Dear chess fans,
the second round of S12 was played yesterday with a 5+0 Swiss Tournament. It was a record-breaking one, as no less than 36 players had participated (actually 43 including the ones who didn´t play enough games (i.e. three) to be counted). No less than 18 players were completely new (to me), and only from one I have a Hive username so far (welcome @mypathtofire, and all the others) - for sure not an ideal situation. On the other hand, a large number of points could be distributed, so for the ones who missed out this round (e.g. @samostically) it will be hard to fight their way back to the top places. How is this massive interest to be explained? Because @shrazi had put the announcement on Listnerds? If one needs a proof that this can have quite an impact, than here is it!
It was the day of @eniolw, who won undefeated with 7 out of 7 despite the strong competition and with a phenomenal performance of 2579! Second was @sawko with 6/7 (only defeated by @eniolw) followed by @franu (Tz995) and @jaki01 as third/fourth with each 5 out of 7 points. Also @rosmarly as 5th and leading the group of players with 4,5/7 had a great tournament! Congratulations to All!
Full result table: https://lichess.org/swiss/I3S788WQ
@vjap55 could finally stream the event again. Please check out his post & analysis of R2 here!
Season 12: 03 Jun to 05 Aug 2022 / Ranking after 2 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(+1) | @eniolw | eniolw | 2391 | 2 | 61 | 2415 |
| 2(-1) | @sawko | CM sawkito | 2377 | 2 | 61 | 2384 |
| 3(+2) | @franu | Tz995 | 2183 | 2 | 56 | 2176 |
| 4(+2) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 2084 | 2 | 53 | 2103 |
| 5(+7) | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2296 | 2 | 48 | 2066 |
| 6(-3) | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2170 | 2 | 47 | 2146 |
| 7(+2) | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2015 | 2 | 43 | 2032 |
| 8(+12) | @pereu4ivatel | pereu4uwatch | 2045 | 2 | 33 | 1893 |
| 9(-1) | @deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2108 | 2 | 32 | 1961 |
| 10(new) | ? | Revish | 2039 | 1 | 31 | 2057 |
| 11(new) | ? | miv57 | 1993 | 1 | 30 | 2094 |
| 12(new) | ? | BolshakovA | 1926 | 1 | 29 | 2029 |
| 13(new) | ? | Char-meleon | 1832 | 1 | 28 | 2286 |
| 14(new) | ? | Siciliec | 2163 | 1 | 27 | 1981 |
| 15(-2) | @lighteye | lighteye | 1777 | 2 | 26 | 1824 |
| 16(+6) | @rodrook | rodrook | 1453 | 2 | 25 | 1734 |
| 17(new) | ? | melomanishee | 1880 | 1 | 24 | 1960 |
| 18(-14) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2268 | 1 | 23 | 2183 |
| 19(new) | ? | Akshak | 2214 | 1 | 22 | 2396 |
| 20(new) | ? | Bobzy | 2068 | 1 | 21 | 1932 |
| 21(-14) | @fjcr | FCastro17 | 2101 | 1 | 20 | 2011 |
| 22(+1) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1658 | 2 | 20 | 1704 |
| 23(new) | ? | Nick542 | 1745 | 1 | 19 | 1919 |
| 24(new) | ? | Ujwal_bhasin09 | 2102 | 1 | 18 | 2078 |
| 25(-6) | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1516 | 2 | 18 | 1648 |
| 26(-6) | @falcout | falcout | 1560 | 2 | 18 | 1638 |
| 27(-17) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2150 | 1 | 17 | 2034 |
| 28(new) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1713 | 1 | 17 | 1823 |
| 29(-18) | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2119 | 1 | 16 | 2021 |
| 30(new) | ? | Dmitriy_Vladykin | 1499 | 1 | 15 | 1535 |
| 31(new) | ? | Ted1111 | 1656 | 1 | 14 | 1794 |
| 32(-18) | ? | jose014 | 1794 | 1 | 13 | 1871 |
| 33(-18) | ? | Henry_lloyd007 | 2023 | 1 | 12 | 2081 |
| 34(-18) | @johannfrare | johannfrare | 1661 | 1 | 11 | 1830 |
| 35(new) | @giacomone | KingJames4 | 1542 | 1 | 11 | 1454 |
| 36(-19) | @pravesh0 | pravesh007 | 1726 | 1 | 10 | 1805 |
| 37(-16) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1488 | 2 | 10 | 1511 |
| 38(new) | ? | Vagolov2019 | 1899 | 1 | 8 | 1962 |
| 39(new) | ? | Vivekanandsmriti | 2071 | 1 | 7 | 1876 |
| 40(new) | ? | iVoVa | 2382 | 1 | 6 | 1944 |
| 41(new) | ? | kv6 | 2027 | 1 | 5 | 1806 |
| 42(new) | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1413 | 1 | 3 | 1470 |
| 43(-19) | ? | stronglychuks | 1983 | 1 | 3 | 1404 |
| 44(new) | ? | GUSCHINVIKTOR | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1821 |
| 45(-20) | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1391 | 1 | 2 | 1651 |
| 46(-20) | @vasigo | vasigo | 1132 | 2 | 2 | 1316 |
The rules you can look up in the S12 announcement post.
After 2 rounds, we see a close head-to-head race between multifold-champion @sawko and his eternal rival @eniolw whereby @eniolw has for now the upper hand thanks to the higher average performance.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
The Norwaychess 2022 was won by Magnus Carlsen again (like the last 3 iterations), with one point ahead of Mamedyarov. What a performance and consistency!
