Fire on Fire in the Chess Community.

Greeting Hiveans and Chess Community

I didn't expect to still have enough stamina to play two tournaments back-to-back… but somehow we ended up on fire.

On Friday we started Season 22 of the Friday Hive Chess Tournament. After months of waiting, S22 came. I was so glad when I read about the announcement on @stayoutoftherz post.

It was more interesting to read that there was a challengers tournament and masters tournament based on the players rating.

I enjoyed myself in the first round and secured the second place 🥈

It didn't end there guys. Saturday Chess Arena organized by @samostically took place the following day(Saturday) and it was equally a blast 🚀. Maybe it's cos I was on fire with the winnings 😹 but I enjoyed playing both tournaments.

It's great that games like this exist on the blockchain. It brings we human beings together. When a sport is involved, things like race, skin colour, political beliefs don't matter anymore. it's all just about enjoying ourselves and I love that.

We'll look at some games played on Saturday

Final Leaderboard

Here's how the final leaderboard looked:

Position	Player	Points
🥇	Eniolw	54
🥈	Odnoobraz	32
🥉	Jaki01	29

Game Highlights and In-Depth Analysis

♜ JUST_OLA VS AJEDREZCLUB2T

My First win was against AJEDREZCLUB2T. I was surprised to see him because he hasn't been on the tournaments for a while now. I played White and opened with the Caro-Kann Defense. I initially got frustrated cos I missed a pawn on e5(move 11). Both players kept playing with grit but Black made a blunder which resulted to fork on his Queen and Rook which made him resign and White won the round

Game Link

[Event "Saturday HiveChess S2R12 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/pb2cD1Vm"]
[Date "2026.04.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Just_ola"]
[Black "ajedrezclub2t"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "pb2cD1Vm"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.11"]
[UTCTime "15:00:16"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-4"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]

e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nge2 d4 4. Nb1 e5 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf3 c5 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. h4 Bh7 17. g5 Ng4 18. Bh3 h5 19. Nxh5 c4 20. Bxg4 cxd3 21. cxd3 Nc5 22. Nxe5 Qb6 23. b4 Na4 24. Nd7 1-0

♜ ENIOLW VS ODNOOBRAZ

These two players are often topping the leaderboard and it's great the algorithm decided to pair them. I could see what Eniolw did there. He dominated the center early and tried to make his opponent run against time. Black was being attacked aggressively and White often played moves might not be totally accurate in order to have an advantage with the timer

Game Link

[Event "Saturday HiveChess S2R12 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/vKzOGMtt"]
[Date "2026.04.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "eniolw"]
[Black "Odnoobraz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "vKzOGMtt"]
[UTCDate "2026.04.11"]
[UTCTime "15:43:32"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+9"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-7"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian Defense"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]

d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 f6 7. Be3 Bh6 8. Qd2 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 Kf8 12. b4 Kg7 13. a4 Nh6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. b5 a5 17. Bf1 Nf8 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. Red1 Qc7 20. Rd2 Bd7 21. Rbd1 Be8 22. Rc2 Ne6 23. Rcd2 Nfg5 24. Nxg5 Nxg5 25. d5 cxb5 26. axb5 b6 27. Na4 Rab8 28. g3 Bd7 29. Kh2 Rdc8 30. f4 Nf7 31. Be2 Qd8 32. Rf1 Rb7 33. Bd3 Rcb8 34. Rdf2 Qe7 35. Kg2 Be8 36. Qd2 Qd8 37. Qb2 Qe7 38. Rf3 Qd8 39. R3f2 Qe7 40. Qc3 Qd8 41. Qd2 Qe7 42. Qe2 Qd8 43. Rf3 Qe7 44. Qf2 Nh6 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Rf6 Bf7 47. g4 Ng8 48. g5 h6 49. h4 hxg5 50. hxg5 Qd7 51. Qh4 Qd8 52. Rh1 Kf8 53. Rf2 Ke7 54. Rhf1 1-0

Final Thoughts

Overall, the Saturday HiveChess S2R12 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!