Dear chess fans!
the penultimate round 11 of season 20 is played tomorrow Friday, 11th Apr 2025, at the usual time!
Please note that round 12 will be played only in 2 weeks, because next week I am travelling!
The current standings after 10 rounds you can find here.
Tomorrow we will have for the last time in this season a bullet tournament and at the same time it will be a Swiss tournament, so prepare of 11 nervewrecking rounds of 2+1 action!
Mode: 2+1 (2 minutes per game, 1 sec. increment), 11 rounds Swiss tournament
Tournament link: https://lichess.org/swiss/4mARXS5s
The prize pool contains juicy 1261 Hive!
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 maybe Chess960 (Fischer Random).
- 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 3 games must have been played.
- 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: The tournament points of the 12 rounds are summed up. 60% of all Hivechess-related post rewards go to the prize pool (PP). Each of the 3 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 50), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the PP is divided among all other players according to the number of tournament points achieved (50%) and the number of rounds played (50%). 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!
Swiss Tournament Rules
As a reminder, 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 |
| Berserk | Yes | No |
| Points | Win:2, Draw 1 | 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 all on Friday and good luck!
Mention List
Potentially of interest to:
@aakrist @abimbola753 @acidtiger @agreste @aiuna @amit.pangeni @artsbreezy01 @ajumaa @alberto0607 @alexmag1988 @almightymelon @ambarvegas @anadello @andzhi @anli @anomadsoul @apy @arsenal49 @artistparthoroy @astrolabio @awesomeintrigue @b0s @behiver @beyondhorizonmm @bitsignal @bostonadventures @brijwhiz @burnoutawesome @camiloferrua @castm2 @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chesthetica @cositav @cryptogee @cryptoniusraptor @cryptoph0823 @ctrpch @dadspardan @darruiz @detectblock @dhilan04 @diegofitness92 @digitalis @djbravo @doctorfate @dovycola @duskobgd @ebingo @eliaschess333 @elcholitosanto @elprofe62 @emeka4 @emerald09551 @eenriquerivas @elcholitosanto @engilhramn @eniolw @evgsk @fcastro177 @fiona777 @flaws @foxconnmars @franciscomarval @franu @fredaig @gabotask @geo52rey @giacomone @gingerbyna @good-karma @grafo07 @grigorijj @hierro21 @hirohurl @iamchessguy @iammanythings1 @ibizaki @idksamad78699 @iobates @ironshield @jaki01 @jay12y @jesusmgl1995 @jesustiano @jkms @johannfrare @josesmoke @juanmi96 @justfavour @justola1 @katerinaramm @kaungsett8388 @kintokris @konquest @kreur @levitant @lighteye @llag @lucianosky @maciejficek @maestroask @marcusantoniu26 @mario89 @masterswatch @maverieux000 @mdasein @meedo @memess @mrsarri @mstafford @mundharmonika @mundocuriosidad @mypathtofire @nftland1989 @nikoszzz @oadissin @odic3o1 @officialrosh1 @og-gamershub @olujay @omonomo @onthewayout @orlanzavala @oshiokhenhoya @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @philipp87 @phoennix09 @pokerarema @pokermaria @pravesh0 @precab @purapapita @rafaelaquino @ram9612 @ramonchis @razzor @reiseamateur @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @roswelborges @sahi1 @salomijale @samostically @sanjamkapoors @sawko @schamangerbert @seki1 @soluce07 @southgamer @spacetoon @spartano @stranger27 @syndmitrij @the01crow @techstyle @thedoc07 @therealflaws @timix648 @timofey @tomasguitar @tony1294 @tungphong @uliseshb @uniforced @vaipraonde @vasigo @victorbch2 @vjap55 @volkiceper @walner @web-gnar @wegflexor @xoflox @yazp @yinjuolu @yf95 @yonnathang @zacherybinx @ziabutt3836
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)
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Who is your favorite in the Freesytle Chess Grand Slam Paris tournament?
2 + 1 sounds fast :)
Last round was fun when people berserked - so I was wondering these days did we have any bullet 1 + 0 modes
It would be fun to play in this mode - maybe Chess960
If there is no Friday tournament next week what about some bullet 1 + 0 to have at least some chess that week?
I already scheduled a 3+2 chess960 one. I am afraid 1+0 is way too fast for many players here.
for sure 1 + 0 is fast for many
lets see how today goes
Juuhhuu, see you soon, everybody!
And of course, my favorite at the Grand Slam in Paris will have to be Magnus 🫢🤣
Same here :)
SAFE TRAVELS!
How many blunders are there in a 2+1 bullet game?
Answer: Only one, the game is over after the first...🙂
thanks!
I'll be there!