Dear chess fans,
yesterday the first round of season 20 started with a 5+2 arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. 21 players, with an average rating of 1639, were participating. Welcome back @maestroask and @maverieux000, and welcome @sahi1 to Hivechess!
@dhilan04 was the winner in a fairly close fight with @fcastro177 and @maestroask! Congratulations to All!
Result table of round 1:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/qJH3wefu
Season 20: 31 Jan to 18 Apr 2025 / Ranking after the first round:
Tournament 1 (<1500)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sahi1 | sahi1-chess | PAK | 1457 | 1 | 8 | 1436 |
| 2 | @sammy00 | migmag | 1427 | 1 | 7 | 1414 | |
| 3 | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1386 | 1 | 7 | 1359 |
| 4 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1350 | 1 | 5 | 1118 |
| 5 | @dovycola | Dovycola | 1094 | 1 | 4 | 1255 | |
| 6 | @konquest | Kon_1 | 1009 | 1 | 2 | 1734 | |
| 7 | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1177 | 1 | 1 | 1294 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1899)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1694 | 1 | 15 | 1919 |
| 2 | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | VEN | 1673 | 1 | 14 | 1668 |
| 3 | @justola1 | just-ola | NGA | 1712 | 1 | 13 | 1871 |
| 4 | @olujay | Olu-jay | NGA | 1522 | 1 | 13 | 1472 |
| 5 | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1642 | 1 | 12 | 1774 |
| 6 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | 1712 | 1 | 11 | 1647 |
Tournament 3 (1900+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2090 | 1 | 22 | 2102 | |
| 2 | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | VEN | 2076 | 1 | 22 | 2091 |
| 3 | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2447 | 1 | 21 | 1997 | |
| 4 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 1972 | 1 | 18 | 1859 |
| 5 | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2060 | 1 | 17 | 2167 | |
| 6 | @franu | Tz995 | BIH | 2109 | 1 | 17 | 2086 |
| 7 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2009 | 1 | 15 | 1990 |
| 8 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | NGA | 2174 | 1 | 7 | 1882 |
| Participants of the fun tournaments got bonus points. Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes! |
You may have noticed that I have added the countries of the players. Please correct me, in case I have made a mistake, and if you want, please let me know your country! Many thanks!
We have our first tournament leaders, @sahi1, @justfavour and @dhilan04!
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
2 rounds to go in the TATA Steel Masters 2025, one of the strongest tournaments in the world, and brandnew world champion Gukesh Dommaraju is leading with half a point in front of Praggnanandhaa and Abdusattorov. Gukesh made 8 out 11 so far with an ELO performance of 2893!!
https://chess-results.com/tnr1101638.aspx?lan=0&art=4&fed=IND