Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 9th round of season 19 was played. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. Welcome to Hivechess, @grigorijj and welcome back, @astrolabio!
It was a 5+0 Swiss tournament over 8 rounds with 25 players!
Until the very end it was completely open who would win. It ended with a group of 5 people all with equal points (6/8): @lucianosky(Pavarotty), @fcastro177, myself, @kintokris(jonbellionfan) and @rosmarly! At the end @lucianosky(Pavarotty) was defined by Lichess as winner despite the same tiebreak with runner-up @fcastro177 and despite he had lost to him! Apparently the tournament performance counts more than the direct match. I was ranked third and thus got a (for me) rare podium seat. Congrats to All!
In this game against the winner @lucianosky, I (with black) thought I was winning with 3 connected passers against a rook. My plan was to underpromote to a knight with tempo to remove the white king from creating a mating pattern. Unfortunately I promoted to a queen automatically - and was checkmated instantly with the rook :(
Black to move
https://lichess.org/fVGh7rK1/black#151
According to the engine it is a draw by the way! The white king is too near for black to win.
Result table:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/HL6JGs16
Season 19: 06 Sep to 22 Nov 2024 / Ranking after 9 rounds:
Tournament 1 (<1500)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sammy00 | migmag | 1488 | 9 | 106 | 1523,3 |
| 2 | @rodrook | RDcast | 1410 | 9 | 82 | 1525,2 |
| 3(+2) | @uniforced | uniforced | 1408 | 7 | 61 | 1521 |
| 4(-1) | @darruiz | darruiz | 1363 | 7 | 60 | 1401,2 |
| 5(+1) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1331 | 8 | 56 | 1270,7 |
| 6(+2) | @spartano | humbertoortega | 1464 | 5 | 45 | 1457,7 |
| 7 | @ram9612 | romeo9612 | 1435 | 4 | 35 | 1493 |
| 8 | @elcholitosanto | RicardoFox | 1371 | 3 | 27 | 1547,5 |
| 9 | @vasigo | vasigo | 1157 | 8 | 17 | 1141,8 |
| 10 | @konquest | Kon_1 | 933 | 4 | 12 | 1254 |
| 11(+1) | @dovycola | Dovycola | 1079 | 5 | 8 | 1097,4 |
| 12(-1) | @yonnathang | Yonnathang | 1233 | 1 | 6 | 1549 |
| 13(+1) | @wagnertamanaha | wagnertamanaha | 1240 | 2 | 6 | 1202 |
| 14(-1) | @geo52rey | Geo52rey | 1380 | 1 | 3 | 1486 |
| 15(new) | @astrolabio | astrolabiochess | 1037 | 1 | 1 | 1037 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1899)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @lighteye | lighteye | 1716 | 9 | 136 | 1822,2 |
| 2 | @justfavour | justfavour | 1679 | 9 | 118 | 1688,2 |
| 3 | @masterswatch | Masterswatch | 1688 | 8 | 111 | 1687,8 |
| 4 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | 1651 | 9 | 111 | 1632,8 |
| 5 | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1605 | 8 | 87 | 1606 |
| 6 | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1645 | 7 | 73 | 1616 |
| 7(-3) | @olujay | Olu-jay | 1602 | 8 | 68 | 1448,4 |
| 8(-1) | @justola1 | just-ola | 1690 | 4 | 56 | 1679 |
| 9 | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | 1644 | 5 | 26 | 1506,2 |
| 10 | @ramonchis | ramonjr08 | 1773 | 1 | 11 | 1624 |
| 11(new) | @grigorijj | grigorijjj | 1665 | 1 | 11 | 1495 |
| 12(-1) | @franciscomarval | lestatblack | 1870 | 1 | 5 | 1801 |
Tournament 3 (1900+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(+1) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 1979 | 9 | 173 | 1995,7 |
| 2(+1) | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2084 | 9 | 161 | 1934 |
| 3(-2) | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 1997 | 8 | 159 | 1917,4 |
| 4 | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2140 | 6 | 121 | 2073,3 |
| 5 | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2343 | 5 | 114 | 2174,4 |
| 6 | @yinjuolu | Yetundefemii | 1911 | 5 | 70 | 1687 |
| 7 | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2074 | 3 | 51 | 2053 |
| 8 | @mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | 2087 | 2 | 26 | 2203,5 |
| 9 | @ropavejero | ropavejero | 1924 | 1 | 11 | |
| 10 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2146 | 1 | 8 |
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes!
@spartano(humbertoortega) switched to Tier 1 and @olujay switched to Tier 2!
In tournament 1 @uniforced could reach the Top 3 (helped by the fact that @olujay switched to tournament 2) but @darruiz is only one point behind him!
In tournament 3 the so far leader @dhilan04 was missing, so that @rosmarly is now at the top rank!
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
