Dear chess fans,
the second round of Season 13 was played yesterday as a 5+1 Blitz arena. 37 players were showing up, with an average rating of 1827 (slightly less than the 1849 from round 1). Welcome back 
Hive account@yazp after such a long time! From 11 players I still don´t have the Hive user names, so please drop me a note in the comments or in the Lichess chat (even saying "I don´t have one" is fine as well). In the meantime it was confirmed that 
Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) is indeed IM Odnoobraz. Apparently it is allowed per the Lichess rules (and common practice by titled players) to have more than one account.
Hive account@maestroask won this time again, but only very close, ex aequo in points with the runner-up, 
Hive account@lucianosky (Pavarotty), followed by - only two point behind - 
Hive account@sawko and Hive account@yazp (zulukill) as third and fourth. Congratulations to All!
The biggest upset in round 2 was this victory of 
Hive account@vasigo against 
Hive account@rosmarly (rating difference 782) by flagging. It was strange that Hive account@rosmarly took so long for 15 moves only. I assume she had some technical problems, but the rules don´t allow for any exceptions. So 1 Hive and 5 LEO go to Hive account@vasigo.
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/gathpNKs
Season 13: 02 Sep to 04 Nov 2022 / Ranking after 2 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|
| | | | | | |
| 1 | Hive account@maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2633 | 2 | 75 | 2610 |
| 2 | Hive account@sawko | CM sawkito | 2456 | 2 | 72 | 2354 |
| 3(+1) | Hive account@lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2333 | 2 | 71 | 2416 |
| 4(-1) |  Hive account@tony1294 | tony1294 | 2238 | 2 | 65 | 2217,5 |
| 5(+3) |  Hive account@eniolw | eniolw | 2400 | 2 | 59 | 2426 |
| 6(-1) |  Hive account@andzhi | andzh1 | 1979 | 2 | 58 | 2075 |
| 7(+4) |  Hive account@pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2158 | 2 | 58 | 2038,5 |
| 8(+8) |  Hive account@fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2095 | 2 | 55 | 2052,5 |
| 9(-2) |  Hive account@beyondhorizonmm | beyondhorizonmm | 1649 | 2 | 54 | 2043 |
| 10(+3) |  Hive account@kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2008 | 2 | 53 | 2033 |
| 11(+7) |  Hive account@emic | emichessmaster | 2099 | 2 | 52 | 2095,5 |
| 12(+11) |  Hive account@samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2151 | 2 | 49 | 2019,5 |
| 13(-4) | Hive account@rosmarly | rosmarly | 2013 | 2 | 47 | 2022,5 |
| 14(+7) |  Hive account@iammanythings | iammanythings | 2164 | 2 | 43 | 1914 |
| 15(+11) |  Hive account@stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2006 | 2 | 39 | 1831,5 |
| 16(+4) |  Hive account@stranger27 | stranger27 | 1737 | 2 | 39 | 1773 |
| 17(new) | Hive account@yazp | zulukill | 1988 | 1 | 34 | 2061 |
| 18(-3) |  Hive account@vjap55 | vjap55 | 2087 | 2 | 34 | 1903,5 |
| 19(-13) | @? | G174R | 2045 | 1 | 33 | 2021 |
| 20(+8) |  Hive account@b0s | Da_k1ng | 1621 | 2 | 30 | 1580,5 |
| 21(-11) | @? | Oyuncu07a | 2436? | 1 | 29 | 2453 |
| 22(+5) |  Hive account@agreste | agreste | 1814 | 2 | 28 | 1788 |
| 23(-11) |  Hive account@wildthougts | Wildthougts | 2234 | 1 | 27 | 2116 |
| 24(-10) | @? | ajedrez_64 | 2070 | 1 | 25 | 2071 |
| 25(+4) |  Hive account@sammy00 | migmag | 1551 | 2 | 24 | 1653 |
| 26(new) |  Hive account@kreur | Kreur | 2109 | 1 | 23 | 2315 |
| 27(-2) |  Hive account@lighteye | lighteye | 1713 | 2 | 23 | 1812,5 |
| 28(-11) | @? | Gornyi_Roman | 2007 | 1 | 22 | 1818 |
| 29(new) | @? | art_rozov_17 | 1715 | 1 | 21 | 1774 |
| 30(-11) | @? | Bishopmaker2018 | 1840 | 1 | 20 | 1783 |
| 31(new) |  Hive account@rodrook | rodrook | 1438 | 1 | 18 | 1978 |
| 32(-10) | @? | bassam49 | 1608 | 1 | 17 | 1858 |
| 33(-9) | @? | Alireza_1342 | 1662 | 1 | 15 | 1985 |
| 34(new) |  Hive account@petreius | petreius | 1902 | 1 | 15 | 1827 |
| 35(new) |  Hive account@deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2144 | 1 | 13 | 1628 |
| 36(-4) |  Hive account@maciejficek | XM9000 | 1491 | 2 | 13 | 1473 |
| 37 | Hive account@vasigo | vasigo | 1272 | 2 | 13 | 1421 |
| 38(new) |  Hive account@schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1742 | 1 | 12 | 1673 |
| 39(-9) | @? | moscatel10 | 1783 | 1 | 9 | 1748 |
| 40(-6) |  Hive account@pokerarema | ragnarokgame | 1304 | 2 | 9 | 1421 |
| 41(-8) |  Hive account@grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1055 | 2 | 9 | 1383,5 |
| 42(-7) |  Hive account@fiona777 | fiona777 | 1456 | 2 | 9 | 1355 |
| 43(-12) |  Hive account@falcout | falcout | 1538 | 1 | 8 | 1584 |
| 44(new) |  Hive account@ptmaker | ptmaker | 1526 | 1 | 8 | 1527 |
| 45(new) | @? | Yetundefemii | 1880 | 1 | 7 | 1802 |
| 46(-10) | @? | juliandav | 2058 | 1 | 3 | 1827 |
| 47(-9) |  Hive account@artistparthoroy | artistparthoroy | 1075 | 2 | 3 | 1212 |
| 48(new) |  Hive account@mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1299 | 1 | 1 | 939 |
The rules you can look up in the S13 announcement post.
After 2 rounds Hive account@lucianosky (Pavarotty) with his good result managed to jump to the Top 3, also Hive account@eniolw could improve himself and is now 5th. The biggest gainers in round 2 (+11 each) were Hive account@samostically and myself, after the poor result from the first round. In the next rounds there will be less and less big jumps, but I still hope to stop playing so badly and get into the Top 10. Of course this depends also, how regular the strong players will attend.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
