Hivechess Tournament Season 21 Round 2: @samostically in full berserk to the top!

Dear chess fans,

earlier today season 21 round 2 was played with a 3+2 Blitz arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. Again only 18 players, with an average rating of 1765, were participating. Welcome to Hivechess, Hive account@ezemhugo (MixzyRagnal) and Hive account@lailawrites (Ohieku) and welcome back, Hive account@spartano (humbertoortega)!

This time IM Hive account@maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) was at the end overtaken by Hive account@samostically who was in good shape today and mercilessly berserked his way to the first place (helped by a lucky pairing as well 😉). Third was Hive account@dhilan04 with a solid performance. Again Hive account@jaki01 was just outside the podium! Congratulations to All!

Result table of round 2:

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/miW5FYPa

Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Ranking after 2 rounds:

(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!)

Tournament 1 (0-1499)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	Hive account@salomijale	summisineon1	IND	1350	2	14	1800
2(new)	Hive account@fiona777	fiona777	UKR	1485	1	7	1545
3(new)	Hive account@lailawrites	Ohieku		1197	1	5	1582
4(-2)	Hive account@dadapizza	knighthammer7		997	1	5	1153
5(new)	Hive account@ezemhugo	MixzyRagnal		1495	1	2	1483
6(-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	1685	2	29	1845
2	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	SRB	1670	2	25	1776
3(+2)	Hive account@justola1	just-ola	NGA	1755	2	22	1590
4	Hive account@rodrook	RDcast	USA	1517	2	14	1575
5(new)	Hive account@stranger27	stranger27	UKR	1715	1	12	1998
6(-3)	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	BIH	1507	2	12	1445
7(new)	Hive account@spartano	humbertoortega		1528	1	10	1655
8(-3)	Hive account@darruiz	darruiz	VEN	1510	1	7	1641
9(-5)	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(+2)	Hive account@justfavour	justfavour	NGA	1849	2	32	1921
2(+2)	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	AUT	2018	2	30	1879
3(new)	Hive account@dhilan04	tortyllan		2018	1	22	2026
4(-3)	Hive account@maverieux000	Keylix		2066	1	19	2154
5(-3)	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	VEN	2000	1	19	1849
6(new)	Hive account@southgamer	SouthGamer		2081	1	13	1798

Tournament 4 (2100+)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1(+1)	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	GER	2325	2	40	2234
2(-1)	Hive account@maestroask	Odnoobraz_bcm	RUS	2472	2	36	2428
3(new)	Hive account@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	NGA	2191	1	28	1980
4(-3)	Hive account@tangibleay	Tangible_ay	NGA	2235	1	26	2225
5(-1)	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotty	NGA	2337	1	17	2303

^{Of note, Hive account@justola1 switched tiers due to lower ranking and plays now in tournament 2.}

In tournament 4 Hive account@jaki01 sneaked his way to the top position, maybe also due to the fact, that Hive account@tangibleay left (rage quit?) the tournament early! Similarily, in tournament 3 the lowest seeded Hive account@justfavour is now leading thanks to Hive account@maverieux000 and Hive account@rosmarly not showing up! It shows how important it is to participate consistently.

See you all next week - and keep practicing!