Dear Chessfriends,
the new season of Hivechess tournaments started (one hour earlier than last time) with 11 players. It was a very strong field with an average rating of 1879 (second highest in Hivechess so far) thanks to the participation of some strong players that only once had shown up in the last season! Would be awesome if they could come more often, so that the battle for the top ranks would be more intense!
At the end nevertheless 
The games of this round can be found here, in case you want to replay some of them.
Season 2 "Summertime": 19 June to 21 Aug 2020 / Standing after first round:
Payouts:
The winner of each round gets 8 points, the second 7,... and the 8th 1 point.
Season 2 goes over 11 rounds and all points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 90% go to the price pool. The winner will get 30% of that price pool, the second 20%, the third 10%, the rest is divided equally among the other players active on Hive or Steem, according to the no. of rounds they have played. So everyone has a chance to get something and the more you play the more you win! Prices are payed out in Hive Tokens.
The remaining rules you can look up in the announcement post.
Next Friday we will try out again the Swiss Tournament mode, probably 5+0 or 4+1.
See you soon and keep practicing!
