Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 7th round of season 17 was played as a 3+2 arena tournament. 22 players have joined, with an average rating of 1697. For the rules please refer to the announcement post.
Hive account@eniolw could do a hattrick, 3 wins in a row! Runner-up was again 
Hive account@dhilan04, followed by 
Hive account@kintokris. Congratulations to All!
Shoutout to 
Hive account@odic3o1 who in his very first Hivechess tournament could get placed in the top 10!
Result table of round 7:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/7I9ERUkx
Season 17: 15 Dec to 23 Feb 2024 / Ranking after 7 rounds:
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|
| | | | | | |
| 1 |  Hive account@sammy00 | migmag | 1507 | 7 | 61 | 1518,6 |
| 2 |  Hive account@rodrook | RDcast | 1520 | 7 | 60 | 1528,7 |
| 3 |  Hive account@darruiz | darruiz | 1371 | 5 | 36 | 1537,4 |
| 4 |  Hive account@grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1181 | 5 | 30 | 1329,6 |
| 5 |  Hive account@ram9612 | romeo9612 | 1357 | 3 | 24 | 1558,7 |
| 6 |  Hive account@vasigo | vasigo | 1065 | 5 | 14 | 1209,4 |
| 7(+4) |  Hive account@maciejficek | XM9000 | 1401 | 2 | 13 | 1668 |
| 8(+1) |  Hive account@fiona777 | fiona777 | 1372 | 2 | 13 | 1465 |
| 9(-2) |  Hive account@omonomo | omonomo | 894 | 2 | 12 | 1218,5 |
| 10(-2) |  Hive account@ctrpch | ctrpch | 923 | 4 | 11 | 1126,8 |
| 11(-1) |  Hive account@brijwhiz | brijwhiz | 1317 | 3 | 9 | 1235,7 |
| 12(+1) |  Hive account@mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1270 | 1 | 4 | 1199,5 |
| 13(-1) |  Hive account@anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1493 | 1 | 3 | 1521 |
| 14 |  Hive account@og-gamershub | bossgaius | 1011 | 1 | 1 | 1241 |
| 15 |  Hive account@purapapita | purapapita | 816 | 1 | 1 | 1096 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
Tournament 4 (>2099)
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes! A rating in Italic indicates that this player is in "danger" of changing tiers!
In the fierce battle of tournament 2, 
Hive account@agreste could overtake 
Hive account@lighteye and is now on top.
In tournament 4, Hive account@eniolw is, after his 3 wins, now finally ranked #1, followed by 
Hive account@lucianosky and 
Hive account@samostically.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
In the Chessable Masters 2024, youngster Deniz "the Menace" Lazavik defeated not only Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura (and sent them to division II), but also won against MVL! Today he will face the surprise semifinalist, GM Jose Martinez from Peru who had won the Play In-tournament and defeated Ian Nepo!
