Reminder: Final Round 12 of the Hivechess Tournament, Friday 20h GMT!
Dear chess fans,
this Friday, 12th Dez. the final round of season 21 is played, at the usual time!
Maybe this is the last round for a longer time, I don´t know yet. Participation was really low this season, so I think it is not worth the effort and I have to prioritize my time allocation or find a less time consuming mode, like occasional fun tournaments only.
The current standings after 11 rounds you can find here.
Time again for a Swiss tournament!
Mode: 5+0 (5 minutes per game, no increment), 8 rounds Swiss tournament
Tournament link: https://lichess.org/swiss/VkCejQtt

The prize pool contains already 2209 Hive - a record (although not USD-wise at the current price)!
Rules
- All players are welcome, also newbies, you just need a free Lichess-account and join our team in Lichess here (password is "Hive")!
- Every Friday is one round.
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2, 2+1,...), sometimes Swiss, sometimes Chess960 (Fischer Random, "Freestyle" chess).
- 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 (i.e. the Lighteye-scoring). In order to be counted, at least 4 games must have been played.
- If 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: The tournament points of the 12 rounds are summed up. Each of the 4 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 80), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the prize pool is divided among all other players according to the number of tournament points achieved (60%) and the number of rounds played (40%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least six of the 12 rounds!
- If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prizes, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments!
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 all on Friday and good luck!
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Anticipating 💯
I hope more players show up so we keep enjoy tournaments
I was hoping this for the whole season, but on average the players showed up in not even half of the rounds but only in 5,2 of 11.
It's actually a low turnout.
I could understand some players might have a busy schedule.
Maybe we could interact with other players to know the problem. Maybe the time assigned for the tournament clashes with their schedule.
Greetings friends, I regret not being able to participate, however I wish you much success in your future tournaments.
It's nice to end with Swiss. Wow, it comes fast. There won't be a chess tournament for a while. What will be weekend look like?
I am already feeling bored without saturday showdown and friday chess tournament also came to an end the the weekends will be more boring. This is sad to hear that participation is less and i hope more will participate in next tournament.
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STOP12th december for the 12th round - so fitting
Sometimes time off can get people back
More engagement could bring some ideas about better participation
I am all set. I have to work on my opening, mid-game and end-game 😅

Sounds great! Good luck!
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