Dear chess fans,
the third round of Season 13 was played yesterday - a 3+2 Blitz arena with 30 players. The average rating was 1873, the highest so far in S13.
This time our multi-champion @sawko won very convincingly, with 6 points lead. Second was @tony1294 and 4 points behind were @kintokris (jonbellionfan) and @eniolw as third and fourth. Congratulations to All!
The winner of the first 2 rounds, @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm), landed only on rank 11, but he didn´t seem to play for the full hour. Maybe on purpose, maybe a technical problem, but on top of it he had a really tough pairing (av. opponent ranking 2242)!
I was able to luckily land in the Top 10, with such a strong field this is already an achievement. In this game against @samostically I (Black pieces) survived the opening and defended the pressure and after lots of trading ended up in a queen endgame (I hate queen endgames). A few mutual blunders it is a dead draw:
https://lichess.org/U32vFOiV/black#110
But only if White moves his king to c4. Then it is an easy perpetual (Qa2+ and the king has to return to d4 - if I would have found this is another story😀). Instead @samostically made Ke4?? and after f5+ he suddenly loses his queen! Kf3 followed by Qxd5 ended the game. What a surprise! Also Ke5 wouldn´t have been any better. After Qe3+ it is a bizarre mate in 1 - in the middle of an almost empty board.
The biggest upset in round 3 was this victory of @fiona777 against @fcastro177 (rating difference 655). It doesn´t happen that often, that a 2100+ player is mated in 16 moves! 1 Hive and 5 LEO well-deserved go to @fiona777!
Yesterday was indeed the day of surprise mate in ones! Here an example of a game between @sawko (White) and @rosmarly. White is completely lost, the pinned bishop is soon falling and Black is up a bunch of pawns.
https://lichess.org/jhrbsQyS/white#105
But again the King chose a fatal square, in this case f8 and was instantly mated by Qh8++.
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/4v7wNUJ3
Season 13: 02 Sep to 04 Nov 2022 / Ranking after 3 rounds:
Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1(+1) | @sawko | CM sawkito | 2447 | 3 | 102 | 2363 |
2(-1) | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2572 | 3 | 95 | 2570,7 |
3(+1) | @tony1294 | tony1294 | 2281 | 3 | 94 | 2251 |
4(+1) | @eniolw | eniolw | 2374 | 3 | 86 | 2301 |
5(+2) | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2165 | 3 | 84 | 20065 |
6(+4) | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2024 | 3 | 81 | 2102,3 |
7(+1) | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2122 | 3 | 74 | 2083 |
8(+4) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2107 | 3 | 73 | 1982 |
9(+4) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 2061 | 3 | 72 | 2133 |
10(-7) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2333 | 2 | 71 | 2416 |
11 | @emic | emichessmaster | 2087 | 3 | 63 | 2023,7 |
12(+3) | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2007 | 3 | 60 | 1903,7 |
13(+1) | @iammanythings | iammanythings | 2163 | 3 | 59 | 1943,7 |
14(-8) | @andzhi | andzh1 | 1979 | 2 | 58 | 2075 |
15(+3) | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2173 | 3 | 56 | 2012 |
16(-7) | @beyondhorizonmm | beyondhorizonmm | 1583 | 3 | 55 | 1785,7 |
17(+6) | @wildthougts | Wildthougts | 2219 | 2 | 50 | 2069 |
18(+2) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1696 | 3 | 48 | 1763 |
19(+1) | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1639 | 3 | 45 | 1618 |
20(+6) | @kreur | Kreur | 2064 | 2 | 41 | 2226 |
21(+1) | @agreste | agreste | 1773 | 3 | 36 | 1740,3 |
22(+5) | @lighteye | lighteye | 1708 | 3 | 35 | 1845,3 |
23(-6) | @yazp | zulukill | 1988 | 1 | 34 | 2061 |
24(-5) | @? | G174R | 2045 | 1 | 33 | 2021 |
25(+6) | @rodrook | rodrook | 1457 | 2 | 32 | 1817,5 |
26(-5) | @? | Oyuncu07a | 2436? | 1 | 29 | 2453 |
27(+15) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1505 | 3 | 26 | 1549,3 |
28(-3) | @sammy00 | migmag | 1486 | 3 | 26 | 1540,3 |
29(-5) | @? | ajedrez_64 | 2070 | 1 | 25 | 2071 |
30(+8) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1723 | 2 | 25 | 1730 |
31(-3) | @? | Gornyi_Roman | 2007 | 1 | 22 | 1818 |
32(-3) | @? | art_rozov_17 | 1715 | 1 | 21 | 1774 |
33(-3) | @? | Bishopmaker2018 | 1840 | 1 | 20 | 1783 |
34(+3) | @vasigo | vasigo | 1277 | 3 | 18 | 1416,7 |
35(-3) | @? | bassam49 | 1608 | 1 | 17 | 1858 |
36(+4) | @pokerarema | ragnarokgame | 1353 | 3 | 16 | 1448 |
37(-1) | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1481 | 3 | 16 | 1440 |
38(-5) | @? | Alireza_1342 | 1662 | 1 | 15 | 1985 |
39(-5) | @petreius | petreius | 1902 | 1 | 15 | 1827 |
40(-5) | @deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2144 | 1 | 13 | 1628 |
41(+4) | @? | Yetundefemii | 1880 | 2 | 11 | 1790 |
42(new) | @philipp87 | Philipp87 | 1773 | 1 | 10 | 1651 |
43(-4) | @? | moscatel10 | 1783 | 1 | 9 | 1748 |
44(-3) | @grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1055 | 2 | 9 | 1383,5 |
45(-2) | @falcout | falcout | 1538 | 1 | 8 | 1584 |
46(-2) | @ptmaker | ptmaker | 1526 | 1 | 8 | 1527 |
47(new) | @? | emprendemesta | 2022 | 1 | 6 | 1993 |
48(-4) | @? | juliandav | 2058 | 1 | 3 | 1827 |
49(-2) | @artistparthoroy | artistparthoroy | 1075 | 2 | 3 | 1212 |
50(-2) | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1299 | 1 | 1 | 939 |
The rules you can look up in the S13 announcement post.
After 3 rounds @sawko is now leading. But please don´t forget that the worst result will be deleted. So if this season would end here already, @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) would still be the winner!
@samostically and @rosmarly both could jump into the Top 10.
@philipp87 in his very first Hivechess tournament scored already 10 points - nice start!
By far the biggest gainer in R3 (+15!) was @fiona777 with a terrific performance!
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
Gentle reminder: Today the new Super Crypto Chess League (SCCL), hosted by @schamangerbert starts! Read more about it here and don´t forget to register in advance!
I found this game very interesting. You've played very well I guess you're master in this. Keep sharing your chess experience with us :)
Thanks, but I am far from being a master in this game. There are way better players here, apparently.
Yes thungpong(blackswan21),eniolw are my favourites.they play extraordinarily
I enjoyed our game. I didn't want to draw and I paid the price.
Good game @stayoutoftherz. You've Highlighted me in recent publications, I guess I'm a star :)
I would do better next time. The caro khan is a bit more difficult to crack now.
There is a free Chessable-course on the Caro-Kann 😃. If I only would remember all those lines!
congrats all
this round was bad bad
couple of good moves here and there but one draw out of 9
guess more practice
Hi @stayoutoftherz, I registered and participated for the first time yesterday and my name isn’t up😢.
I played three games, lost the first won the last two.
What´s your Lichess name?
The last game didn't count for her. She's chocho2 on lichess.
Like @samostically mentioned, the last one wasn´t finished during the tournament, so it didn´t count. And you need to play 3 games at least in order to participate. Hopefully next time!
Alright then
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