Hivechess Tournament Season 21 Round 1: @maestroask was the winner, ahead of @lucianosky!

Dear chess fans,

yesterday season 21 was kicked off with a 4+0 Swiss tournament over 9 rounds. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. Only 18 players, but with a quite high average rating of 1826, were participating. Just as a reminder, 5 games minimum need to be played to get counted for the standings!

IM Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) was the not that surprising winner with 9/9 points, followed by Hive account@lucianosky (Pavarotty) and Hive account@tangibleay with both 7/9. Rank 4 went to Hive account@jaki01! Congratulations to All!

Result table of round 1:

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/V3smvtgk

Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Ranking after the first round:

(Please note, that many players didn´t start with zero because engagement in the Lichess Liga Team Battle and the fun tournament could have earned them up to 11 points!)

We see some surprises in the leaderboards. Hive account@sammy00, Hive account@rodrook and Hive account@darruiz did not start in the lowest skill group as in the last seasons, but crossed the 1500 rating mark and tiered up (in some cases just barely). And also Hive account@justola1 and Hive account@justfavour have improved a lot in their rankings and are now together with stronger opponents!

Tournament 1 (0-1499)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@salomijale	summisineon1	IND	1306	1	10	1815
2	Hive account@dadapizza	knighthammer7		997	1	5	1153
3	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	SRB	1305	1	2	1311

Tournament 2 (1500-1799)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@giuatt07	guisep73	ITA	1678	1	16	1829
2	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	SRB	1685	1	14	1737
3	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	BIH	1587	1	11	1690
4	Hive account@rodrook	RDcast	USA	1510	1	8	1506
5	Hive account@darruiz	darruiz	VEN	1510	1	7	1641
4	Hive account@odic3o1	odic3o	NGA	1730	1	6	1508

Tournament 3 (1800-2099)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@maverieux000	Keylix		2066	1	19	2154
2	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	VEN	2000	1	19	1849
3	Hive account@justfavour	justfavour	NGA	1880	1	18	2009
4	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	AUT	2026	1	18	1829
5	Hive account@justola1	just-ola	NGA	1837	1	13	1603

Tournament 4 (2100+)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@tangibleay	Tangible_ay	NGA	2235	1	26	2225
2	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	GER	2318	1	25	2156
3	Hive account@maestroask	Odnoobraz_bcm	RUS	2482	1	19	2541
4	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotty	NGA	2337	1	17	2303

Please let me know your country if you are comfortable with it, to complete the table! Many thanks! By the way, Hive account@jaki01, is "GER" still correct or do you prefer the country of your current location?

I hope, some more players join in in the next rounds.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!