Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 5th round of season 15 was played as a 3+1 Swiss arena over 9 rounds. 27 players had joined with an average rating of 1724. 
Hive account@mundocuriosidad is now playing under his Lichess name Tonystar111 (previously M_schumacherf1), welcome 
Hive account@engilhramn who joined for the first time and welcome back 
Hive account@yinjuolu (Yetundefemii).
Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) won the tournament undefeated with 9 out of 9. Runner-up was our chess veteran 
Hive account@jaki01 with 8/9, followed by 3 players with 6/9 each: 
Hive account@sawko, 
Hive account@eniolw and Hive account@mundocuriosidad (Tonystar111). Congratulations to all!
I could have joined that pack of players, if I had not thrown away the full point in my game (with Black) against 
Hive account@pamboy27 ☹️.
Black to mate in one:
Instead of the obvious mate in time scramble I went for a repetition with Qf4 and back to f1. Total blindness! Apart from that I am still happy with my 6th place. I even was able to defeat Hive account@sawko! Quite a rare event. I also had a winning position against Hive account@maestroask but failed to find the right continuation.
Result table of round 5:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/vnf3iQB0
Season 15: 03 Mar to 5 May 2023 / Ranking after 5 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|
| | | | | | |
| 1 | Hive account@maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2642 | 5 | 149 | 2505 |
| 2 | Hive account@sawko | CM sawkito | 2263 | 5 | 137 | 2153,4 |
| 3(+1) |  Hive account@dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2049 | 5 | 123 | 2040,4 |
| 4(-1) |  Hive account@vjap55 | vjap55 | 2128 | 5 | 121 | 2141 |
| 5(+2) | Hive account@eniolw | eniolw | 2385 | 4 | 113 | 2327,8 |
| 6(+2) | Hive account@pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2198 | 4 | 106 | 2180,5 |
| 7(+2) |  Hive account@stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 1986 | 5 | 101 | 1953 |
| 8(-3) |  Hive account@samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2156 | 4 | 98 | 2018 |
| 9(+2) |  Hive account@therealflaws | Jean1301 | 1924 | 5 | 97 | 1901 |
| 10 |  Hive account@rosmarly | rosmarly | 2000 | 5 | 96 | 1903,6 |
| 11(-5) |  Hive account@emic | emichessmaster | 2135 | 4 | 94 | 2037,8 |
| 12 |  Hive account@agreste | agreste | 1737 | 5 | 83 | 1725,8 |
| 13 |  Hive account@schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1702 | 4 | 80 | 1793,8 |
| 14 |  Hive account@lighteye | lighteye | 1702 | 5 | 69 | 1790,8 |
| 15(+4) |  Hive account@stranger27 | stranger27 | 1620 | 5 | 59 | 1604,6 |
| 16(+2) |  Hive account@b0s | Da_k1ng | 1608 | 5 | 58 | 1511,8 |
| 17(+9) | Hive account@jaki01 | jaki01 | 2327 | 2 | 55 | 2237,5 |
| 18(-3) |  Hive account@gabotask | GVillalobos | 2084 | 3 | 55 | 1973,7 |
| 19(-3) |  Hive account@pravesh0 | pravesh007 | 1733 | 3 | 53 | 1766,7 |
| 20(+2) |  Hive account@fiona777 | fiona777 | 1446 | 5 | 51 | 1576,2 |
| 21(-1) |  Hive account@rodrook | rodrook | 1368 | 5 | 50 | 1433,8 |
| 22(-5) |  Hive account@lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2251 | 2 | 49 | 1983,5 |
| 23(+6) | Hive account@mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | 1933 | 2 | 46 | 1990 |
| 24(+1) |  Hive account@hannes-stoffel | hannes-stoffel | 1399 | 4 | 42 | 1437,5 |
| 25(-2) |  Hive account@grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1137 | 5 | 41 | 1401,4 |
| 26(-5) |  Hive account@nikoszzz | nikoszzz | 1758 | 2 | 40 | 1590,5 |
| 27(-3) |  Hive account@justfavour | justfavour | 1673 | 3 | 33 | 1613 |
| 28(+3) |  Hive account@olujay | Olu-jay | 1604 | 3 | 33 | 1547,7 |
| 29(-1) |  Hive account@pokerarema | ragnarokgame | 1528 | 4 | 33 | 1538,8 |
| 30(-3) |  Hive account@fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2123 | 1 | 26 | 1978 |
| 31(-1) |  Hive account@vasigo | vasigo | 1202 | 5 | 25 | 1331 |
| 32 |  Hive account@mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1318 | 3 | 20 | 1426,3 |
| 33(+2) |  Hive account@pokermaria | pokermaria | 1049 | 4 | 20 | 1209,3 |
| 34(-1) |  Hive account@tin.aung.soe | TinAungSoe | 1292 | 3 | 19 | 1369,7 |
| 35(-1) |  Hive account@iamchessguy | Iamchessguy01 | 1933 | 1 | 18 | 1957 |
| 36(new) | Hive account@yinjuolu | Yetundefemii | 1604 | 1 | 18 | 1839 |
| 37(-1) |  Hive account@anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1485 | 2 | 15 | 1613,5 |
| 38(-1) |  Hive account@awesomeintrigue | zackawesome | 1739 | 1 | 13 | 1712 |
| 39(-1) | Hive account@engilhramn | engilhramn | 1188 | 2 | 8 | 1308,5 |
| 40(-1) |  Hive account@maciejficek | XM9000 | 1463 | 1 | 5 | 1328 |
| 41(-1) |  Hive account@timix648 | timix648 | 918 | 2 | 5 | 1278 |
| 42(-1) |  Hive account@cryptopi314 | cryptopi314 | 915 | 2 | 5 | 1036,5 |
| 43(-1) |  Hive account@sammy00 | migmag | 1476 | 1 | 2 | 1259 |
| 44(-1) |  Hive account@nftland1989 | CHeSsdieGOst | 981 | 1 | 2 | 1119 |
| 45(-1) |  Hive account@alucian | alucian | 844 | 2 | 2 | 1012 |
| 46(-1) |  Hive account@solymi | solymi-Hive | 962 | 1 | 1 | 858 |
The rules you can look up in the S15 announcement post.
Halfway through S15 Hive account@maestroask´s lead is extended to 12 points. Hive account@dhilan04 could grab back rank 3 from Hive account@vjap55.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
On Monday, 3rd April the Chessable Masters starts - which will be the last tournament with Magnus Carlsen as reigning world champion (unless he fights back for the title in 2 years).
Because the World Championship Match between Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will begin already on the 9th April! So at Norway Chess end of May, Carlsen will participate as a normal GM, pretty unnatural for my taste 😃.
BREAKING NEWS:
Lichess introduced today a new time mode - decrement time controls, where every move you play takes an additional second off your clock. This gives you an added incentive to finish your opponent quickly! So no endless time scrambles anymore!
https://lichess.org/blog/ZCcL1hYAACYAM1qD/life-moves-pretty-fast
Did you try it our already?
