Dear chess fans,
yesterday already round 4 of S21 was played. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. 25 players were present, thanks to @samostically who sent a reminder to the newly onboarded Nigerian players. Welcome @dakods, @dalods, @madChess64 and IM @stuffings to the Friday series of Hivechess!
The time format was 2+3 which is rather rarely played - how did you like it? In any case there were quite some upsets and some strong players didn´t even make it into the top 10, partly due to berserking was not that easy (e.g. you can read @southgamer´s report about it here).
@dakods was the winner of the tournament, with a 4 point lead despite having the by far strongest oponnents (average 2111!). Runner-up was his brother @dalods! I was able to achieve the third place, with a bit of luck and a time advantage against some berserkers 😁. Fourth was @samostically, ex aequo in points, followed by @madChess64. Congratulations to All!
Result table of round 4:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/wUw5tbOH
In this position from me (with Black) against @samostically I would have been in a very bad situation with my king heavily on fire on g6 if he hadn´t make a fatal mistake in his last move. What is the only way for Black now to win?
Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Ranking after 4 rounds:
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @salomijale | summisineon1 | IND | 1439 | 4 | 29 | 1726 |
| 2(+1) | @lailawrites | Ohieku | 1220 | 3 | 20 | 1547 | |
| 3(+4) | @spartano | humbertoortega | 1485 | 3 | 16 | 1575 | |
| 4(-1) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | UKR | 1406 | 3 | 15 | 1413 |
| 5(-1) | @dadapizza | knighthammer7 | 997 | 1 | 5 | 1153 | |
| 6 | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1224 | 3 | 4 | 1300 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | ITA | 1672 | 4 | 64 | 1860 |
| 2 | @justola1 | just-ola | NGA | 1761 | 4 | 44 | 1635 |
| 3(+1) | @sammy00 | migmag | BIH | 1594 | 4 | 43 | 1616 |
| 4(-1) | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1654 | 4 | 40 | 1748 |
| 5 | @stranger27 | stranger27 | UKR | 1721 | 3 | 30 | 1843 |
| 6(-1) | @ezemhugo | MixzyRagnal | 1556 | 3 | 25 | 1745 | |
| 7(-3) | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1517 | 3 | 25 | 1575 |
| 8 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1617 | 2 | 22 | 1817 |
| 9 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | NGA | 1737 | 2 | 14 | 1659 |
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2067 | 4 | 70 | 1954 |
| 2 | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1839 | 4 | 54 | 1836 |
| 3 | @southgamer | SouthGamer | 2008 | 3 | 41 | 1872 | |
| 4 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 1962 | 3 | 38 | 1807 |
| 5 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 1963 | 2 | 35 | 1870 | |
| 6(new) | @madChess64 | MadChess64 | NGA | 1998 | 1 | 26 | 1908 |
| 7(-1) | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2066 | 1 | 19 | 2154 |
Tournament 4 (2100+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @jaki01 | jaki01 | GER | 2325 | 4 | 78 | 2236 |
| 2(+1) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | NGA | 2158 | 3 | 71 | 1956 |
| 3(-1) | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | RUS | 2522 | 4 | 64 | 2432 |
| 4(new) | @dalods | Gmdalods-16 | NGA | 2304 | 1 | 34 | 1915 |
| 5(new) | @dakods | Dakods-16 | NGA | 2278 | 1 | 30 | 2326 |
| 6(-2) | @tangibleay | Tangible_ay | NGA | 2235 | 1 | 26 | 2225 |
| 7(new) | @stuffings | stuffings | NGA | 2338 | 1 | 26 | 2077 |
| 8(-3) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | NGA | 2337 | 2 | 24 | 2303 |
| 9(-3) | @africanchess | othims | NGA | 1 | 12 |
Of note, due to rating changes @spartano (humbertoortega) switched from tournament 2 to 1 and likewise, @ezemhugo (MixzyRagnal, who achieved an excellent 6thrank!) switched from tournament 1 to 2.
In tournament 2 @migmag, thanks to good results in the last 2 rounds, is now 3rd and only one point behind @justola1! In tournament 4 @samostically was able to overtook IM @maestroask and is now on the second place.
See you later today at the Saturday Showdown (R16): https://lichess.org/tournament/JAZPUFsL
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