Reminder: Round 6 of the Hivechess Tournament S12 , Friday, 19h GMT

Dear chess fans!

the 6^th round of S12 is played tomorrow, Friday 8^th Jul., 19h GMT, as usual.
The current standings after 5 of 10 rounds you can find here.

It is time for Swiss mode, and some faster stuff again!

Mode: 3+0 (3 minutes per game, no increment), 9(!) rounds Swiss mode

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/swiss/5MR333pn

The price pool contains already >277 Hive!

RULES

• For Hivers, Steemians, Blurters, noise.cashers and all others!
• Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbies to experts, you just need a free Lichess-account and to be part in our team!
• Every Friday is one round
• Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2,...)
• The winner of each round gets the number of points equaling the number of players in that round, the second ranked one point less and so forth until the one on the bottom of the table who gets one point. In order to be counted, at least 3 games must have been played.
• Occasionally a round may be divided into 2 skill classes
• In case two players have the same number of points, the one who played less rounds is first. If that is equal too, then the average tournament performance decides.
• PAYOUT: This season goes over 10 rounds and the tournament points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 70% go to the price pool (PP). The tournament winner will get 40 Hive as bonus, the runner-up 15, and the rest of the PP is divided among all players equally (30%) and according to the number of tournament points achieved (70%). 50% participation is required in order to qualify for the prices.
• There will be a special price of 15 Hive for the highest performance in relation to the own rating (counted by averaging the rating after the first and the last round)
• If I don´t know your Hive username, I can´t consider you in the final rankings, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments!

Swiss Tournament Rules

There are several differences between the "normal" arena mode and the Swiss mode which needs to be considered:

	Arena tournaments	Swiss tournaments
Duration of the tournament	Predefined duration in minutes	Predefined max. rounds, but exact duration unknown
Number of games	As many as can be played in the allotted duration	Decided in advance, same for all players
Pairing system	Any available opponent with similar ranking	Best pairing based on points and tie breaks
Pairing wait time	Fast: doesn't wait for all players	Slow: waits for all players
Identical pairing	Possible	Forbidden
Streaks & Berserk	Yes	No
Points	Win:2, Draw 1, doubled if on fire	Win:1, Draw: 1/2, Not paired: 1
Late joiners	get no points	get 1/2 point gift

Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues!
The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s Chess Community?

See you on Friday and good luck to all!

Potentially of interest to:
@aakrist @abimbola753 @agreste @alberto0607 @alexmag1988 @almightymelon @alpha @ambarvegas @amirl @anadello @anli @anomadsoul @apy @arsenal49 @astrolabio @b0s @behiver @bitsignal @burnoutawesome @camiloferrua @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chesthetica @cocacolaron @cryptoph0823 @darruiz @diegofitness92 @digitalis @ebingo @eliaschess333 @elprofe62 @eniolw @eenriquerivas @evgsk @fairy-of-comfort @fiona777 @fjcr @flaws @foxconnmars @franciscomarval @franu @gabotask @giacomone @gingerbyna @gravitcaper @heimindanger @hierro21 @hirohurl @iceblue @iobates @ibizaki @jaki01 @jesusmgl1995 @jkms @johannfrare @josesmoke @juanmi96 @kintokris @kreur @levitant @lighteye @lofone @lucianosky @maciejficek @marcusantoniu26 @masterswatch @maverieux000 @meedo @mrsarri @mstafford @mypathtofire @nftland1989 @orlanzavala @oshiokhenhoya @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @pravesh0 @primersion @rafaelaquino @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @salomijale @samostically @sawko @schamangerbert @schnitte @soluce07 @spacetoon @steamloled @stranger27 @syndmitrij @the01crow @thedoc07 @therealflaws @tony1294 @tungphong @uliseshb @vaipraonde @vasigo @victorbch2 @vjap55 @walner @wegflexor @xoflox @yazp @zacherybinx
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)

When do you think will Magnus decide if he defends his title? I think it would be fair to let the chess community (and Ding Liren) know as soon as possible!