Dear chess fans,
yesterday round 5 of S21 was played as a 3+1 Swiss tournament. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. 25 players were present, with an average rating of 1859 (the highest so far in S21). Welcome back @schamangerbert, @eniolw and @elcholitosanto, and welcome @draco2!
This time @maestroask was in his A-form and won the tournament without any compromises - 9 out of 9! Runner-up was @samostically and the third podium place went to @eniolw! Congratulations to All!
Result table of round 5:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/amfvKM7x
Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Ranking after 5 rounds:
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @salomijale | summisineon1 | IND | 1456 | 5 | 32 | 1678 |
| 2 | @spartano | humbertoortega | VEN | 1483 | 4 | 25 | 1617 |
| 3 | @lailawrites | Ohieku | 1224 | 4 | 22 | 1436 | |
| 4 | @fiona777 | fiona777 | UKR | 1383 | 4 | 16 | 1331 |
| 5(+1) | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1235 | 4 | 9 | 1288 |
| 6(new) | @elcholitosanto | RicardoFox | PER | 1273 | 1 | 6 | 1523 |
| 7(-2) | @dadapizza | knighthammer7 | 997 | 1 | 5 | 1153 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | ITA | 1625 | 5 | 78 | 1842 |
| 2 | @justola1 | just-ola | NGA | 1741 | 5 | 59 | 1664 |
| 3(+1) | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1710 | 5 | 58 | 1834 |
| 4(-1) | @sammy00 | migmag | BIH | 1581 | 5 | 53 | 1640 |
| 5 | @stranger27 | stranger27 | UKR | 1721 | 4 | 43 | 1767 |
| 6 | @ezemhugo | MixzyRagnal | 1642 | 4 | 41 | 1765 | |
| 7 | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1517 | 3 | 25 | 1575 |
| 8 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1617 | 2 | 22 | 1817 |
| 9(new) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | GER | 1601 | 1 | 15 | 1948 |
| 10(-1) | @odic3o1 | odic3o | NGA | 1737 | 2 | 14 | 1659 |
| 11(new) | @draco2 | Draco2 | NGA | 1771 | 1 | 10 | 1741 |
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2047 | 5 | 89 | 1999 |
| 2 | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1846 | 5 | 71 | 1861 |
| 3(+1) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 1970 | 4 | 60 | 1853 |
| 4(-1) | @southgamer | SouthGamer | 1913 | 4 | 45 | 1761 | |
| 5 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 1963 | 2 | 35 | 1870 | |
| 6 | @madChess64 | MadChess64 | NGA | 1998 | 1 | 26 | 1908 |
| 7 | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2066 | 1 | 19 | 2154 |
Tournament 4 (2100+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @jaki01 | jaki01 | GER | 2306 | 5 | 98 | 2205 |
| 2 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | NGA | 2195 | 4 | 95 | 2112 |
| 3 | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | RUS | 2557 | 5 | 89 | 2463 |
| 4 | @dalods | Gmdalods-16 | NGA | 2304 | 2 | 55 | 2045 |
| 5 | @dakods | Dakods-16 | NGA | 2259 | 2 | 38 | 2103 |
| 6(+1) | @stuffings | stuffings | NGA | 2334 | 2 | 37 | 2005 |
| 7(new) | @eniolw | eniolw | VEN | 2429 | 1 | 28 | 2376 |
| 8(-2) | @tangibleay | Tangible_ay | NGA | 2235 | 1 | 26 | 2225 |
| 9(-1) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | NGA | 2337 | 2 | 24 | 2303 |
| 10(-1) | @africanchess | othims | NGA | 1 | 12 |
In tournament 2 @lighteye, with his 8th place, grabbed back the third rank from @migmag!
In tournament 3 @southgamer apparently had some serious troubles and fell back to rank 4 behind @rosmarly.
In tournament 4 @samostically is now only 3 points behind @jaki01.
See you tomorrow at the HiveChess Thematic Tournament (R17), hosted by @samostically: https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@sam.chess/in-memory-of-daniel-naroditsky-hivechess-thematic-tournament-round-17-dq6
And on Sunday there will be the 11th Chess960 tournament, hosted by @sammy00: https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@sammy00/11th-chess960-hivechess-tournament
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Congrats @maestroask
Swiss is not my best mode but result from this round was good
All wins for @maestroaks this round - 2 Hive sent, congratulations
Good games yesterday. I will try to play better today.
@stayoutoftherzIf you want to update my profile later @spartano I'm from VEN, greetings
Thanks! Done.
That was fun 💯
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