Hivechess Tournament Round 2: @sawko is unstoppable

Dear Chessfriends,

in the second round of Season 4 we were 13 players (actually 14, but Hive account@sammy00 (migmag) didn´t play a match and so he was not counted). It was a tough competition again with many strong players!
Hive account@sawko (sawkito) was the winner again, not that unexpected, with a considerable margin. Congratulations! Second was this time Hive account@yazp (zulukill) and third Hive account@vjap55 with his best result so far! Only on the 4^th spot landed our all-time champion Hive account@jaki01. The 5^th place went to Hive account@pereu4ivatel (drakOnb), followed by Hive account@schamangerbert (HerbyW). I ended up only as 7^th (despite a tournament performance of 2130 I spent too much time on my games, so I could play less than the others), and the remaining tournament point went to Hive account@zacherybinx (sirtetris). Hive account@rodrook missed the 8^th rank very closely. And newcomer Hive account@manncpt (Toful) from Austria had his first victory at all so far in Hivechess - congrats!

The games of this round can be found here, in case you want to replay some of them.

Season 4 "Christmas": 27 Nov to 27 Dec 2020 / Ranking after 2 rounds:

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points
1	Hive account@sawko	sawkito	2417	2	16
2 (+1)	Hive account@yazp	zulukill	2027	2	13
3 (-1)	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	2318	2	12
4 (+1)	Hive account@vjap55	vjap55	2035	2	10
5 (-1)	Hive account@zacherybinx	sirtetris	2029	2	6
6 (+1)	Hive account@pereu4ivatel	drakOnb	1836	2	6
7 (-1)	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2005	2	5
8	Hive account@schamangerbert	HerbyW	1653	2	4
9 (+1)	Hive account@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	1711	1	0
10 (+2)	Hive account@alberto0607	alberto_0607	1622	1	0
11 (new)	Hive account@kreur	Kreur	1931?	1	0
12 (new)	Hive account@manncpt	Toful	1291?	1	0
13 (new)	Hive account@catto000	cattoOOO	1448?	1	0
14 (-3)	Hive account@rodrook	rodrook	1485	2	0
15 (-6)	Hive account@maciejficek	XM9000	1522	2	0

The rules you can look up in the announcement post.

Of note, Hive account@yazp (zulukill) could overtake Hive account@jaki01 and is now second!

See you next time and keep practicing!