Dear chess fans,
this Friday the fifth round of S12 was played with 20 participants and so we are already halfthrough this season! It was a "normal" 3+2 arena (including berserking).
Hive account@jaki01 ended up as winner again like in his last appearance (in round 3). It was very close with the runner-up, 
Hive account@kreur (welcome to S12!), just one point behind, followed by 
Hive account@sawko as third with the same number of points. Congratulations to All!
I played so badly that it is really disgusting. I need to tick this off and move on.
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/MApXV11t
Season 12: 03 Jun to 05 Aug 2022 / Ranking after 5 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|
| | | | | | |
| 1 | Hive account@sawko | CM sawkito | 2302 | 5 | 117 | 2210,6 |
| 2 |  Hive account@eniolw | eniolw | 2366 | 4 | 97 | 2357,5 |
| 3 |  Hive account@franu | Tz995 | 2196 | 5 | 97 | 2151 |
| 4(+2) | Hive account@jaki01 | jaki01 | 2302 | 4 | 89 | 2202,3 |
| 5 |  Hive account@stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2063 | 5 | 81 | 2000,6 |
| 6(-2) |  Hive account@rosmarly | rosmarly | 2061 | 4 | 77 | 2012,3 |
| 7 |  Hive account@pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2122 | 4 | 70 | 2070 |
| 8(+1) |  Hive account@samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2152 | 4 | 69 | 2099,8 |
| 9(+2) |  Hive account@pereu4ivatel | pereu4uwatch | 2107 | 5 | 67 | 2062 |
| 10 |  Hive account@vjap55 | vjap55 | 2147 | 4 | 63 | 2056,8 |
| 11(+1) |  Hive account@deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2141 | 4 | 62 | 1983,3 |
| 12(-4) |  Hive account@fjcr | FCastro17 | 2125 | 3 | 54 | 2135,3 |
| 13 |  Hive account@stranger27 | stranger27 | 1748 | 5 | 54 | 1845,8 |
| 14(+1) |  Hive account@lighteye | lighteye | 1729 | 5 | 47 | 1752,3 |
| 15(-1) |  Hive account@rodrook | rodrook | 1547 | 5 | 43 | 1671,2 |
| 16 |  Hive account@schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1770 | 3 | 37 | 1847,3 |
| 17(+4) |  Hive account@maciejficek | XM9000 | 1514 | 5 | 34 | 1609 |
| 18(-1) |  Hive account@falcout | falcout | 1548 | 4 | 31 | 1646,3 |
| 19(-1) | ? | Revish | 2039 | 1 | 31 | 2057 |
| 20(-1) | ? | miv57 | 1993 | 1 | 30 | 2094 |
| 21(-1) | ? | BolshakovA | 1926 | 1 | 29 | 2029 |
| 22 | ? | Char-meleon | 1832 | 1 | 28 | 2286 |
| 23 | ? | Siciliec | 2163 | 1 | 27 | 1981 |
| 24 | ? | melomanishee | 1880 | 1 | 24 | 1960 |
| 25 |  Hive account@lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2268 | 1 | 23 | 2183 |
| 26 |  Hive account@petreius | petreius | 2000 | 2 | 23 | 1936,5 |
| 27 | ? | Akshak | 2214 | 1 | 22 | 2396 |
| 28 | ? | Bobzy | 2068 | 1 | 21 | 1932 |
| 29(new) | Hive account@kreur | Kreur | 2161 | 1 | 19 | 2186 |
| 30(-1) | ? | Nick542 | 1745 | 1 | 19 | 1919 |
| 31(-1) | ? | Ujwal_bhasin09 | 2102 | 1 | 18 | 2078 |
| 32(+2) | ? | jose014 | 1770 | 2 | 16 | 1771 |
| 33(+6) |  Hive account@b0s | Da_k1ng | 1489 | 3 | 16 | 1598,3 |
| 34(-3) | ? | Dmitriy_Vladykin | 1499 | 1 | 15 | 1535 |
| 35(-3) |  Hive account@giacomone | KingJames4 | 1534 | 2 | 15 | 1485,5 |
| 36(-3) | ? | Ted1111 | 1656 | 1 | 14 | 1794 |
| 37 |  Hive account@fiona777 | fiona777 | 1443 | 4 | 13 | 1460 |
| 38(new) | ? | HO93 | 2134 | 1 | 12 | 2188 |
| 39(-4) | ? | Henry_lloyd007 | 2023 | 1 | 12 | 2081 |
| 40(-4) |  Hive account@johannfrare | johannfrare | 1661 | 1 | 11 | 1830 |
| 41(-3) |  Hive account@pravesh0 | pravesh007 | 1726 | 1 | 10 | 1805 |
| 42(-2) | ? | Vagolov2019 | 1899 | 1 | 8 | 1962 |
| 43(new) | ? | moscatel10 | 1674 | 1 | 8 | 1501 |
| 44(-3) | ? | Vivekanandsmriti | 2071 | 1 | 7 | 1876 |
| 45(-3) | ? | iVoVa | 2382 | 1 | 6 | 1944 |
| 46(-2) |  Hive account@vasigo | vasigo | 1122 | 5 | 6 | 1320 |
| 47(-4) | ? | kv6 | 2027 | 1 | 5 | 1806 |
| 48(-3) |  Hive account@mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1413 | 1 | 3 | 1470 |
| 49(-3) | ? | stronglychuks | 1983 | 1 | 3 | 1404 |
| 50(-3) | ? | GUSCHINVIKTOR | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1821 |
| 51(-3) |  Hive account@anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1391 | 1 | 2 | 1651 |
| 52(-3) |  Hive account@nftland1989 | CHeSsdieGOst | 1090 | 1 | 2 | 1476 |
The rules you can look up in the S12 announcement post.
After 5 of 10 rounds Hive account@sawko could extend his lead to Hive account@eniolw (who surprisingly was missing). 20 points is the gap now. Hard to imagine that anybody still could stop Hive account@sawko!
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
