Hivechess Tournament Season 21 Round 1: @maestroask was the winner, ahead of @lucianosky!
Dear chess fans,
yesterday season 21 was kicked off with a 4+0 Swiss tournament over 9 rounds. For the rules please refer to the announcement post. Only 18 players, but with a quite high average rating of 1826, were participating. Just as a reminder, 5 games minimum need to be played to get counted for the standings!
IM @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) was the not that surprising winner with 9/9 points, followed by @lucianosky (Pavarotty) and @tangibleay with both 7/9. Rank 4 went to @jaki01! Congratulations to All!
Result table of round 1:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/V3smvtgk
Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Ranking after the first round:
(Please note, that many players didn´t start with zero because engagement in the Lichess Liga Team Battle and the fun tournament could have earned them up to 11 points!)
We see some surprises in the leaderboards. @sammy00, @rodrook and @darruiz did not start in the lowest skill group as in the last seasons, but crossed the 1500 rating mark and tiered up (in some cases just barely). And also @justola1 and @justfavour have improved a lot in their rankings and are now together with stronger opponents!
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @salomijale | summisineon1 | IND | 1306 | 1 | 10 | 1815 |
| 2 | @dadapizza | knighthammer7 | 997 | 1 | 5 | 1153 | |
| 3 | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1305 | 1 | 2 | 1311 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | ITA | 1678 | 1 | 16 | 1829 |
| 2 | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1685 | 1 | 14 | 1737 |
| 3 | @sammy00 | migmag | BIH | 1587 | 1 | 11 | 1690 |
| 4 | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1510 | 1 | 8 | 1506 |
| 5 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1510 | 1 | 7 | 1641 |
| 4 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | NGA | 1730 | 1 | 6 | 1508 |
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2066 | 1 | 19 | 2154 | |
| 2 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 2000 | 1 | 19 | 1849 |
| 3 | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1880 | 1 | 18 | 2009 |
| 4 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2026 | 1 | 18 | 1829 |
| 5 | @justola1 | just-ola | NGA | 1837 | 1 | 13 | 1603 |
Tournament 4 (2100+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @tangibleay | Tangible_ay | NGA | 2235 | 1 | 26 | 2225 |
| 2 | @jaki01 | jaki01 | GER | 2318 | 1 | 25 | 2156 |
| 3 | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | RUS | 2482 | 1 | 19 | 2541 |
| 4 | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | NGA | 2337 | 1 | 17 | 2303 |
Please let me know your country if you are comfortable with it, to complete the table! Many thanks! By the way, @jaki01, is "GER" still correct or do you prefer the country of your current location?
I hope, some more players join in in the next rounds.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
My country name is India. Great battles and i hope some more people will join un next round
Thanks! You had a strong start (I guess your Lichess name was in the past another?)
Yeah, i forgot the password of that account and i created this new one.
It's good to have our tournament here again
Thank youu
Hi guys. I want to play , can you tell me how?
Sure, just read the announcement post and join our lichess team here. The next tournament starts next Friday, follow my blog to get the tournament link. In the meantime there is also a tournament today and tomorrow as well.
👍 ok
You need to join our team:
https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team
My account
Hi to all, my country is Italy, Thanks and see you next time !
Got it, grazie!
Nice start of season, thanks all!
My country is Russia, so please correct location in the table.
Noted, thanks! For some reason I was under the assumption that you were from Venezuela :)
Hm... Ich vermute, in einem hochoffiziellen Turnier würde die Nationalität angegeben? So gesehen könntest du es lassen, wie es ist, aber entscheide einfach selbst, was dir logischer erscheint.
Dann lasse ich so stehen, die Sprache ist ja noch korrekt :)
Congratulations to the winners. Thanks for hosting too. Glad this tournament is back, bigger and better.
Congrats @maestroask
New group new challenge - it seems everyone is leveling up their game - good to see that
Nice to have Friday chess back
Yes, it is kind of a fresh wind, I like it!
Congratulations!
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