the beginning as it was easy to explain my moves with me having more time. You can catch the full tournament video on @threespeak.

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