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, !
In the Masters it was a tough fight between ,
and
, but at the end
had the upper hand and a 3 point lead thanks to a 100% berserk rate!
had to settle for second place, in front of
and
. But that second place was enough for
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 could gain his second win and thus extend his lead to 9 points in the standings. Runner-up was
, followed by
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)
Challengers tournament (<1800)
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/