I Got First Place in the Friday Hive Chess Tournament (Challengers)

Greeting Hiveans and Chess Community

Yesterday was round 5 of the Friday Hive Chess Tournament and it was chill. I finished with the First place 🥇 in the Challengers tournament.

This is the second time I am getting first place in the tournament for season 22 and I am pretty glad ✨

Yesterdays tournament started pretty interesting, I won most of my games but then I began to lose a few rounds. I got distracted mid-game by a family member. But I'm glad it still ended well.

I will review one of my games and then I will snoop into the masters tournament to see and review how it went. I binge read Hive account@stayoutoftherz post on yesterdays tournament and it seems there was a interesting fight for the throne.

Final Leaderboard

Here's how the final leaderboard looked:

Position	Player	Points
🥇	Just_ola	22
🥈	odic3o	19
🥉	fiona777	16

Game Highlights and In-Depth Analysis

♜ JUST_OLA VS AJEDREZCLUB2T

I and ajedrezclub2t played a round and it was pretty interesting. White opened with the Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation. Both players began to position their pieces for attack and defense. White was playing incredibly well but a certain blunder was made at move 21 that cost him his bishop. He didn't see that my queen was at b6 and that mistake put White at a disadvantage. White resigned before the timer ran out and Black won the round.

Game Link

[Event "Hivechess S22 R5 Challengers Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/4BaX30uZ"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ajedrezclub2t"]
[Black "Just_ola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "4BaX30uZ"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.08"]
[UTCTime "19:29:31"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+4"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. c3 e5 17. Nf5 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Bh6 Qxh6 21. Qg4 Qxg7 0-1

♜ SAMOSTICALLY VS QUEEN5LAYER

Hive account@samostically has started again 🔥. I decided to snoop into the masters tournament because I saw a gist going on in the comments section of the moderators post. samostically literally beserked his whole games and still got first place. The only match lost was the one with queen5layer so I decided to see what happened there. White beserked and opened with the Sicilian Defense: Closed. White's attack looked promising, but the turning point was Move 29.Nxg6, where White gave up a key knight without enough follow-through and allowed Black to get the advantage. White's king was too exposed and that already decided the fate in the game. White resigned and black won. It was intresting watching two great players move around the board ♟️

Game Link

[Event "Hivechess S22 R5 Masters Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/BgK03pbP"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ZGM_Samostically"]
[Black "queen5layer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "BgK03pbP"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.08"]
[UTCTime "19:10:25"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-1"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+2"]
[WhiteBerserk "true"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"]
[Termination "Normal"]

e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Qc7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 e5 11. h3 Be7 12. f4 Nd4 13. f5 h5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. exd5 Qb6 17. Kh2 h4 18. g4 Bg5 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. c3 O-O 21. cxd4 exd4 22. f6 g6 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Qe1 Bb5 25. Rd1 Re3 26. Qf2 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Nf4 Re3 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. f7+ Kf8 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Qxg6 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Re1+ 36. Bf1 d3+ 37. Kg2 Qe3 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Qg6+ Kd7 40. Qh7+ Kc8 41. Qg8+ Kc7 42. Qh7+ Kb6 0-1

Final Thoughts

Overall, the Friday HiveChess S22R5 Tournament was dope 🔥, it was filled with sharp tactics from the competitors. I really enjoyed battling with these skilled players and I appreciate the opportunity to learn from every game, win or lose. A huge thank you again to Hive account@stayoutoftherz for consistently hosting these engaging tournaments for the community!

Which game did you find most interesting, and what lessons did you take away from these battles? Share your thoughts below!

Closing

Thank you all for tuning in and for your continuous support. I look forward to the next round. See you all at the Saturday HiveChess S2R16 Arena organized by Hive account@samostically later today at the usual time 4:00pm! ♟️

Saturday Chess Arena Round 16 Game Link ⤵️

https://lichess.org/tournament/p5CJXoN8

Event Detail	Details
Game	Chess
Community	Chess Community
Host	Hive account@stayoutoftherz
Event Name	Friday HiveChess Tournament S22R5
Markdown Tool Used	Hive Studio

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I Got First Place in the Friday Hive Chess Tournament (Challengers) 🥇