We Are Back! Hive Chess S21R1 Review

 Finally! We are back! Season 20 of the Hive Chess tournament was fabtabulous! I made sure I participated in all rounds. My memories are flawed but I think there were about 12 rounds and I made sure to participate n all of them. There were times when I had to make sacrifices just to play the tourney. In fact, there was a time I played chess in the rain. All my efforts didn’t go in vain. In the end, I finished first in the second division. The competition was tough, but I managed to come out with flying colors. Today, we started another season; season 21 of the Hive Chess tournament by @stayoutoftherz. Let’s see how this season goes. Funnily enough, my first ever game was agaisnt Odnoob. I was pissed. Why on earth would my first game be against the most difficult player in the tournament. As expecte, I lost the game. Well, today’s tourney wasn’t so bad. I won more games than I lost and managed to finish in 6th position. As usual, I’ll be reviewing some of my games. **Justfavour VS @JAKI01 : Blunderous End Game**  I enjoy playing against Jaki because I learn so much from him. He plays so well that you have to make sure you play calculated moves. I would have won today’s game if I hadn’t blundered the endgame. In the endgame, I had a rook while Jaki had a bishop and the same number of pawns. I managed to capture a few of his pawns and was now comfortably leading with more points, only for me to let a pawn slip past me. It was painful because I was so confident that I would win the game. I wasn’t overconfident. I just didn’t focus well.  PGN: 1. e4 Nc6 2. d3 e5 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bg5 d6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Qf3 Qd8 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qd1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Be2 Qf6 18. O-O a5 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. Ng4 Qg6 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Nh2 Qd6 23. Bg4 Bg6 24. Qd2 a4 25. Rae1 Qc5 26. Rc1 Rf6 27. Bf3 Nd4 28. c3 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Re8 30. Rce1 Rfe6 31. Ng5 R6e7 32. Nf3 h6 33. Nh4 Bh7 34. Nf3 Qb5 35. Rc1 Qxd3 36. Qxd3 Bxd3 37. Rfd1 e4 38. Nd4 Rf7 39. Kg1 c5 40. Nc2 Ref8 41. Rd2 g5 42. Ne3 Rd8 43. Ng4 Kg7 44. Ne5 c4 45. Nxf7 Kxf7 46. Re1 Ke6 47. Re3 Ke5 48. f3 Rd6 49. fxe4 Bxe4 50. Rf2 Rb6 51. Ree2 Kd6 52. Rf6+ Kc5 53. Rxb6 Kxb6 54. Rd2 Kc5 55. Kf2 Kd6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. g3 b5 58. h4 g4 59. Rf2 Bf3 60. Rd2 Be4 61. Kf2 Bf3 62. Rd4 Be4 63. Ke2 Kf5 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Rd2 Kf5 66. Rf2+ Bf3 67. Kd4 Ke6 68. Kc5 Ke5 69. Kxb5 Bd1 70. Rd2 Bb3 71. Kc5 Ke4 72. Rxd5 Kf3 73. Rh5 Kxg3 74. Rxh6 Kf3 75. Rg6 g3 76. h5 Bc2 77. Rf6+ Kg4 78. h6 g2 79. Kxc4 g1=Q 80. Rd6 Qf1+ 81. Kb4 Qf8 82. Kc5 Qc8+ 83. Kd5 Qg8+ 84. Kc6 Qc8+ 85. Kb5 Bb3 86. Rd4+ Kf3 0-1 [Link to the game](https://lichess.org/de6PuBiE/white) **Justfavour VS @Stayoutoftherz. Luck?**  Again, I managed to secure a win against Stay today. I was happy when I forked his Queen and Rook with my knight. I thought I was on the leading side,  but soon enough I started to blunder. I blundered a few pieces, but luckily, I won on time. I think I was just lucky to win this game.  [Link to the game](https://lichess.org/ybeA1CJ0/white#153) 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qd3 Bg6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Ne5 Bh7 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Nd7 Qc7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Nd2 Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Nxf2 22. Qf3 Nh1 23. Nb3 Ng3+ 24. Kf2 Ne4+ 25. Ke2 Bg3 26. Rf1 a4 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. dxc5 Be4 29. Qe3 Be5 30. Bd2 Bf6 31. Qf4 Qb7 32. Bc1 Qb5+ 33. Ke1 Qxc5 34. Rf2 a3 35. Re2 axb2 36. Bxb2 Bxc3+ 37. Kf1 Bd3 38. Bxc3 Bxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Qxc3 40. Rd1 c5 41. Rd3 Qc2+ 42. Rd2 Qc3 43. Rd3 Qa5 44. Rd2 c4 45. Qd4 Rb8 46. Rc2 Rb1 47. Kf2 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Qf5 50. Rf2 Qg5+ 51. Kh2 Re1 52. Qb2 Re4 53. Qd2 Qxd2 54. Rxd2 e5 55. Rxd5 f6 56. Rc5 Rd4 57. Kg3 Kf7 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Ke3 Rf4 60. a4 Kf5 61. a5 c3 62. Rxc3 Ra4 63. Kf2 Rxa5 64. Rf3+ Ke4 65. Rb3 f5 66. Kg1 g5 67. Rb4+ Ke3 68. Rb8 Kd4 69. Re8 e4 70. Rd8+ Ke3 71. Rb8 Ra2 72. Rb3+ Ke2 73. Rb1 Kd2 74. Kh2 e3 75. Rf1 e2 76. Rxf5 e1=Q 77. Rd5+ 1-0 Lastly, I also enjoyed my game against @lighteye. It was my best game of the night. I enh every move.  Today’s tourney went well. See you all next Friday!