Dear chess fans,
the fourth round of Season 13 was played yesterday with 32 players - a 5+0 Blitz arena.
After several changes in the leading position at the end 
Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) could again win this tournament with an impressive 100% score - his third win this season. Runner-up was 
Hive account@lucianosky (Pavarotty) and 
Hive account@eniolw was third. Congratulations to All!
In this position between Hive account@lucianosky (White) and 
Hive account@sawko a draw was agreed.
https://lichess.org/A8WsUMcM/white#3
Furthermore in these 2 positions from Hive account@sawko against Hive account@eniolw...
https://lichess.org/OWMy28Vx/black#19
https://lichess.org/y7HwrRzT/white#18
...a draw was agreed as well.
What happened? I think we should not encourage such draws, as this gives a time advantage to those players in the arena format (they quickly get a point and can move on to a new game). In top level chess it is even not allowed to agree draws without playing. Should we establish such rules also for Hivechess? Please let me know your thoughts!
The biggest upset in round 4 was this victory of 
Hive account@sammy00 (migmag) against Hive account@lucianosky (rating difference 887 - a record!) who had overlooked a backrank mate. Hive account@sammy00 immediately grabbed this rare opportunity and therefore 1 Hive and 5 LEO go to him!
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/pMvRCDey
Season 13: 02 Sep to 04 Nov 2022 / Ranking after 4 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|
| | | | | | |
| 1(+1) | Hive account@maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2614 | 4 | 127 | 2562,8 |
| 2(-1) | Hive account@sawko | CM sawkito | 2439 | 4 | 126 | 2363,8 |
| 3 |  Hive account@tony1294 | tony1294 | 2269 | 4 | 123 | 2251 |
| 4 | Hive account@eniolw | eniolw | 2374 | 4 | 116 | 2301,5 |
| 5 |  Hive account@pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2165 | 4 | 105 | 1992,8 |
| 6(+4) | Hive account@lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2333 | 3 | 102 | 2357 |
| 7(+1) |  Hive account@samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2098 | 4 | 101 | 2034,5 |
| 8(-1) |  Hive account@fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2124 | 4 | 100 | 2111 |
| 9 |  Hive account@rosmarly | rosmarly | 2060 | 4 | 97 | 2114,5 |
| 10(-4) |  Hive account@kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2013 | 4 | 97 | 2053,5 |
| 11 |  Hive account@emic | emichessmaster | 2087 | 4 | 86 | 2045,8 |
| 12 |  Hive account@stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 1981 | 4 | 82 | 1921,5 |
| 13(+4) |  Hive account@wildthougts | Wildthougts | 2224 | 3 | 77 | 2116,3 |
| 14 |  Hive account@andzhi | andzh1 | 1947 | 3 | 77 | 2036,7 |
| 15(-2) |  Hive account@iammanythings | iammanythings | 2149 | 4 | 77 | 1943 |
| 16(-1) |  Hive account@vjap55 | vjap55 | 2076 | 4 | 73 | 1953,5 |
| 17(-1) |  Hive account@beyondhorizonmm | beyondhorizonmm | 1644 | 4 | 64 | 1759,8 |
| 18(+1) |  Hive account@b0s | Da_k1ng | 1635 | 4 | 57 | 1610 |
| 19(-1) |  Hive account@stranger27 | stranger27 | 1690 | 4 | 54 | 1722,5 |
| 20(+2) |  Hive account@lighteye | lighteye | 1684 | 4 | 48 | 1783,5 |
| 21(+4) |  Hive account@rodrook | rodrook | 1467 | 3 | 46 | 1807,7 |
| 22(-1) |  Hive account@agreste | agreste | 1740 | 4 | 46 | 1732,3 |
| 23(-3) |  Hive account@kreur | Kreur | 2064 | 2 | 41 | 2226 |
| 24(+6) |  Hive account@schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1765 | 3 | 40 | 1819 |
| 25(+3) | Hive account@sammy00 | migmag | 1479 | 4 | 37 | 1636 |
| 26(+13) |  Hive account@petreius | petreius | 1886 | 2 | 35 | 1826 |
| 27(-4) |  Hive account@yazp | zulukill | 1988 | 1 | 34 | 2061 |
| 28(-4) | @? | G174R | 2045 | 1 | 33 | 2021 |
| 29(-2) |  Hive account@fiona777 | fiona777 | 1502 | 4 | 31 | 1556 |
| 30(-4) | @? | Oyuncu07a | 2436? | 1 | 29 | 2453 |
| 31(-4) | @? | ajedrez_64 | 2070 | 1 | 25 | 2071 |
| 32(+4) |  Hive account@pokerarema | ragnarokgame | 1406 | 4 | 23 | 1523 |
| 33(-2) | @? | Gornyi_Roman | 2007 | 1 | 22 | 1818 |
| 34(-2) | @? | art_rozov_17 | 1715 | 1 | 21 | 1774 |
| 35(-2) | @? | Bishopmaker2018 | 1840 | 1 | 20 | 1783 |
| 36(-1) |  Hive account@maciejficek | XM9000 | 1471 | 4 | 20 | 1473,8 |
| 37(-3) |  Hive account@vasigo | vasigo | 1265 | 4 | 20 | 1392,3 |
| 38(-3) | @? | bassam49 | 1608 | 1 | 17 | 1858 |
| 39(-1) | @? | Alireza_1342 | 1662 | 1 | 15 | 1985 |
| 40 |  Hive account@deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2144 | 1 | 13 | 1628 |
| 41 | @? | Yetundefemii | 1880 | 2 | 11 | 1790 |
| 42 |  Hive account@philipp87 | Philipp87 | 1773 | 1 | 10 | 1651 |
| 43 | @? | moscatel10 | 1783 | 1 | 9 | 1748 |
| 44 |  Hive account@grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1055 | 2 | 9 | 1383,5 |
| 45(new) |  Hive account@anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1436 | 1 | 8 | 1633 |
| 46(-1) |  Hive account@falcout | falcout | 1538 | 1 | 8 | 1584 |
| 47(-1) |  Hive account@ptmaker | ptmaker | 1526 | 1 | 8 | 1527 |
| 48(-1) | @? | emprendemesta | 2022 | 1 | 6 | 1993 |
| 49(+1) |  Hive account@mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1289 | 2 | 4 | 1144,5 |
| 50(-2) | @? | juliandav | 2058 | 1 | 3 | 1827 |
| 51(-2) |  Hive account@artistparthoroy | artistparthoroy | 1075 | 2 | 3 | 1212 |
| 52(new) |  Hive account@ajumaa | Chocho2 | 1308? | 1 | 1 | 964 |
The rules you can look up in the S13 announcement post.
After 4 rounds Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) took back the lead, but only one point ahead of Hive account@sawko, also the third, Hive account@tony1294 is only 4 points behind. The gap to the fourth, Hive account@eniolw, is already 11 points, but with 6 rounds to go all is possible still.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
