Hivechess Tournament Season 17 Round 1: @vjap55 was the winner!

Dear chess fans,

yesterday the first round of season 17 "x4" started with a 5+0 arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. 18 players (with an average rating of 1712) were participating.

Hive account@vjap55 was the winner in a close fight, ex aequo in points with Hive account@dhilan04 as second The third place went to Hive account@franu (Tz995) and the record winner in last season, Hive account@lucianosky(Pavarotty), was "only" fourth. Congratulations to All!

Result table of round 1:

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/55PYWEHi

Season 17: 15 Dec to 16 Feb 2024 / Ranking after the first round:

Tournament 1 (0-1499)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@rodrook	rodrook	1329	1	10	1669
2	Hive account@darruiz	darruiz	1250	1	6	1391
3	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	1498	1	5	1372
4	Hive account@anomadsoul	anomadsoul	1493	1	3	1521
5	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	1088	1	2	1187
6	Hive account@grafo07	Grafo_07	991	1	1	1162

Tournament 2 (1500-1799)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@agreste	agreste	1730	1	9	1572
2	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	1627	1	9	1560
3	Hive account@giuatt07	guisep73	1590	1	8	1544
4	Hive account@b0s	Da_k1ng	1647	1	5	1769

Tournament 3 (1800-2099)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@dhilan04	tortyllan	2087	1	17	2181
2	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	2052	1	14	2066
3	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2032	1	12	1974

Tournament 4 (>2099)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@vjap55	vjap55	2111	1	19	2254
2	Hive account@franu	Tz995	2193	1	16	2169
3	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotty	2380	1	16	2142
4	Hive account@pamboy27	pamboy27	2153	1	14	2108
5	Hive account@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	2155	1	12	2028

^{Of note, several players had started the season already with 1 bonus point, dependent if they had played in the last fun tournament!
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes!}

We have our first tournament leaders, Hive account@rodrook, Hive account@agreste, Hive account@dhilan04 and Hive account@vjap55. A quite unusual intermediate stand, isn´t it?

See you all next week - and keep practicing!

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