Hivechess Tournament Season 21 Round 9: @eniolw almost made it, @tangibleay third

Dear chess fans,

yesterday round 9 of S21 was played, it was a 3+0 arena. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. Only 16 players had joined - a sad record (since almost 2 years there were not that few)! Is there in fact a negative correlation between the Hive price and the level of chess fatigue on Hive?
The average rating was 1790, with a berserk rate of 29%.

This time it was very close again. @eniolw was almost able to beat serial winner IM @maestroask but ended up as runner-up with equal points. Third was @tangibleay and fourth @jaki01 despite he had to play at 3am in the night. Shoutout also to @justola1 with a record performance of 2085 and @fiona777 who made it into the top 10! Congratulations to All!

Result table of round 9:

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/su30AI9p

Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Ranking after 9 of 12 rounds:

Tournament 1 (0-1499)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@salomijale	summisineon1	IND	1432	9	77	1702
2	@lailawrites	Ohieku		1430	7	41	1462
3(+1)	@fiona777	fiona777	UKR	1398	8	38	1422,5
4(-1)	@spartano	humbertoortega	VEN	1494	6	36	1630
5	@elcholitosanto	RicardoFox	PER	1353	3	16	1558
6	@vasigo	vasigo	SRB	1144	7	13	1232
7	@teooo	teoooForHive		1467	1	7	1470
8	@dadapizza	knighthammer7		997	1	5	1153

Tournament 2 (1500-1799)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@giuatt07	guisep73	ITA	1623	9	114	1747
2	@justola1	just-ola	NGA	1801	9	104	1737
3	@sammy00	migmag	BIH	1598	9	100	1652
4	@lighteye	lighteye	SRB	1652	9	96	1784
5	@ezemhugo	MixzyRagnal	NGA	1698	7	84	1749
6	@stranger27	stranger27	UKR	1701	7	67	1651
7	@darruiz	darruiz	VEN	1502	6	32	1621
8	@schamangerbert	HerbyW	GER	1601	2	28	1948
9	@odic3o1	odic3o	ECU	1754	4	28	1716
10	@rodrook	RDcast	USA	1517	3	25	1575
11	@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	VEN	1644	2	12	1821
12	@draco2	Draco2	NGA	1771	1	10	1741

Tournament 3 (1800-2099)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	AUT	2038	8	143	2026,5
2	@rosmarly	rosmarly	VEN	1951	8	126	1909
3	@southgamer	SouthGamer		1990	8	120	1900
4	@justfavour	justfavour	NGA	1764	8	107	1794
5	@dhilan04	tortyllan		1963	3	62	1870
6	@madChess64	MadChess64	NGA	1998	2	45	1908
7	@mendelito	TheMadman4rmDaSouth	NGA	1983	1	22	1900
8	@tobijob	tobilobajob	NGA	1998	1	20	2074
9	@maverieux000	Keylix		2066	1	19	2154
10	@fcastro177	FCastro17	VEN	1998	1	16	2074

Tournament 4 (2100+)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Country	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@maestroask	Odnoobraz_bcm	RUS	2548	9	178	2400
2	@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	NGA	2098	8	161	1936
3	@jaki01	jaki01	GER	2291	6	111	2208
4(+1)	@tangibleay	Tangible_ay	NGA	2147	5	104	2139
5(-1)	@stuffings	stuffings	NGA	2262	5	91	2096
6(+1)	@eniolw	eniolw	VEN	2442	3	69	2354
7(-1)	@dalods	Gmdalods-16	NGA	2304	2	55	2045
8	@dakods	Dakods-16	NGA	2259	2	38	2103
9	@lucianosky	Pavarotty	NGA	2337	2	24	2303
10	@africanchess	othims	NGA		2	23
11	@tony1294	tony1294	VEN		1	21

In tournament 1, @fiona777, thanks to her good result today, made it to the third rank!
In tournament 2 @justola1 could gain some ground and is about to close in one the leader @giuatt07. Also @lighteye is still in reach of a podium place. In tournament 3 I took a time out, also to keep things interesting, but seems this didn´t work as runner-up @rosmarly could not really make too much out of this opportunity. In tournament 4 @maestroask - not unexpected - could extend his lead.

Don´t miss out tomorrow the penultimate round of the HiveChess Saturday Showdown (R21), hosted by @samostically:
https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@sam.chess/hivechess-saturday-showdown-r21-the-penultimate-round-friday-event-tomorrow-ec

See you next week and keep practicing!

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