Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 10th and final round of S17 "x4" was played as a 5+1 arena tournament, with only 18 players participating. Welcome back, @iamchessguy to Hivechess!
Not entirely surprisingly, @eniolw could win the tournament effortlessly (with not much competition) with a huge lead to runner-up @iamchessguy and @dhilan04 who was third. Congrats to All!
Result table of round 10:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/cgWhsxMW
Season 17: 15 Dec to 23 Feb 2024 / Final Ranking:
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @sammy00 | migmag | 1470 | 10 | 97 | 1535,8 |
| 2 | @rodrook | RDcast | 1490 | 10 | 82 | 1510,4 |
| 3(+1) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1416 | 5 | 41 | 1539 |
| 4(-1) | @darruiz | darruiz | 1371 | 7 | 39 | 1537,4 |
| 5 | @grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1142 | 7 | 35 | 1323,7 |
| 6 | @ram9612 | romeo9612 | 1354 | 5 | 34 | 1543,5 |
| 7 | @vasigo | vasigo | 1042 | 8 | 21 | 1182,5 |
| 8(+2) | @brijwhiz | brijwhiz | 1314 | 5 | 17 | 1288,5 |
| 9(-1) | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1401 | 2 | 13 | 1668 |
| 10(-1) | @omonomo | omonomo | 894 | 2 | 12 | 1218,5 |
| 11 | @ctrpch | ctrpch | 923 | 5 | 12 | 1126,8 |
| 12 | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1258 | 4 | 11 | 1237,3 |
| 13 | @yonnathang | Yonnathang | 1068 | 1 | 7 | |
| 14 | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1493 | 1 | 3 | 1521 |
| 15 | @og-gamershub | bossgaius | 1011 | 1 | 1 | 1241 |
| 16 | @purapapita | purapapita | 816 | 1 | 1 | 1096 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @agreste | agreste | 1836 | 10 | 118 | 1803,6 |
| 2 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | 1649 | 10 | 95 | 1651,5 |
| 3 | @lighteye | lighteye | 1697 | 10 | 93 | 1724,6 |
| 4 | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1724 | 6 | 54 | 1664,5 |
| 5 | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1606 | 5 | 31 | 1527,3 |
| 6 | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1687 | 2 | 25 | 1653 |
| 7 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | 1778 | 1 | 13 | 1967 |
| 8 | @justfavour | justfavour | 1670 | 1 | 7 | 1406 |
| 9 | @olujay | Olu-jay | 1573 | 1 | 6 | 1343 |
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 2036 | 9 | 173 | 2051,1 |
| 2 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 2001 | 10 | 153 | 1929,8 |
| 3 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 1953 | 10 | 144 | 1908,3 |
| 4 | @onthewayout | onthewayout | 1847 | 5 | 61 | 1764 |
| 5 | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2067 | 3 | 51 | 1931,3 |
| 6 | @amirl | amirl-from-hive | 1970 | 2 | 38 | |
| 7 | @yf95 | yf95 | 2093 | 3 | 27 | 1989,5 |
| 8 | @mundocuriosidad | Tonystar111 | 2068 | 2 | 24 | 1957,5 |
| 9 | @yazp | zulukill | 1946 | 1 | 19 | 2074 |
| 10(new) | @iamchessguy | iamchessguy01 | 1940 | 1 | 17 | 2172 |
| 11(-1) | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2093 | 1 | 17 | 2009 |
| 12(-1) | @petreius | petreius | 1940 | 1 | 14 |
Tournament 4 (>2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @eniolw | eniolw | 2383 | 7 | 143 | 2326,6 |
| 2 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2079 | 8 | 116 | 1960,3 |
| 3 | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2319 | 6 | 107 | 2104,5 |
| 4 | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2129 | 4 | 67 | 2172,8 |
| 5 | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2153 | 2 | 27 | 1994 |
| 6 | @franu | Tz995 | 2193 | 1 | 16 | 2169 |
| 7 | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2358 | 1 | 12 | 2127 |
For the detailed rules please refer to the announcement post.
All the results of this season are listed here (the different tiers are labelled with different colors):
Congratulations to the new champions and all participants!
Special price
The price of 5 Hive for the highest average performance in relation to the own rating goes to: @grafo07, with a differences of 257,2 rating points, ahead of @ram9612 (206,5)! Congratulations!
In addition, @anomadsoul will distribute again 500 LEO among the players (details to follow).
Season stats
In season 17 in total 44 players were participating (one player more than in S16). The average participation was with 19,7 players per round slightly better than in S16 (19,5), but significantly lower than in S15 (27,2).
No players had to change the tournament categories, but in one case it was very close! @sammy00 (migmag) had an average rating of 1499,5 and thus by a thread could keep tier 1!
The number of players who participated regularly was disappointingly low (e.g. 43,2% of players played only one or two rounds, even more than last season (39,5%)). Consequently, only 21 players (=47,7%) qualify for prices (minimum was 5 participations)! The prizepool will be about 620 Hive (last season it was 667 Hive)! Not bad given that we over the whole season haven´t gotten a single upvote by a whale. A part of the prizepool will be transferred to HBD savings, to create an additional passive income stream for future prizes! Details will be shared when the new season will be announced.
As always, all prices will be transferred in app. one week, after the payout of this post (and any other posts using @chesspricepool as beneficiary).
Thank you all for your participation & engagement (and the upvotes)!
There will be now a break, so no promises when S18 will start.
In between we will have as usual some Hivechess fun tournaments, so stay tuned and keep practicing!
And, by the way, please answer the questions, that I have asked in the previous post! They help me to figure out the plan for the next season! Many thanks to those who have already added their opinion!