Hivechess Tournament Season 22 Round 5: @samostically and @justola1 won!

Dear chess fans,

yesterday round 5 of S22 was played - it is now already halftime, according to the rules!

In total 18 players were participating - the highest number this season - with record average ratings of 2195(!) and 1553. And welcome back, Hive account@chessdev17!

In the Masters it was a tough fight between Hive account@maestroask, Hive account@samostically and Hive account@mikmai, but at the end Hive account@samostically had the upper hand and a 3 point lead thanks to a 100% berserk rate! Hive account@maestroask had to settle for second place, in front of Hive account@mikmai and Hive account@tangibleay. But that second place was enough for Hive account@maestroask to climb to the top of the rankings at season halftime.

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/0GgBrN90

In the Challengers, tournament leader Hive account@justola1 could gain his second win and thus extend his lead to 9 points in the standings. Runner-up was Hive account@odic3o1, followed by Hive account@fiona777 with her best score in this season! Congratulations to All!

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/WR7Uc36J

Standings after 5 rounds:

Masters tournament (=>1800)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points
1(+2)	Hive account@maestroask	IM Odnoobraz	RUS	2513	3	23
2(-1)	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	AUT	2027	5	20
3(-2)	Hive account@southgamer	SouthGamer		2032	3	19
4(+1)	Hive account@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	NGA	2203	3	18
5(-1)	Hive account@mikmai	Lavidacontinua123	BOL	2231	3	17
6(+2)	Hive account@tangibleay	Tangible_ay	NGA	2099	3	12
7(+3)	Hive account@rosmarly	rosmarly	VEN	2000	4	11
8(-2)	Hive account@fcastro177	FCastro17	VEN	2072	5	11
9(-2)	Hive account@lucianosky	Pavarotti	NGA	2308	1	7
10(-1)	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	GER	2362	2	7
11	Hive account@eniolw	eniolw	VEN	2442	1	4
12(new)	Hive account@chessdev17	queen5layer	NGA	2495	1	4

Challengers tournament (<1800)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points
1	Hive account@justola1	just_ola	NGA	1780	5	51
2(+2)	Hive account@odic3o1	odic3o	ECU	1744	4	40
3(-1)	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	BIH	1559	5	39
4(-1)	Hive account@lailawrites	Ohieku	NGA	1622	5	37
5(+1)	Hive account@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	VEN	1611	5	31
6(+2)	Hive account@stranger27	stranger27	UKR	1667	5	29
7(-2)	Hive account@ezemhugo	MixzyRagnal	NGA	1723	3	27
8(-1)	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	SRB	1580	5	27
9(+1)	Hive account@rodrook	RDcast	USA	1455	4	20
10(+1)	Hive account@fiona777	fiona777	UKR	1408	5	20
11(-2)	Hive account@schamangerbert	HerbyW	GER	1623	2	16
12	Hive account@salomijale	summisineon1	IND	1461	2	8
13	Hive account@teooo	teoooForHive		1579	1	7
14	Hive account@darruiz	darruiz	VEN	1518	1	5
15	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	SRB	1077	3	3

^{Of note, some players had been given up to 3 bonus points for participating in the fun tournaments (first, second) and the Hivepredict bet on the Candidates tournament!}

See you next week and as always - keep practicing!

In the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland 2026 Hans Niemann is leading by half a point prior to the last Blitz day. Can he win this tournament? WC contendor Sindarov played surprisingly weak so far.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-4

The Niemann stare :)

https://grandchesstour.org/tours/2026/tournaments/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland/