Dear chess fans,
the fifth round of S10 was a 3+3 arena. 32 players had joined with an average rating of 1879. Actually 36, but some did not have the minimum of 3 played games (just as a reminder: a game doesn´t count when the opponent didnn´t show up).
After 2 weeks of "surprise winners", yesterday 
Hive account@sawko won the third time in S10, with quite some lead. Behind him there was a close battle for the runner-up where at the end 
Hive account@eniolw managed to succeed and 
Hive account@franu (Tz995) ended up as third. Congratulations to All!
For me this round was s complete disaster. Somehow this timeformat didn´t suit me, I had rather long games, so too few of them to accumulate points, with nonetheless unnecessary blunders. Can´t get worse than that.
The only good thing was the game against my "eternal nemesis" 
Hive account@schamangerbert (the expression is from him (source) but I like it 😁). Here I (with White) had figured out that the Black pieces are so misplaced and with the King pushed to h5 it would be time for a mating net. After Qa6 I indeed was threatening mate, so Black did play g4 which now is a nice mate in 2 (which I had missed and thus it took some more moves to win) - can you spot it?
The position: https://lichess.org/Y5OJK2Kc/white#78
Result of Round 5:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/huDSjY3N
You can watch here a stream of the event by 
Hive account@giacomone. You may also want to check out this interesting report from 
Hive account@vjap55!
Season 10: 14 Jan to 18 Mar 2022 / Ranking after 5 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|
| | | | | | |
| 1 | Hive account@sawko | CM sawkito | 2413 | 5 | 156 | 2454 |
| 2 |  Hive account@cocacolaron | cocacolaron | 2254 | 5 | 141 | 2222,2 |
| 3(+1) |  Hive account@samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2233 | 5 | 136 | 2242,8 |
| 4(-1) |  Hive account@jaki01 | jaki01 | 2359 | 5 | 135 | 2261,8 |
| 5(+2) | Hive account@eniolw | eniolw | 2376 | 5 | 133 | 2254,4 |
| 6-1(+1) | Hive account@vjap55 | vjap55 | 2127 | 5 | 133 | 2124,4 |
| 7(+1) |  Hive account@tungphong | blackswan21 | 2395 | 4 | 122 | 2380,5 |
| 8(-2) |  Hive account@deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2117 | 5 | 122 | 2002 |
| 9 |  Hive account@emic | emichessmaster | 2132 | 5 | 107 | 2029,2 |
| 10(+1) |  Hive account@kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2048 | 4 | 101 | 1993,8 |
| 11(-1) |  Hive account@stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2086 | 5 | 94 | 2066,2 |
| 12(+6) | Hive account@franu | Tz995 | 2130 | 4 | 81 | 1913,5 |
| 13(+7) |  Hive account@tony1294 | tony1294 | 2264 | 3 | 78 | 2115 |
| 14(-2) |  Hive account@rosmarly | rosmarly | 2093 | 4 | 75 | 1968,8 |
| 15(-1) |  Hive account@lighteye | lighteye | 1781 | 5 | 71 | 1837,4 |
| 16(-3) |  Hive account@pereu4ivatel | pereu4uwatch | 2177 | 3 | 67 | 2242,7 |
| 17 | Hive account@schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1784 | 4 | 66 | 1828 |
| 18(+4) |  Hive account@perzp | WFM perzp | 2211 | 3 | 63 | 2040,7 |
| 19(+2) |  Hive account@pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2114 | 4 | 60 | 1786,3 |
| 20(-1) |  Hive account@rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | 1820 | 5 | 60 | 1877,8 |
| 21(-6) |  Hive account@wildthougts | Wildthougts | 2254 | 2 | 58 | 2095,5 |
| 22(-6) |  Hive account@kreur | Kreur | 2063 | 3 | 52 | 1942,3 |
| 23(+2) |  Hive account@stranger27 | stranger27 | 1780 | 4 | 49 | 1806,3 |
| 24 |  Hive account@rodrook | rodrook | 1466 | 5 | 48 | 1588,2 |
| 25(+4) |  Hive account@agreste | agreste | 1799 | 4 | 45 | 1658,8 |
| 26(+2) | Hive account@giacomone | KingJames4 | 1601 | 4 | 41 | 1584,3 |
| 27(-4) |  Hive account@fiona777 | fiona777 | 1481 | 4 | 41 | 1562,8 |
| 28(-2) | @bOs | Da_k1ng | 1323 | 3 | 34 | 1537,7 |
| 29(-2) |  Hive account@zincheck | ZinCheck | 2082 | 3 | 33 | 1835,3 |
| 30(+9) |  Hive account@petreius | petreius | 1978 | 2 | 29 | 1893,5 |
| 31(-1) |  Hive account@anadello | mandeo | 2309 | 1 | 26 | 2369 |
| 32(-1) |  Hive account@sammy00 | migmag | 1543 | 2 | 26 | 1630 |
| 33(+2) |  Hive account@anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1331 | 4 | 25 | 1477,3 |
| 34(-1) |  Hive account@vasigo | vasigo | 1187 | 4 | 21 | 1362,3 |
| 35(-3) |  Hive account@nftland1989 | CHeSsdieGOst | 1127 | 4 | 21 | 1324,3 |
| 36(new) |  Hive account@maverieux000 | Keylix | 2043 | 1 | 20 | 2177 |
| 37(-3) |  Hive account@levitant | levitant | 1917 | 1 | 18 | 2127 |
| 38(+6) |  Hive account@schnitte | Schnittlauchlogge | 1587 | 2 | 16 | 1681 |
| 39(-3) |  Hive account@alexmag1988 | alexmag1988 | 1136 | 3 | 16 | 1411,7 |
| 40(-2) |  Hive account@syndmitrij | Syndmitrij83 | 1281 | 3 | 15 | 1328 |
| 41(-4) |  Hive account@ibizaki | JasonRoig | 2109 | 1 | 13 | 2131 |
| 42(+4) |  Hive account@mrsarri | Freeman21 | 1690 | 2 | 10 | 1906,5 |
| 43(-3) |  Hive account@maciejficek | XM9000 | 1523 | 2 | 10 | 1488 |
| 44(-3) |  Hive account@thedoc07 | TheDoc07 | 1115 | 4 | 10 | 1296,8 |
| 45(-3) |  Hive account@ropavejero | ropavejero | 1991 | 1 | 6 | 2334 |
| 46(new) |  Hive account@vaipraonde | vaipraonde | 1322 | 1 | 5 | 1367 |
| 47(-4) |  Hive account@salomijale | summisimeon | 1211 | 1 | 5 | 1565 |
| 48(-3) |  Hive account@astrolabio | astrolabiochess | 946 | 1 | 4 | 1447 |
| 49(-2) |  Hive account@therealflaws | sayhitothecamera | 1874 | 1 | 1 | 1520 |
The rules you can look up in the S10 announcement post.
After having played 5 of 10 rounds, Hive account@sawko could extend his lead to comfortable 15 points, nevertheless he should make sure to not miss a single round! Hive account@cocacolaron is still second and Hive account@samostically could regain the third spot from Hive account@jaki01 who is now 4th.
What about the special prices?
The price for the highest overall tournament performance would currently go to Hive account@tungphong (blackswan21) with 2395, slightly ahead of Hive account@eniolw´s 2376 (assuming that Hive account@sawko would be the overall winner, which means in this case he can´t get the special price on top of it).
The price for the highest performance in relation to the own rating currently would go to:
But attention: It will only paid out, if the winner had participated at least 4 times, to allow enough data gathered for a minimum reliability of the average calculations.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
By the way, how do you like this chess art?
These are AI-algorithm-generated (based on actual chess games) NFTs that will be minted on the Algorand chain after the end of the FIDE Grand Pris. Read more about it here.
