Dear Chess fans,
in the 5th round of Season 6 we were 15 players. @sawkito - hardly surprising - won again with quite a margin. Behind him were the usual @vjap55 this time as runner up, @yazp (zulukill) as third and @jaki01 as fourth. I landed after @pereu4ivatel (pereu4uwatch) only on the sixth spot, despite I played much better than in previous rounds and had a performance of 2256 (I even could beat @jaki01 what rather rarely happens). Maybe because I stopped playing Benoni with the Black pieces (which is fine against weaker players, but definitely an inferior opening in this strong field). But I had again the "luck" of an average opponent rating of 2073, the highest of all players.
Of note, @maciejficek (XM9000), spurred by the completion of his master thesis, could gain a 7th rank amidst all the 2000+ players. Congratulations to him as well!
The games of this round can be found here, in case you want to replay some of them.
Season 6: 14 May to 25 June 2021 / Ranking after 5 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sawko | sawkito | 2515 | 5 | 48 |
| 2 (+1) | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2378 | 5 | 37 |
| 3 (-1) | @eniolw | eniolw | 2459 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | @yazp | zulukill | 2061 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2171 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2017 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 (+4) | @pereu4ivatel | pereu4uwatch | 2072 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 (+1) | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2169 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 (-2) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1739 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 (+3) | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1487 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 (+1) | @amirl | amirl-from-hive | 2150 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 (-4) | @lighteye | lighteye | 1630 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 (-3) | @kreur | Kreur | 2087 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | 1743 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | @rodrook | rodrook | 1455 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | @aakrist | TheOnlyNischal | 1505 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | @masterswatch | Masterswatch | 1659 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | @elprofe62 | ELPROFE62 | 1279 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | @vasigo | vasigo | 845 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | @manncpt | Toful | 1279 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | @zacherybinx | sirtetris | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
Due to @eniolw missing today, @jaki01 could overtake him and is now second again. But the gap to the leading @sawkito is large and only 2 rounds to go!
The rules you can look up in the announcement post.
In the next week expect a surprise (if all things go well)!
Until then - keep practicing!
