Hivechess Tournament Season 17 Round 9: @amirl was the new winner by a hair's breadth

Dear chess fans,

yesterday already the penultimate round of season 17 was played, a 4+2 Fischer Random chess arena with 23 players participating. Welcome back to Hivechess, @petreius and @yonnathang!

@amirl ended up as the winner in a super-close fight, ex aequo in points with @dhilan04 and @samostically, ranks 4 and 5 went to @eniolw and @lucianosky (Pavarotty). Congratulations to All!

In this position between @rodrook (White) and @samostically, after Black´s second move, White is already completely winning! Can you spot the way to go? Congrats to @rodrook for finding it during the game!

White to move and win:
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Endposition after Checkmate on move 4:
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link to the game: https://lichess.org/xvNltMEt/black#4
This motiv is a must-know in Chess960 and the identical pattern was actually played also in the first days of the just completed GOAT Challenge 2024 (which was won by Magnus Carlsen)!


Result table of round 9:
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Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/qV1GYa7n

Season 17: 15 Dec to 23 Feb 2024 / Ranking after 8 rounds:

Tournament 1 (0-1499)
RankHive nameLichess nameRatingRounds playedPointsPerformance
1@sammy00migmag15079851518,6
2@rodrookRDcast15209761528,7
3@darruizdarruiz13717391537,4
4(+2)@fiona777fiona77713724331465
5(-1)@grafo07Grafo_0711816331329,6
6(-1)@ram9612romeo961213574301558,7
7@vasigovasigo10657201209,4
8@maciejficekXM900014012131668
9@omonomoomonomo8942121218,5
10(+1)@brijwhizbrijwhiz13174121235,7
11(-1)@ctrpchctrpch9235121126,8
12@mypathtofiremypathtofire1270381199,5
13(new)@yonnathangYonnathang106817
14(-1)@anomadsoulanomadsoul1493131521
15(-1)@og-gamershubbossgaius1011111241
16(-1)@purapapitapurapapita816111096
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
RankHive nameLichess nameRatingRounds playedPointsPerformance
1@agresteagreste182291051790
2@giuatt07guisep7316219841640,9
3@lighteyelighteye16909831720,4
4@stranger27stranger2716515451583
5@b0sDa_k1ng16065311527,3
6@schamangerbertHerbyW16872251653
7@odic3o1odic3o17781131967
8@justfavourjustfavour1670171406
9@olujayOlu-jay1573161343
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
RankHive nameLichess nameRatingRounds playedPointsPerformance
1@dhilan04tortyllan204981572087,3
2@rosmarlyrosmarly205591381970,3
3@stayoutoftherzstayoutoftherz203891301933
4(+1)@onthewayoutonthewayout18475611764
5(-1)@kintokrisjonbellionfan20673511931,3
6(+4)@amirlamirl-from-hive1970238
7@yf95yf9520933271989,5
8(-2)@mundocuriosidadTonystar11120682241957,5
9(-1)@yazpzulukill19461192074
10(-1)@fcastro177FCastro1720931172009
11(new)@petreiuspetreius1940114
Tournament 4 (>2099)
RankHive nameLichess nameRatingRounds playedPointsPerformance
1@eniolweniolw238261252355
2(+1)@samosticallyZGM_Samostically209371092010,8
3(-1)@lucianoskyPavarotty231961072104,5
4@vjap55vjap5521294672172,8
5@pamboy27pamboy2721532271994
6@franuTz99521931162169
7@jaki01jaki0123581122127

Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes! A rating in Italic indicates that this player is in "danger" of changing tiers! After this round no changes in rating&performance as chess960 ratings don´t count.
For the detailed rules please refer to the announcement post.

In tournament 1 @fiona777 could edge closer again and is now only 6 points away from a place on the podium. In tournament 4 @samostically was able to overtake @lucianosky and is now second!

See you all next week for the final special round - don´t miss out!

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congrats to the winners
lovely games

thanks for the congrats @stayoutoftherz.
I think only my second or third win against @samostically

I didn't know you changed username. Congratulations and nicely spotted!

Chess 960 is beautiful isn't it?

Thanks! I love Chess960 and crazyhouse eveny more because I can play my all out crazy offense. my rating is about 1640 in crazyhouse...

Congrats to the winner and shout out to the organizers. Hopefully I can join in the future. 😀

You can join anytime!

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A big congratulations to the winner

Congratulations to the winner and many thanks to the organisers.

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