Hivechess Tournament Season 16 Round 1: @samostically was the winner!

Dear chess fans,

yesterday the first round of season 16 "Untitled" started with a 5+0 arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. 20 players were participating. Welcome Hive account@og-gamershub (bossgaius) to Hivechess!

Hive account@samostically was the winner in a close fight, just 2 points behind him were Hive account@jaki01 and Hive account@pamboy27 as second and third, followed by Hive account@lucianosky(Pavarotty) as fourth. Congratulations to All!

Result table of round 1:

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/HZyqv5FP

Season 16: 18 Aug to 20 Oct 2023 / Ranking after the first round:

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	2331	1	34	2171
2	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2032	1	25	2026
3	Hive account@pamboy27	pamboy27	2243	1	23	2106
4	Hive account@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	2153	1	20	2121
5	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	1952	1	19	1848
6	Hive account@agreste	agreste	1881	1	18	2011
7	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotty	2324	1	17	2330
8	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	1632	1	17	1718
9	Hive account@tony1294	tony1294	2203	1	16	2071
10	Hive account@rodrook	rodrook	1483	1	16	1754
11	Hive account@olujay	Olu-jay	1571	1	15	1760
12	Hive account@b0s	Da_k1ng	1613	1	10	1702
13	Hive account@vjap55	vjap55		0	10
14	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	1516	1	9	1598
15	Hive account@dhilan04	tortyllan	2034	1	8	1722
16	Hive account@stranger27	stranger27	1628	1	8	1577
17	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	1247	1	7	1531
18	Hive account@hannes-stoffel	hannes-stoffel	1557	1	6	1522
19	Hive account@mundocuriosidad	Tonystar111		0	5
20	Hive account@fiona777	fiona777	1362	1	4	1373
21	Hive account@mypathtofire	mypathtofire	1297	1	2	1425
22	Hive account@og-gamershub	bossgaius	1362	1	1	1130

Of note, several players had started the season already with 5, 10 or 15 bonus points, dependent how they did in the Lichess Team Battles, read more about it here!

See you all next week - and keep practicing!

In the FIDE World Cup 2023, 4 out of the 8 quarter finalists came from India, but only one, Praggnanandhaa, made it to the semifinals. Will Magnus be able to win this tournament for the first time?

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Today the semifinals start: