Hivechess Tournament Round 7: The usual suspects

Dear Chessfriends,

in the yesterday´s 2+1 Bullet round we were 14 players and we could welcome @kreur and @catto000 for the first time in this season. It was an intense battle with many exciting and tight games. A more exhausting hour than an e.g. 5+0, at least for me!
Funnily the first 5 places were identical to the current overall ranking, so with @jaki01 as first, @yazp (zulukill) as second, followed by myself as third, @pereu4ivatel (drakOnb) (4^th) and @eniolw (who had unfortunately connection issues). I was quite satisfied with my performance, and blundered much less than last time. Also in these fast games @jaki01 is a class on his own! Congrats again!
@franciscomarval (lestatblack) could not make the hattrick but was "only" 6^th today, followed by @rafaelaquino (ajedrezclub2t) (7^th) and @sammy00 (migmag) with his first tournament point in this season.

The games of this round can be found here, in case you want to replay some of them.

Season 3 "Autumn": 11 Sep to 20 Nov 2020 / Standing after 7 rounds:

^{from m8loss and jonbellionfan I don´t have a Hive name and thus they are not counted yet}

The rules you can look up in the announcement post.

Obviosly, not much changes today, the Top 3 could extend their lead against the rest of the field and against each other, so it seems increasingly unlikely that there will be any changes in the remaining 4 rounds. I have to admit, that @yazp (zulukill) is, due to his constant good playing, a worthy second. But I will nevertheless try my best to close up to him!
@franciscomarval (lestatblack) could again improve his ranking and also @sammy00 could make a little jump.

That´s it for this week and next time we will take it more slowly, right?

By the way, brandnew on Netflix started a TV-show called "The Queen´s Gambit" about the life of an orphan chess prodigy named Beth Harmon and her struggle with drugs in her quest to become a chess grandmaster. Anybody going to watch it?