Hello Chess players on Hive 👋

On Saturday, we continued Season 2 of the HiveChess Saturday Weekly Tournament with Round 19. This round featured strong competition throughout the arena, close battles for the podium places, and plenty of exciting blitz games from start to finish. We had just 17 players, I think we need to do someone HiveChess global onboarding, would write about my ideas later.

Tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/pqB79vP2

Top 10 Players

#	Lichess	Hive	Points	Rating
1	Lavidacontinua123	@mikmai	41	2236
2	jaki01	@jaki01	38	2289
3	FCastro17	@fcastro177	23	2079
4	Tangible_ay	@tangibleay	20	2020
5	stranger27	@stranger27	20	1693
6	Ohieku	@lailawrites	20	1733
7	Just_ola	@justola1	18	1724
8	stayoutoftherz	@stayoutoftherz	18	2029
9	MixzyRagnal	@ezemhugo	11	1654
10	RDcast	@rodrook	8	1528

Congratulations to Mikmai for winning Round 19 with an excellent score of 41 points. jaki01 finished in second place with 38 points, while FCastro17 secured third place with 23 points.

Several players were separated by only a few points, making for a highly competitive arena from start to finish. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make another enjoyable round of HiveChess.

Prizes

Placement Prizes

1st – 15 HIVE – @mikmai
2nd – 13 HIVE – @jaki01
3rd – 9 HIVE – @fcastro177
4th – 7 HIVE – @tangibleay
5th – 3.5 HIVE – @justola1
6th – 3.5 HIVE – @stayoutoftherz
7th – 3.5 HIVE – @ezemhugo
8th – 3.5 HIVE – @rodrook
9th – 3.5 HIVE – @fiona777
10th – 3.5 HIVE – @lighteye

Rating Prizes

Best U2000 – 5 HIVE – @lailawrites
Best U1800 – 5 HIVE – @stranger27
Best U1500 – 5 HIVE – @salomijale

Total Distributed: 80 HIVE

Thanks to everyone who played! The consistency and competitiveness continue to make the HiveChess weekly events. I haven’t been so active, so there have been few reports post. But I hope to get active and keep showing up.

If you're new, please read the tournament information below to get started.

Tournament Details

1. We play every Saturday at 15:00 GMT
2. We play on https://lichess.org
3. To start on Lichess, read the introduction post
4. Register with your Lichess username in the comments if your name isn't on the mention list
5. Total play time is 1 hour and 10 minutes. Time control varies with each round
6. Feel free to post your tournament experience in the comments or on our Discord channel. Quality posts will get curated
7. Join our Team Page to participate in team events
8. For more information, read Introducing a New HiveChess Weekly Event

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See You Next Week Saturday!