Hivechess Tournament - Start of Season 8 this Friday!

Dear chess fans!

In the meantime the prices and payouts from S7 were distributed to to all eligible players.
At the end 390 Hive could be distributed, even more than in the previous season!

Thanks again to all the Upvoters and Supporters!

🏆 Here is the payout table of Season 7 🏆

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Reward (Hive)
Winner	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	2420	8	70	63,51
2nd	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2040	8	54	40,81
3rd	Hive account@sawko	CM sawkito	2494	5	40	28,51
4	Hive account@eniolw	eniolw	2417	4	28	20,89
5	Hive account@petreius	petreius	1977	6	28	24,6
6	Hive account@lighteye	lighteye	1718	8	26	27,35
7	Hive account@rodrook	rodrook	1482	8	20	24,47
8	Hive account@kreur	Kreur	2063	4	19	16,56
9	Hive account@maverieux000	Keylix	2086	5	19	18,42
10	Hive account@schamangerbert	HerbyW	1793	5	19	18,42
11	Hive account@maciejficek	XM9000	1550	7	17	21,17
12	Hive account@pereu4ivatel	pereu4uwatch	2098	4	16	15,12
13	Hive account@apy	Apy	1986	2	15	0
14	Hive account@burnoutawesome	burnoutawesomehive	2115	2	12	0
15	Hive account@yazp	zulukill	2029	2	11	0
16	Hive account@sammy00	migmag	1487	3	10	10,38
17	Hive account@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	1720	6	10	15,95
18	Hive account@vjap55	vjap55	2184	1	8	0
19	Hive account@ropavejero	ropavejero	1839	4	8	11,27
20	Hive account@cryptoph0823	cryptoph0823	1801	3	4	7,49
21	Hive account@zacherybinx	sirtetris	1985	1	2	0
22	Hive account@primersion	primersion	1383	2	2	0
23	Hive account@manncpt	Toful	1258	5	2	10,24
24	Hive account@elprofe62	ELPROFE62	1276	2	0	0
25	Hive account@anomadsoul	anomadsoul	1304?	1	0	0
26	Hive account@vasigo	vasigo	908	8	0	14,85
27	Hive account@xoflox	xoflox	1783	1	0	0

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The Hivechess Hall of Fame:

Winner of Season 7 was Hive account@jaki01
Winner of Season 6 was Hive account@sawko
Winner of Season 5 was Hive account@sawko
Winner of Season 4 was Hive account@sawko
Winner of Season 3 was Hive account@jaki01
Winner of Season 2 was Hive account@jaki01
Winner of Season 1 was Hive account@jaki01

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After the small break Season 8 will start this Friday 17^th Sep, 19h GMTat the usual time! It will be a super short one with 5 rounds only! Let´s see what effect this has. S9 will then be a longer lasting one again.

Time Mode: 5+1 (5 minutes per game, 1 sec. increment), 70min arena mode, no streaks

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/wcR21iB1

RULES

• For Hivers, Steemians, Blurtters, noise.cashers and all others!
• Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbies to experts, you just need a free Lichess-account!
• Every Friday is one round
• Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2,...), rated, berserking allowed (except in Swiss mode)
• The winner of each round gets up to 10 points, the second 9,... and the 10^th 1 point. Sometimes the round is divided in 2 skill classes, then the winners get up to 7 points.
• In case two players have the same number of points, the one who played less rounds is first. If that is equal too, then the average tournament performance decides.
• PAYOUT: This season goes over 5 rounds and the tournament points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 90% go to the price pool (PP). The tournament winner will get 15 Hive bonus and the rest of the PP is divided among all players according to (1) the no. of rounds played and (2) the tournament points achieved (1 and 2 weighed equally), but only if a player has participated at least 3 times (if <3 games are played in a round it will be not counted)! So everyone has a chance to get something and the more often you participate, the better!
• If I don´t know your Hive username, I can´t consider you in the rankings, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments or in the Lichess chat!
• If you have not yet joined our team in Lichess, please do it here, so that you can participate (required for the Swiss tournaments only).

Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues!
The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s Chess Community?

See you on Friday and good luck to all!

Potentiall of interest to:
Hive account@aakrist Hive account@abimbola753 Hive account@alberto0607 Hive account@almightymelon Hive account@ambarvegas Hive account@amirl Hive account@anli Hive account@anomadsoul Hive account@apy Hive account@arsenal49 Hive account@behiver Hive account@bitsignal Hive account@burnoutawesome Hive account@cerati Hive account@chessbrotherspro Hive account@chesthetica Hive account@cryptoph0823 Hive account@darruiz Hive account@diegofitness92 Hive account@digitalis Hive account@ebingo Hive account@eliaschess333 Hive account@elprofe62 Hive account@eniolw Hive account@evgsk Hive account@flaws Hive account@foxconnmars Hive account@franciscomarval Hive account@gabotask Hive account@gingerbyna Hive account@gravitcaper Hive account@heimindanger Hive account@hierro21 Hive account@hirohurl Hive account@iceblue Hive account@iobates Hive account@jaki01 Hive account@jkms Hive account@johannesboldt Hive account@juanmi96 Hive account@kintokris Hive account@kreur Hive account@lighteye Hive account@lucianosky Hive account@maciejficek Hive account@manncpt Hive account@marcusantoniu26 Hive account@masterswatch Hive account@maverieux000 Hive account@meedo Hive account@mstafford Hive account@oshiokhenhoya Hive account@parung76 Hive account@pereu4ivatel Hive account@petreius Hive account@primersion Hive account@rafaelaquino Hive account@renerondon Hive account@rexplanet Hive account@rodrook Hive account@ropavejero Hive account@rosmarly Hive account@samostically Hive account@sawko Hive account@schamangerbert Hive account@soluce07 Hive account@spacetoon Hive account@the01crow Hive account@therealflaws Hive account@tungphong Hive account@uliseshb Hive account@vasigo Hive account@vjap55 Hive account@walner Hive account@xoflox Hive account@yazp Hive account@zacherybinx
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)

To those who are reading until here:

As you may know, there are now apparently 3 chess events every week on Hive. This one, the tournament on Saturdays by Hive account@schamangerbert and - new - the one on Sundays organized by Hive account@chessbrotherspro!
Would you prefer to do the Friday one every 2 weeks only?
And by the way, would you be open to variations like seen recently, to make it mandatory to participate each time, to get rewards? I am a bit reluctant to do so, but it would have its advantages. Maybe a bonus reward for all that participate 100%? Let me know your ideas!