Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 8th round of season 15 was played. It was a 4+2 Chess960 arena with 24 players.
@eniolw ended up as the winner (his second win this season!), closely followed by @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) and @sawko. Also remarkable the results of @b0s (Da_k1ng) and @schamangerbert! Congratulations to all!
Result table of round 8:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/ta4YBehf
Season 15: 03 Mar to 5 May 2023 / Ranking after 8 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2653 | 8 | 222 | 2489,6 |
| 2 | @sawko | CM sawkito | 2247 | 8 | 203 | 2121,3 |
| 3(+2) | @eniolw | eniolw | 2390 | 7 | 177 | 2324,8 |
| 4 | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2132 | 8 | 174 | 2087,6 |
| 5(-2) | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2001 | 7 | 163 | 1977,6 |
| 6 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2006 | 8 | 155 | 2010,7 |
| 7 | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2109 | 7 | 150 | 2093,7 |
| 8 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 1948 | 8 | 146 | 1854 |
| 9 | @emic | emichessmaster | 2095 | 6 | 136 | 2012,6 |
| 10 | @agreste | agreste | 1747 | 8 | 122 | 1756 |
| 11(+2) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1699 | 6 | 109 | 1787 |
| 12(-1) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2156 | 4 | 98 | 2018 |
| 13(-1) | @therealflaws | Jean1301 | 1890 | 6 | 98 | 1818,3 |
| 14 | @lighteye | lighteye | 1706 | 8 | 95 | 1764,1 |
| 15(+2) | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1608 | 7 | 91 | 1525,3 |
| 16(+2) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1620 | 7 | 87 | 1601,2 |
| 17(-1) | @rodrook | rodrook | 1437 | 8 | 83 | 1513,9 |
| 18(-3) | @mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | 1980 | 4 | 81 | 1902,3 |
| 19 | @gabotask | GVillalobos | 2084 | 4 | 69 | 1968,3 |
| 20(+4) | @hannes-stoffel | hannes-stoffel | 1380 | 7 | 69 | 1436,8 |
| 21(+1) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1446 | 7 | 68 | 1548,2 |
| 22(-2) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2251 | 3 | 65 | 2075,7 |
| 23(-2) | @pokerarema | ragnarokgame | 1566 | 6 | 60 | 1632,5 |
| 24(-1) | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2327 | 2 | 55 | 2237,5 |
| 25 | @pravesh0 | pravesh007 | 1733 | 3 | 53 | 1766,7 |
| 26 | @nikoszzz | nikoszzz | 1779 | 3 | 51 | 1661,3 |
| 27 | @tony1294 | tony1294 | 2261 | 2 | 48 | 2025 |
| 28(+3) | @olujay | Olu-jay | 1604 | 4 | 41 | 1547,7 |
| 29(-1) | @grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1137 | 5 | 41 | 1401,4 |
| 30 | @justfavour | justfavour | 1673 | 4 | 39 | 1613 |
| 31(+1) | @vasigo | vasigo | 1182 | 8 | 37 | 1298,9 |
| 32(-3) | @yinjuolu | Yetundefemii | 2015 | 2 | 36 | 1904,5 |
| 33(+3) | @pokermaria | pokermaria | 1049 | 6 | 33 | 1118,4 |
| 34(+1) | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1318 | 5 | 28 | 1411,8 |
| 35(-2) | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2123 | 1 | 26 | 1978 |
| 36(-2) | @tin.aung.soe | TinAungSoe | 1288 | 5 | 26 | 1277,2 |
| 37 | @engilhramn | engilhramn | 1223 | 4 | 19 | 1362,3 |
| 38 | @iamchessguy | Iamchessguy01 | 1933 | 1 | 18 | 1957 |
| 39 | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1485 | 2 | 15 | 1613,5 |
| 40 | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1463 | 2 | 14 | 1583 |
| 41 | @awesomeintrigue | zackawesome | 1739 | 1 | 13 | 1712 |
| 42 | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | 1715 | 1 | 5 | 1793 |
| 43 | @timix648 | timix648 | 918 | 2 | 5 | 1278 |
| 44 | @cryptopi314 | cryptopi314 | 915 | 2 | 5 | 1036,5 |
| 45(+4) | @solymi | solymi-Hive | 962 | 2 | 5 | 858 |
| 46(-1) | @sammy00 | migmag | 1476 | 2 | 4 | 1259 |
| 47(+1) | @alucian | alucian | 844 | 3 | 3 | 1012 |
| 48(-1) | @memess | hive-memess | 1184 | 1 | 2 | 1523 |
| 49(-2) | @nftland1989 | CHeSsdieGOst | 981 | 1 | 2 | 1119 |
The rules you can look up in the S15 announcement post.
Two rounds to go and the top 2 ranks seem pretty undisturbed for @maestroask and @sawko. @eniolw due to his win today could finally make it to the third spot on the podium.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
Have you heard about the staggering leak of preparation from Ding Liren?
A line identical to that of WCC game 8 was played a month earlier between 1471-rated opqrstuv and FVitelli (1540) on Lichess! They had played some other lines e.g. featuring the 4.h3!? move in game 2 of the match. Hardly a coincidence! This is probably the biggest World Championship preparation fail ever, surpassing by far the one of 2018, when Saint Louis Chess Club accidentally filmed a glimpse of Fabiano Caruana’s database (source).
