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 (Odnoobraz_bcm) was the not that surprising winner with 9/9 points, followed by
(Pavarotty) and
with both 7/9. Rank 4 went to
! 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. ,
and
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
and
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 | summisineon1 | IND | 1306 | 1 | 10 | 1815 | |
| 2 | knighthammer7 | 997 | 1 | 5 | 1153 | ||
| 3 | vasigo | SRB | 1305 | 1 | 2 | 1311 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keylix | 2066 | 1 | 19 | 2154 | ||
| 2 | rosmarly | VEN | 2000 | 1 | 19 | 1849 | |
| 3 | justfavour | NGA | 1880 | 1 | 18 | 2009 | |
| 4 | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2026 | 1 | 18 | 1829 | |
| 5 | just-ola | NGA | 1837 | 1 | 13 | 1603 |
Tournament 4 (2100+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangible_ay | NGA | 2235 | 1 | 26 | 2225 | |
| 2 | jaki01 | GER | 2318 | 1 | 25 | 2156 | |
| 3 | Odnoobraz_bcm | RUS | 2482 | 1 | 19 | 2541 | |
| 4 | 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, , 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!