Dear chess fans!
We are approaching already half time! Round 6 of season 21 is played this Friday, 31th Oct 2025, at the usual time! In some time zones it is 1h later than normal!
The current standings after 5 rounds you can find here.
Back to a normal arena tournament where finally also Berserkers will have some fun. This time we go for 5+0, the same time format that is now also used for the Titled Tuesday tournaments.
Mode: 5+0 (5 minutes per game, 0 sec. increment), 70 min arena tournament
Tournament link: https://lichess.org/tournament/lRJW0SNP
The prize pool contains already 1405 Hive!
This round there will be again a bonus of 2 Hives for anyone who manages to win all his games and 1 Hive for players who stay undefeated (min. 7 games to be played), sponsored by @sammy00! Many thanks!
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 Chess960 (Fischer Random, "Freestyle" chess).
- 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 4 games must have been played.
- If 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 12 rounds are summed up. Each of the 4 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 80), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the prize pool is divided among all other players according to the number of tournament points achieved (60%) and the number of rounds played (40%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least six of the 12 rounds!
- If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prizes, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments!
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 all on Friday and good luck!
Mention List
Potentially of interest to:
@aakrist @abelarte @abimbola753 @acidtiger @africanchess @agreste @aiuna @amit.pangeni @ajumaa @alberto0607 @alexmag1988 @almightymelon @ambarvegas @anadello @andzhi @anli @anomadsoul @apy @arsenal49 @artistparthoroy @artsbreezy01 @astrolabio @awesomeintrigue @b0s @behiver @beyondhorizonmm @bitsignal @bostonadventures @brijwhiz @burnoutawesome @camiloferrua @castm2 @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chessdev17 @chesthetica @cositav @cryptogee @cryptoniusraptor @cryptoph0823 @ctrpch @dadapizza @dakods @dalods @darruiz @detectblock @dhilan04 @diegofitness92 @digitalis @djbravo @doctorfate @dovycola @draco2 @duskobgd @ebingo @eenriquerivas @elcholitosanto @eliaschess333 @elprofe62 @emeka4 @emerald09551 @elcholitosanto @engilhramn @eniolw @ernestopg @evgsk @ezemhugo @fcastro177 @fiona777 @flaws @franciscomarval @franu @fredaig @gabotask @geo52rey @giacomone @gingerbyna @good-karma @grafo07 @grigorijj @hierro21 @hildemaro @hirohurl @iamchessguy @iammanythings1 @ibizaki @idksamad78699 @iobates @ironshield @ismeris @jaki01 @jay12y @jesusmgl1995 @jesustiano @jkms @johannfrare @juanmi96 @justfavour @justola1 @katerinaramm @kaungsett8388 @kintokris @konquest @kreur @lailawrites @levitant @lighteye @llag @lucianosky @maciejficek @madchess64 @maestroask @marcusantoniu26 @mario89 @masterswatch @maverieux000 @mdasein @meedo @memess @mendelito @menati @mrsarri @mstafford @mundharmonika @mundocuriosidad @mypathtofire @nanixxx @nftland1989 @nikoszzz @oadissin @odic3o1 @officialrosh1 @og-gamershub @olujay @omonomo @onthewayout @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @philipp87 @phoennix09 @pokerarema @pokermaria @poseout87 @pravesh0 @precab @psicologopoeta @purapapita @queenofthesqrs @rafaelaquino @ram9612 @ramonchis @razzor @reiseamateur @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @roswelborges @sahi1 @salaks.chess @salomijale @samostically @sanjamkapoors @sawko @schamangerbert @seki1 @soluce07 @southgamer @spacetoon @spartano @stranger27 @stuffings @suisver @syndmitrij @tangibleay @the01crow @techstyle @tenny-trigah @thedoc07 @therealflaws @timix648 @timofey @tobijob @toluwayme @tomasguitar @tony1294 @tungphong @uliseshb @ulisesjavier22 @uniforced @vaipraonde @vasigo @victorbch2 @vjap55 @volkiceper @walner @wealthgrammy @web-gnar @wegflexor @xoflox @yazp @yinjuolu @yf95 @yonnathang @zacherybinx @ziabutt3836 @zlater
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)
How do you like the animated logo? I made it with Grok Imagine, https://grok.com/imagine with the normal logo (below) as prompt, and afterwards changed the video to a gif using https://imgflip.com/gif-maker
However it is not perfect, e.g. ideally the end position should be the starting position so that the gif runs more smoothly.
Now it´s your turn! Can you create a better one? Send your gif in the comments below, the user with the best one will get 5 HBD (if there are at least 3 suggestions and if it is decent)!
Animated logo looks good - nice idea with logo
Already 1405 Hive - So 2000+ is in reach
Maybe there can be more rewards/bounties - if I manage to arrange I will post it
I love the image and gif
Veryy creative 💡
Bro, I tried to log in last week but the captains of team hasn't accept my request to join the team.... Please, pay attention
Please, how did you add your Twitter and discord link to your profile
I can't find a place to add it on ecency and peakD
Very good GIF, I really liked it. I will try to participate in the tournament.
Best regards!