Hivechess Tournament Season 13 Round 5: @tony1294 was the new winner

Dear chess fans,

in the 5^th round of Season 13 we had a 7 round 4+1 Swiss tournament with a record participation of 42 players, 12 of which having joined newly. Welcome @tin.aung.soe, @volkiceper and @salomijale to Hivechess! It is an interesting fact, that also round 1 where we had a lot of new players, was a Swiss tournament. Strange coincidence (or maybe the Swiss ones are somehow promoted or more visible within Lichess).

The winner was (for the first time in a Friday tournament) @tony1294! He stayed as only player undefeated, with 6,5 out of 7 points! Season leader @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) was second, followed by @lucianosky (Pavarotty) as third. The 4^th place went to an unknown player "Belguesmi", and 5^th was - of course - @samostically (his third 5^th place this season). Congratulations to All!

In this game from @tony1294 (White) against @rosmarly White with his last move Ba3 had layed out a nasty trap. Seemingly he wanted to trade the Bishops on his terms so he could repair his pawn structure, but Black ignored this and played Rb8?? (presumably preparing b5 and threatening b4), not seeing that now White could mate with Rd8++!

https://lichess.org/LGsU91RM#38

The biggest upset in round 5 was the victory of @falcout (White) against @vjap55. It was a hell of a rook endgame where in this position with Black to move @vjap could hold a draw, according to the engine. Do you want to guess which only move is it?

Black to move

It is not b1=Q as one might think. After Rxb1 Black wins the h7 pawn but the f6-pawn will decide (and the Black king is too far away). No, it is simply Rxh7! If the rook is taken, the b-pawn queens. But in the game Black had played Kc2? instead, after which f7 gave already a decisive advantage. Now Rxh7 came too late due to Rxb2+ Kxb2 and f8=Q. 1 Hive and 5 LEO deservedly go to @falcout!

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Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/RI1c8KpG

Season 13: 02 Sep to 04 Nov 2022 / Ranking after 5 rounds:

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@maestroask	Odnoobraz_bcm	2626	5	168	2540,2
2(+1)	@tony1294	tony1294	2242	5	165	2302,8
3(-1)	@sawko	CM sawkito	2439	5	158	2324,2
4	@eniolw	eniolw	2374	5	150	2312,2
5(+1)	@lucianosky	Pavarotty	2406	4	142	2348,8
6(+1)	@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	2116	5	139	2084
7(-2)	@pamboy27	pamboy27	2098	5	135	2018
8(+2)	@kintokris	jonbellionfan	2004	5	124	2029,6
9	@rosmarly	rosmarly	2051	5	122	2070
10(-2)	@fcastro177	FCastro17	2115	5	122	2050,6
11(+1)	@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2068	5	117	1965,8
12(+1)	@wildthougts	Wildthougts	2233	4	113	2155,3
13(-2)	@emic	emichessmaster	2087	5	110	2030,2
14(+1)	@iammanythings	iammanythings	2131	5	105	1944,4
15(+1)	@vjap55	vjap55	2157	5	104	1936,8
16(+3)	@stranger27	stranger27	1696	5	87	1770
17(+1)	@b0s	Da_k1ng	1607	5	78	1658,4
18(-4)	@andzhi	andzh1	1947	3	77	2036,7
19(+1)	@lighteye	lighteye	1691	5	66	1753,8
20(-3)	@beyondhorizonmm	beyondhorizonmm	1644	4	64	1759,8
21(+1)	@agreste	agreste	1668	5	61	1696,2
22(+4)	@petreius	petreius	1886	3	58	1831,7
23(+1)	@schamangerbert	HerbyW	1748	4	57	1808
24(-3)	@rodrook	rodrook	1422	4	52	1685,8
25	@sammy00	migmag	1470	5	49	1588,6
26(-3)	@kreur	Kreur	2064	2	41	2226
27(new)	@?	Belguesmi	2143	1	39	2405
28(+4)	@pokerarema	ragnarokgame	1505	5	39	1543,6
29(new)	@?	Nkoloma	2104	1	37	2051
30(-1)	@fiona777	fiona777	1489	5	35	1511
31(-4)	@yazp	zulukill	1988	1	34	2061
32(-4)	@?	G174R	2045	1	33	2021
33(-3)	@?	Oyuncu07a	2436?	1	29	2453
34(new)	@?	vesuvianum	1937	1	29	1976
35(new)	@?	siamak56	1891	1	26	1636
36(-5)	@?	ajedrez_64	2070	1	25	2071
37(-4)	@?	Gornyi_Roman	2007	1	22	1818
38(-4)	@?	art_rozov_17	1715	1	21	1774
39(+8)	@ptmaker	ptmaker	1510	2	21	1496,5
40(-3)	@vasigo	vasigo	1254	5	21	1378
41(new)	@?	Capablancaplayer	2014?	1	20	1836
42(-7)	@?	Bishopmaker2018	1840	1	20	1783
43(-7)	@maciejficek	XM9000	1471	4	20	1473,8
44(new)	@salomijale	unknownhumnabeing	1396?	1	19	1703
45(-1)	@grafo07	Grafo_07	1085	3	19	1430
46(-8)	@?	bassam49	1608	1	17	1858
47(-8)	@?	Alireza_1342	1662	1	15	1985
48(new)	@volkiceper	HelloxD	1552	1	14	1864
49(-9)	@deadleaf	realdeadleaf	2144	1	13	1628
50(new)	@?	Chalenko_V	2252	1	11	2199
51(-10)	@?	Yetundefemii	1880	2	11	1790
52(-10)	@philipp87	Philipp87	1773	1	10	1651
53(-7)	@falcout	falcout	1511	2	10	1500,5
54(-11)	@?	moscatel10	1783	1	9	1748
55(new)	@?	Socolonquio	1606	1	9	1460
56(new)	@?	nakonako	1797	1	8	1947
57(-12)	@anomadsoul	anomadsoul	1436	1	8	1633
58(new)	@?	Dionysis1	1965	1	7	2114
59(-10)	@mypathtofire	mypathtofire	1278	3	7	1185,7
60(-12)	@?	emprendemesta	2022	1	6	1993
61(new)	@tin.aung.soe	TinAungSoe	1216?	1	5	1380
62(-12)	@?	juliandav	2058	1	3	1827
63(-12)	@artistparthoroy	artistparthoroy	1075	2	3	1212
64(-12)	@ajumaa	Chocho2	1308?	1	1	964

The rules you can look up in the S13 announcement post.

Time flies, we are already halfway through the season!

Due to his win, @tony1294 could grab the second rank from @sawko who is now third, the gap to the leading @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) has seemingly increased to only 3 points.
But don´t forget that the worst result will be deleted. If this is accounted for (the results marked in red you have to reduce from the total points), @maestroask would extend his lead to 12 points!

Shoutout to @stranger27 who, thanks to his excellent 10^th place in R15, is now best ranked <2000 player!

What are the standings of the special prices after half time?
The biggest rating gain so far was made by @pokerarema (ragnarokgame).
The highest average performance in relation to the own rating currently has @rodrook!

See you all next week - and keep practicing!