Hivechess Tournament Season 17 Round 2: @pamboy27 was the winner!

Dear chess fans,

yesterday the second round of season 17 "x4" was played as a 3+3 arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. This time only 13 players (with an average rating of 1777) were participating. This is very disappointing given the efforts I have made to make the tournament attractive for players of all skill levels. Maybe it is due to the upcoming vacation season which makes people busy with preparations. So I skip next week just in case people are off or travelling. I can only hope that we have in future more players. To have 4 skill tiers with 13 players is not worth it! If the participation will stay at these levels also in the next year, it will be my last tournament...

Hive account@pamboy27 was able to end up as winner after overtaking our veteran champion Hive account@jaki01 last minute! The third rank went to a new player, Hive account@yf95, followed by Hive account@vjap55 and Hive account@samostically on places 4 and 5. Congratulations to All!

I ended up as 10^th out of 13. Probably my worst result - ever.

Result table of round 2:

Link to the tournament:https://lichess.org/tournament/a3IHjVw3

Season 17: 15 Dec to 23 Feb 2024 / Ranking after 2 rounds:

Tournament 1 (0-1499)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@rodrook	rodrook	1279	2	12	1584,5
2(+1)	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	1499	2	10	1485
3(-1)	Hive account@darruiz	darruiz	1250	1	6	1391
4	Hive account@anomadsoul	anomadsoul	1493	1	3	1521
5	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	1074	2	3	1161
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	1795	2	17	1787
2(+1)	Hive account@giuatt07	guisep73	1642	2	14	1729
3(-1)	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	1675	2	12	1693
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(+1)	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	2053	2	21	2039,5
2(-1)	Hive account@dhilan04	tortyllan	2087	1	17	2181
3	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2007	2	16	1882
4(new)	Hive account@yf95	yf95	2093	1	11	1970

Tournament 4 (>2099)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@vjap55	vjap55	2087	2	29	2159
2(+2)	Hive account@pamboy27	pamboy27	2153	2	27	1994
3(+2)	Hive account@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	2155	2	21	2099,5
4(-2)	Hive account@franu	Tz995	2193	1	16	2169
5(-2)	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotty	2380	1	16	2142
6(new)	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	2358	1	12	2127

^{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!}

After the first two rounds the tournament leaders didn´t change, apart from Hive account@rosmarly who could overtake Hive account@dhilan04.

See you in 2 weeks - I wish you all a blessed Christmans Eve, and a Happy New Year!

Christman Chess Puzzle

White to play and draw:

Solution: https://glarean-magazin.ch/2022/12/23/schach-weihnachtsraetsel-christmas-tree-puzzle-2022/

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