Intro
It's been a while I reviewed our usual Friday Hive Chess Tournament. We often finish around 10:00pm (Nigerian Time) and I get lazy to write reviews.
I decided today to beat procrastination and my sleepy eyes to cook up this post.
Today's tournament was pretty fun and a lot of players have significantly improved.
Player migmag played very good today. Check out his stats, his skills has significantly improved. 👏🏼
Here's how the final leaderboard looked:
🥇 Odnoobraz_bcm– 21 points
🥈 SouthGamer- 21 points
🥉 Stuffings– 17 points
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I was able to amass a total of 10 points and secured the 9th place ♟
As usual, let's highlight some of the games that are quite interesting and we could learn from 👇🏼
Today's Game Highlights and Analysis
JUST_OLA VS ZGM_SAMOSTICALLY
@samostically is one the top players in the blockchain team. I won this match against him; you could call it an unfair advantage because of his terrible internet connection. The Nigerian audience can relate, it kills your work flow.
White beserked and opened with the Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation. This game was quite chaotic from start to finish. There were a lot of inaccuracies and missed chances on both sides. Black won and you could say it wasn't the cleanest win but it was entertaining.
Game Link: https://lichess.org/mSSzIhSQ/black
This is the PGN file of the game:
[Event "Hivechess S21 Round 8 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/mSSzIhSQ"] [Date "2025.11.14"] [White "ZGM_Samostically"] [Black "Just_ola"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "mSSzIhSQ"] [UTCDate "2025.11.14"] [UTCTime "20:30:18"] [WhiteElo "2173"] [BlackElo "1721"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation"] [Termination "Normal"]
- e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. c4 Nb6 5. d4 a6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. dxc6 Bxc6 9. d5 Bd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. g4 exd5 15. g5 Ne8 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Bc4 Nd6 20. Bb3 Qb6 21. Re7 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qb5 23. Bf4 Be8 24. Qf3 Bc5 25. Rf1 Bh5 26. Qh3 Bg4 27. Qg2 Bf5 28. Rfe1 Bb4 29. Bxd6 Bxe1 30. Bg3 Kf8 31. d6 Rc1 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. d7+ Bxd7 34. Qe4+ Kd8 35. Qe7+ Kc8 36. Rf8+ Rxf8 37. Qxf8+ Be8 38. Be6+ Kd8 39. Qd6+ Bd7 40. Qf8+ Be8 41. Qd6+ Qd7 42. Qb8+ Rc8 43. Bc7+ 0-1
JUST_OLA VS LIGHTEYE
White opened with the Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense. We both had strong positions but white made a blunder by taking the pawn at g7, it gave room for me to attack and take his Rook.
Blunder
Winning Move:
Black moved to e2, this move gave me chance to obtain White's second rook which then led to a resign from White and I won the round
Game Link: https://lichess.org/m25j4kyt/black
This is the PGN file:
[Event "Hivechess S21 Round 8 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/m25j4kyt"] [Date "2025.11.14"] [White "lighteye"] [Black "Just_ola"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "m25j4kyt"] [UTCDate "2025.11.14"] [UTCTime "20:59:07"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1715"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense"] [Termination "Normal"]
- d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nf3 Bh3 19. g3 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 Nc3 21. Qb3 Qxf3 22. Rc1 Ne2+ 23. Bxe2 Rxc1+ 0-1
STAYOUTOFTHERZ VS SOUTHGAMER
I got curious of @stayoutoftherz and the Silver-medal winner Southgamer.
White handled the Benko Gambit with calm precision.
The turning point for white occurred at move 31(Rook to g1). He then continued by doubling his two rooks in one column and forcing Blacks Queen to precarious positions that eventually led to a clean checkmate ♟.
Turning Point:
Lets watch the gif:
https://lichess1.org/game/export/gif/white/JKJS9TKf.gif?theme=brown&piece=cburnett
Game Link: https://lichess.org/JKJS9TKf
This is the PGN file:
[Event "Hivechess S21 Round 8 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/JKJS9TKf"] [Date "2025.11.14"] [White "stayoutoftherz"] [Black "SouthGamer"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "JKJS9TKf"] [UTCDate "2025.11.14"] [UTCTime "20:33:10"] [WhiteElo "2038"] [BlackElo "1897"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+3"] [ECO "A57"] [Opening "Benko Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"]
- d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 g6 6. cxb5 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. bxa6 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. O-O Ng4 14. Na4 Qa7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. h3 Nge5 18. Kh2 h5 19. f4 Nf7 20. g3 Rb8 21. Kg2 Rb4 22. Qd3 Nb6 23. Nec3 Rd4 24. Qe3 Nxa4 25. Nxa4 Raxa4 26. bxa4 Qxa4 27. Rfe1 g5 28. Re2 h4 29. gxh4 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Ne5 31. Rg1 Kf7 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Reg2 Rxe4 34. Rg7+ Ke8 35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Qf5+ Kc7 37. Qc8+ Kb6 38. Rb1+ Ka5 39. Qc7+ Ka4 40. Qa7+ 1-0
Thank you all for the games, it was really fun I won't lie. And thank you @stayoutoftherz for hosting this tournament.
Friday HiveChess Season 21 ♟
Tnx for the shout out
Couple good moves here and there - Field in the tournament is very strong
We split our games this round
That position between you and @samostically is so messy
Good performance
You're welcome,
Thank youuu