@samostically takes the lead after the first 4 rounds of the Hivechess "Candidates Tournament"

Dear chessfans!

Yesterday the very first rounds in a round robin tournament on Hive were played, and overall it was a huge success. All 24 games were played, not a single one was missed out! Thanks to All for reading the new and somewhat complicated rules that carefully - and adhering to them 😀!

@vjap55 streamed his games and analyzed while playing here, also @schamangerbert did a live stream of the event on Twitch.

Some games started a little late, or had to be started a second time because a player started in a different format. I hope next time the games will start more on time, and please no experiments with changing the 5+1 standard mode without having obtained consent from the opponent upfront! As mentioned, if both agree, this is fine, but if it comes as a surprise to the Black players, this would be not fair and delayes things.

Here are the results of the first 4 (of 26) rounds:

Results
Round 1
@sawko1:0@vasigo
@jaki011:0@b0s
@samostically1:0@anomadsoul
@pereu4ivatel1:0@falcout
@deadleaf1:0@rodrook
@vjap551:0@stayoutoftherz
Round 2
@vasigo0:1@eniolw
@anomadsoul0:1@sawko
@falcout0:1@jaki01
@rodrook0:1@samostically
@stayoutoftherz1:0@pereu4ivatel
@vjap55½:½@deadleaf
Round 3
@eniolw1:0@b0s
@vasigo0:1@anomadsoul
@sawko1:0@rodrook
@jaki01½:½@stayoutoftherz
@samostically1:0@vjap55
@pereu4ivatel1:0@deadleaf
Round 4
@anomadsoul0:1@eniolw
@falcout0:1@b0s
@rodrook0:1@vasigo
@vjap551:0@sawko
@deadleaf0:1@jaki01
@pereu4ivatel0:1@samostically

The cross-table:
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Please note that due to the odd number of players some had played 3 games and some 4.

Standings

After 4 rounds @samostically is the sole leader with a perfect score of 4 out of 4! Also @eniolw has scored 100% so far with 3 out of 3, but is third because @jaki01 had 4 games and made 3,5 points. @sawko is ranked 4th with 3 out of 4, followed by @vjap55 with 2,5 out of 4.
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I was quite happy with the initial outcome due to my draw against @jaki01 (there was even more in the position but in timescramble I gave away too many pawns for free). In total I scored 50% against 3 stronger players, not a bad start.
But for me the surprise of the day was @vjap55´s win against our multi-champion @sawko!

In this position @sawko (with Black) had played f7-f5, threatening f4. How did @vjap55 punish this move?
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https://lichess.org/KpNyOtNP#54

See you next Friday for the next 4 rounds! There will be some interesting pairings already...



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есть минусы:there are minuses:
4 пятиминутных блица за целый час времени, 13 участников из 62 возможных и избыточная задумчивость, свойственная шахматистам. Я мог бы развернуть гипертурнир поверх этого для 49+ оставшихся, но конечно в 9604 five-minute blitz games for a whole hour, 13 participants out of 62 possible and excessive thoughtfulness, typical of chess players. I could deploy a hypertournament on top of this for 49+ remaining, but of course at 960
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Well, then do it!

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just do a repost, otherwise some people will block me out of fright))тољко делай репост, а то некоторые меня с перепугу блокируют))
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not sure what you mean. In any case, if you organize a tournament, please add the link to the tournament in your post!

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Thanks for choosing that puzzle ;) it's great to have a new format in the tournament I dig it. it would be fine if you let us know the whole parings for the tournament so we can get a better preparation !PIZZA

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How did I join the Hive fun arena, just saw it on @schamangerbert stream, yours msg as well, maybe some misclick mixed with weak connection made that possible lol;
Solution for the puzzle should be Nxf5 due to pinned pawn;
@vjap55 I'd try not to spoil the excitement of pairings being hidden, but a hint: everything is onchain :)

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How do I get to participate in chess tournaments here?

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The league looks interesting. I wish we could have a fifa or fantasy league too.

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