Hivechess Tournament Season 19 Round 1: @fcastro177 was the winner!

Dear chess fans,

yesterday the first round of season 19 started with a 5+0 arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. 23 players, with an average rating of 1640, were participating. Welcome back Hive account@franciscomarval to Hivechess after such a long break!

Hive account@fcastro177 was the winner - by a hairs breadth, Hive account@lucianosky (Pavarotty) was runner-up with equal points and the third place went to Hive account@dhilan04 ! Congratulations to All!

I had a terrible start into this season. Despite I could win against Hive account@dhilan04 and also Hive account@fcastro177 (in a most bizarre game), in the very last game I rushed too much and was mated by Hive account@darruiz. But this season goes over 12 rounds, so plenty of time to improve!

Result table of round 1:

Link to the tournament:https://lichess.org/tournament/STeBmP6O

Season 19: 06 Sep to 22 Nov 2024 / Ranking after the first round:

Tournament 1 (<1500)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@darruiz	darruiz	1355	1	18	1777
2	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	1496	1	15	1548
3	Hive account@ram9612	romeo9612	1400	1	12	1443
4	Hive account@fiona777	fiona777	1374	1	8	1429
5	Hive account@rodrook	RDcast	1323	1	6	1236
6	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	1194	1	2	1142
7	Hive account@dovycola	Dovycola	1154	1	2	1127

Tournament 2 (1500-1899)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	1713	1	21	1892
2	Hive account@masterswatch	Masterswatch	1724	1	20	1722
3	Hive account@justfavour	justfavour	1698	1	16	1666
4	Hive account@stranger27	stranger27	1627	1	15	1607
5	Hive account@spartano	humbertoortega	1516	1	13	1562
6	Hive account@b0s	Da_k1ng	1665	1	10	1650
7	Hive account@giuatt07	guisep73	1604	1	9	1614
8	Hive account@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	1674	1	7	1604
9	Hive account@olujay	Olu-jay	1531	1	6	1453
10	Hive account@franciscomarval	lestatblack	1870	1	5	1801

Tournament 3 (1900+)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@fcastro177	FCastro17	2069	1	26	2194
2	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotty	2358	1	24	2164
5	Hive account@dhilan04	tortyllan	2061	1	22	1868
4	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	1937	1	21	2001
5	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2047	1	20	1822
6	Hive account@yinjuolu	Yetundefemii	2003	1	8	1711

^{Of note, several players had started the season already with up to 3 bonus points, dependent if they had played in the fun tournaments!
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes!}

We have our first tournament leaders, Hive account@darruiz, Hive account@lighteye and Hive account@fcastro177.

See you all next week - and keep practicing!

Yesterday the semifinalss of the 2024 Speed Chess Championship 2024 were played!

Not only a chess-wise interesting event, but also due to the clash between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann! The day before Hans Niemann had given IM Levy Rozman ("Gotham Chess") an interview which was disturbing and entertaining at the same time. You have to watch for yourself:

At the end Magnus could win clearly against Hans Niemann. But in the other match, Alireza Firouzja could succeed very convincingly against the speed chess legend Hikaru Nakamura who had not the slightest chance against the youngster.

On Sunday the final will for sure be very exciting!

https://www.chess.com/events/2024-speed-chess-championship-main-event/results