Reminder: Round 2 of the Hivechess Tournament S17 , Friday 20h GMT

Dear chess fans!

The second round of Season 17 "x4" is played tomorrow Friday, 22th Dec. 2023, at the usual time.

The current standings after the first round you can find here.

Let´s make it a bit more challenging for the berserkers among you 😆:

Mode: 3+3 (3 minutes per game, 3 sec. increment), 70 min. arena

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/a3IHjVw3

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The price pool contains app. 55 Hive!

Rules

  • All players are welcome, also newbies, you just need a free Lichess-account and join our team in Lichess here (password is "Hive")!
  • Every Friday is one round.
  • Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2, 2+1,...), sometimes Swiss, sometimes maybe Chess960 (Fischer Random).
  • The winner of each round gets the number of points equaling the number of players in that round, the second ranked one point less and so forth until the one on the bottom of the table who gets one point (i.e. the Lighteye-scoring). In order to be counted, at least 3 games must have been played.
  • 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: The tournament points of the 10 rounds are summed up. 65% of all Hivechess-related post rewards go to the prize pool (PP). Each of the 4 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 10), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the PP is divided among all other players according to the number of tournament points achieved (70%) and the number of rounds played (30%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least five of the 10 rounds!
  • There will be a special prize of 5 Hive for the player with the highest tournament performance in relation to his rating.
  • LEO prizes will be funded by @leofinance, detailes to be confirmed
  • If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prices, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments! Community or badge accounts can participate but are not qualified for prices! Only individuals can get prices.

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 tomorrow and good luck to all!

Mention List


Potentially of interest to:
@aakrist @abimbola753 @acidtiger @agreste @aiuna @amit.pangeni @artsbreezy01 @ajumaa @alberto0607 @alexmag1988 @almightymelon @alpha @ambarvegas @anadello @andzhi @anli @anomadsoul @apy @arsenal49 @artistparthoroy @astrolabio @awesomeintrigue @b0s @behiver @beyondhorizonmm @bitsignal @burnoutawesome @camiloferrua @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chesthetica @clixmoney @cryptogee @cryptoniusraptor @cryptoph0823 @cryptopi314 @ctrpch @dhilan04 @darruiz @diegofitness92 @digitalis @djbravo @ebingo @eliaschess333 @elprofe62 @emeka4 @emerald09551 @eenriquerivas @elcholitosanto @engilhramn @eniolw @evgsk @fcastro177 @fiona777 @flaws @foxconnmars @franciscomarval @franu @gabotask @giacomone @gingerbyna @grafo07 @hannes-stoffel @heimindanger @heathbadger @hierro21 @hirohurl @hivetrader @iamchessguy @iammanythings1 @ibizaki @iceblue @iobates @ironshield @jaki01 @jesusmgl1995 @jesustiano @jkms @johannfrare @josesmoke @juanmi96 @justfavour @kaungsett8388 @kintokris @kreur @levitant @lighteye @lofone @lucianosky @maciejficek @maestroask @marcusantoniu26 @mario89 @masterswatch @maverieux000 @mdasein @meedo @memess @mrsarri @mstafford @mundharmonika @mundocuriosidad @mypathtofire @nftland1989 @nikoszzz @oadissin @officialrosh1 @og-gamershub @olujay @omonomo @orlanzavala @oshiokhenhoya @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @philipp87 @pokerarema @pokermaria @pravesh0 @primersion @ptmaker @rafaelaquino @rafzat @ram9612 @razzor @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @salomijale @samostically @sanjamkapoors @sawko @schamangerbert @schnitte @soluce07 @solymi @spacetoon @steamloled @steemychicken1 @stranger27 @syndmitrij @the01crow @thedoc07 @therealflaws @timix648 @timofey @tin.aung.soe @tony1294 @tungphong @uliseshb @vaipraonde @vasigo @victorbch2 @vjap55 @volkiceper @walner @wegflexor @xoflox @yazp @yonnathang @zacherybinx @ziabutt3836
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)

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On another note, do you think chess and fashion is compatible??

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Chess is a fantastic game, it is impressive how one loses the habit of playing over the years. I am new to Hive, and financially I still do not have 55 Hive but I will follow the advice for newbies. Thank you very much for sharing

You misunderstood something! To play at this tournament is completely free. The pricepool is just the sum of the prices the player earn as reward at the end 😄. The more often you participate, the higher your reward.
You just need a Lichess account and join our team!

ohhh, yes, apparently I misunderstood, I'm Spanish speaking 🤣. Perfect then. Thank you for correcting me.

Ooo nice haven't played chess in a long time but would love to have one round

Every Friday you have the chance!

Every Friday that's my busiest day hehe maybe in the future thanks for the info

It sounds very interesting, but at the same time difficult... Although it is one of the oldest games, it also has a great versatility in each game... Good luck in your tournament, God bless you ♥

It will really be nice to join this chess competition

Then just do it! Let me know your Lichess username in time.

I have joined the tournament, but I worry a bit because the starting time is very early in the morning for me and I might sleep through.

PS. Just let you know i have finally got my witness node running on my own server hosted here in Adelaide and asking if you can support me with a vote.

People who can play chess should join in this. Best one

Chess is one indoor game that gives me goosebumps. Unfortunately I am just beginning to learn it, I believe with time and consistency I will become better.

Cheers

On another note, do you think chess and fashion is compatible??

OMG, this is an excellent way to distract the opponent! 😂

Viva el Ajedrez , en la colmena, este tipo de eventos, realmente hacen crecer Hive.

PIZZA!

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It is good that all people participate in this tournament and this game is very interesting.