Good, Fast and Blunder - Season 21 Round 7

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Hello everyone.
Round 7 of Season 21 , 29 players, time mode 2 + 1 and 178 games played.
For me, the first half of the tournament was a disaster and the rest was much better. No 20 in the end.

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Lets go over top 10 players and some moments in their games.

Winner

Tournament winner was Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm). All wins yet again. Nothing new for Friday chess tournament. Congratulations.
Hive account@maestroask is second in Tournament 4 with only 2 points behind first place. Quite close.
We have Knight fork . Very nice knight fork after opponents blunder.
King, Queen and Rook included.

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Game link
https://lichess.org/12df8Fzg/black#64

Second place

Runner up was Hive account@samostically (ZGM_Samostically). Seems like Hive account@samostically get used to being in the top of the group. Leader in the Tournament 4 with 1 round missed. Performance is top notch in the last rounds. Congrats.
Berserking first game against strong opponent was nice mouse speed check. And move in time scramble that won the game.

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Game link
https://lichess.org/iTZziPVW/black#72

Third place

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Third place for Hive account@dhilan04 (tortyllan). Only third appearance this season and second time to be third place. 56% berserk rate. More appearances would increase tournament overall competitiveness. Congratulations.

Berserking in first game, wining in 53 move game with 27.7 seconds left. So in 32.3 seconds Hive account@dhilan04 managed to play 53 moves, promote one Queen and was one move from promoting other. Less than a second per move - around 0.61 seconds per move. Super game.

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Game link

https://lichess.org/EZ4uiArE/white#0

4th Place

Forth place in this round was Hive account@eniolw (eniowl). After third place in round 5 now top 5 finish. Only three loos out of 13 games. One of stronger players and it would be nice to see you more in tournaments.
We have one fast game. Only 50 seconds. 19 Moves. Both players with 5 and 7 seconds spent plus 1 second increment for each move. Speed vs speed. Hive account@eniolw wins.

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Game link

https://lichess.org/nIaE8bhx/black#0

5th Place

Fifth place finish for Hive account@tangibleay (Tangible_ay). 6 wins in row to start the tournament. What a start. Only 3 rounds played this season. Still 5 rounds to go so there is more points to claim. 4th place in Tournament 4 overall.

Winning with king in the middle of the board. No problem. Hive account@tangibleay wins.

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Game link
https://lichess.org/Y5uefwcN/black#0

6th Place

Sixth place for Hive account@ezemhugo (MixzyRagnal). Super finish with so strong top 10 group. With one round missed on 5th place in Tournament 2. And second place is not that far. With performances like this second place is there.

No Queens no problem. What a finish. Hive account@ezemhugo wins with fast win.

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Game link
https://lichess.org/hcEC8C1X/white#0

7th Place

Seventh place reserved for Hive account@southgamer (SouthGamer). Last week third place and this week only 4 point from third places. In Tournament 3 forth place with following closely 3rd and 2nd position. Within reach for sure.

4 games with 60 plus moves played. 66, 68, 70 and longest game with 76 moves played. End with three and four pieces left. Clean games. Everything is cleaned .

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Longest game link

https://lichess.org/Z8aCMPFs/black#0

8th Place

Eight place this round goes to Hive account@rosmarly (rosmarly). Same points as 6th place. Those tie brakes. Performance is 2085 in round 7.In Tournament 3 place with eye on close second. Go for it.

Knights on the opponents side stayed from move 15 to move 24. Such a good view.

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Game link

https://lichess.org/P586Wckx/white#0

9th Place

Ninth place in his first appearance this season for Hive account@tony1294 (tony1294). It will be good if you manage to play in the rest of the rounds. 67% berserk rate is most in this round.

Knight takes his first pawn on move 15 and after collecting 5 pawns total wins game.

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Game link
https://lichess.org/G3kvz7NQ/black#31

10th Place

Tenth place finisher Hive account@stayoutoftherz (stayoutoftherz). Four wins in last 5 games to finish this round. Only two points difference between 10th and 6th place. Performance this round 2285. Will we see climb in Elo in next rounds? Leader in Tournament 3 with nice advantage to his name.