This Friday is crazy Hivechess time! Win 100 GLX!

Hi chess fans!

Did you really think we would do a summer break without some fun chess tournament?

Well, this Friday, the 21^th July, at 19h GMT there will be exactly such an event!

OPEN TO ALL SKILL LEVELS. All you need is a free Lichess-account. 20% of the rewards of this post go into the next season´s prize pool.

The winner gets 100 GLX right away sent into his Hive-engine wallet! GLX is the utility token of the recently beta launched NFT game Genesis League Goals.

Mode: 3+2 (3 minutes per game, 2 sec. increment per move), 60 min. arena mode with no streaks.

Sounds pretty normal so far, but again it will be...

^{made with Midjourney, using the prompt "crazy chess player" among others}

In the Crazyhouse variant the normal rules of chess apply, with the following additions:

• A piece that is captured reverses color and goes to the capturing player's reserve. At any time, instead of making a move with a piece on the board, a player can drop one of their held pieces onto an empty square on the board (therefore this variant is also called drop chess). So e.g. if you capture a pawn, it becomes yours and in the next move (or later) you can drop it anywhere to the board, with these restrictions:
• A pawn may not be dropped on the 1^st or 8^th ranks, if it is dropped on its 2^nd rank, it may use its two-square initial advance.
• When a piece that is promoted from a pawn is captured, it enters the opponent's reserve as a pawn.

Easy, right? But I advise you to try it out first! There will some big surprises, promised! There is a good reason another name for it is "mad chess"!

The key is (in my humble opinion, I am not an expert) to on one hand use the captured pieces quickly to gain an advantage and use and keep that momentum. But on the other hand don´t burn all the pieces too lightly - as soon as you give your opponent a single moment to breathe or by making a non-forcing move, things can escalate quickly against you. To find the right balance in managing your reserve piece pool is the crucial aspect here.
It is really fun - unless you get all of a sudden checkmated despite having two queens in the pool which you never had a chance to drop.

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/6WB4XqHC

RESULT:

100 GLX were sent to Hive account@rodrook, as he almost won the tournament!

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Start of the Hivechess season 16 is Friday, the 18^th August!
You can book it already in your calendar.