Chess Tournament Recap: Saturday HiveChess S2R11 Arena

Greeting Hiveans and Chess Community

Yesterdays tournament was pretty good for me, It was a blitz game (4+0) and I got the third position in the leaderboard ❤️💯👞.

It first started out terribly, I was literally losing games consecutively but in the nick of time, I began to climb the leaderboard and secured the third place.

Final Leaderboard

Here's how the final leaderboard looked:

Position	Player	Points
🥇	Odnoobraz	54
🥈	Jaki01	44
🥉	Just_ola	27

Game Highlights and In-Depth Analysis

♜ JUST_OLA VS ODIC30

My First win was against ODIC30. My opponent played white and opened with the Scandnavian defense. We both played and positioned our pieces quite well, however White made a blunder at move 15 and lost his bishop. It put Black at an advantage and I just kept attacking vigorously until White ran out of time. Mistakes often happen in chess, the right attitude is to just keep pushing 💪🏽

Game Link

[Event "Saturday HiveChess S2R11 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/gQPR2Csw"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "odic3o"]
[Black "Just_ola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "gQPR2Csw"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.04"]
[UTCTime "15:07:24"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-7"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+8"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]

e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nfd5 13. Qc1 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Bc3 Nxc3 16. d4 Ncd5 17. c4 Ne7 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nbxd5 20. Qc4 O-O 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Qb5 Nbd5 23. Ne5 a6 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qf1 Nc6 26. Ng4 Qg5 27. Ne3 e5 28. Kh1 Ne6 29. Nd5 Rd8 30. Nb6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ned4 32. Bd5 h6 33. Nxa8 Bg4 34. f3 Bf5 35. Nc7 Bc2 36. Re1 Ne7 37. Bc4 b5 38. Bd5 Ba4 39. Qf2 Nxd5 40. Nxd5 Nc2 41. Rg1 Nd4 42. f4 Qg6 43. fxe5 Qd3 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Rf1 Ne2 0-1

♜ STAYOUTOFTHERZ VS IAMCHESSGUY01

This game between @stayoutoftherz and iamchessguy01 was quite interesting. White kicked off with an opening I enjoy, the Caro Kann defense. A critical moment was at move 30, that check by Black cost White his rook. It put Black on very high advantage and White resigned. Black the won this round.

Game Link

[Event "Saturday HiveChess S2R11 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/S9jXy64z"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "iamchessguy01"]
[Black "stayoutoftherz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "S9jXy64z"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.04"]
[UTCTime "15:38:19"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+3"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc2 e6 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bb5+ Kf7 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Be2 h5 15. h3 h4 16. Bh2 Re8 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nf3 Be4 19. O-O b5 20. Bxb5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 g5 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Re2 f5 24. Be5 Re7 25. Rae1 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 g4 27. fxg4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kh2 Bh6 30. Rg1 Bf4+ 31. Kh1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rc7 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Bd3+ Kg5 36. Kh3 Rf7 0-1

Final Thoughts

Overall, the Saturday HiveChess S2R11 Arena was a blast, it was filled with sharp tactics from the competitors. I really enjoyed battling with these skilled players and I appreciate the opportunity to learn from every game, win or lose. A huge thank you again to @samostically for consistently hosting these engaging tournaments for the community!