Dear chess fans,
yesterday already the penultimate round of season 17 was played, a 4+2 Fischer Random chess arena with 23 players participating. Welcome back to Hivechess, @petreius and @yonnathang!
@amirl ended up as the winner in a super-close fight, ex aequo in points with @dhilan04 and @samostically, ranks 4 and 5 went to @eniolw and @lucianosky (Pavarotty). Congratulations to All!
In this position between @rodrook (White) and @samostically, after Black´s second move, White is already completely winning! Can you spot the way to go? Congrats to @rodrook for finding it during the game!
White to move and win:
Endposition after Checkmate on move 4:
link to the game: https://lichess.org/xvNltMEt/black#4
This motiv is a must-know in Chess960 and the identical pattern was actually played also in the first days of the just completed GOAT Challenge 2024 (which was won by Magnus Carlsen)!
Result table of round 9:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/qV1GYa7n
Season 17: 15 Dec to 23 Feb 2024 / Ranking after 8 rounds:
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sammy00 | migmag | 1507 | 9 | 85 | 1518,6 |
| 2 | @rodrook | RDcast | 1520 | 9 | 76 | 1528,7 |
| 3 | @darruiz | darruiz | 1371 | 7 | 39 | 1537,4 |
| 4(+2) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1372 | 4 | 33 | 1465 |
| 5(-1) | @grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1181 | 6 | 33 | 1329,6 |
| 6(-1) | @ram9612 | romeo9612 | 1357 | 4 | 30 | 1558,7 |
| 7 | @vasigo | vasigo | 1065 | 7 | 20 | 1209,4 |
| 8 | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1401 | 2 | 13 | 1668 |
| 9 | @omonomo | omonomo | 894 | 2 | 12 | 1218,5 |
| 10(+1) | @brijwhiz | brijwhiz | 1317 | 4 | 12 | 1235,7 |
| 11(-1) | @ctrpch | ctrpch | 923 | 5 | 12 | 1126,8 |
| 12 | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1270 | 3 | 8 | 1199,5 |
| 13(new) | @yonnathang | Yonnathang | 1068 | 1 | 7 | |
| 14(-1) | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1493 | 1 | 3 | 1521 |
| 15(-1) | @og-gamershub | bossgaius | 1011 | 1 | 1 | 1241 |
| 16(-1) | @purapapita | purapapita | 816 | 1 | 1 | 1096 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @agreste | agreste | 1822 | 9 | 105 | 1790 |
| 2 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | 1621 | 9 | 84 | 1640,9 |
| 3 | @lighteye | lighteye | 1690 | 9 | 83 | 1720,4 |
| 4 | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1651 | 5 | 45 | 1583 |
| 5 | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1606 | 5 | 31 | 1527,3 |
| 6 | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1687 | 2 | 25 | 1653 |
| 7 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | 1778 | 1 | 13 | 1967 |
| 8 | @justfavour | justfavour | 1670 | 1 | 7 | 1406 |
| 9 | @olujay | Olu-jay | 1573 | 1 | 6 | 1343 |
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2049 | 8 | 157 | 2087,3 |
| 2 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 2055 | 9 | 138 | 1970,3 |
| 3 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2038 | 9 | 130 | 1933 |
| 4(+1) | @onthewayout | onthewayout | 1847 | 5 | 61 | 1764 |
| 5(-1) | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2067 | 3 | 51 | 1931,3 |
| 6(+4) | @amirl | amirl-from-hive | 1970 | 2 | 38 | |
| 7 | @yf95 | yf95 | 2093 | 3 | 27 | 1989,5 |
| 8(-2) | @mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | 2068 | 2 | 24 | 1957,5 |
| 9(-1) | @yazp | zulukill | 1946 | 1 | 19 | 2074 |
| 10(-1) | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2093 | 1 | 17 | 2009 |
| 11(new) | @petreius | petreius | 1940 | 1 | 14 |
Tournament 4 (>2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @eniolw | eniolw | 2382 | 6 | 125 | 2355 |
| 2(+1) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2093 | 7 | 109 | 2010,8 |
| 3(-1) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2319 | 6 | 107 | 2104,5 |
| 4 | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2129 | 4 | 67 | 2172,8 |
| 5 | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2153 | 2 | 27 | 1994 |
| 6 | @franu | Tz995 | 2193 | 1 | 16 | 2169 |
| 7 | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2358 | 1 | 12 | 2127 |
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes! A rating in Italic indicates that this player is in "danger" of changing tiers! After this round no changes in rating&performance as chess960 ratings don´t count.
For the detailed rules please refer to the announcement post.
In tournament 1 @fiona777 could edge closer again and is now only 6 points away from a place on the podium. In tournament 4 @samostically was able to overtake @lucianosky and is now second!
See you all next week for the final special round - don´t miss out!
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