Miracle Points at the Nick of Time ⌛ ( Saturday HiveChess Arena )♟️

Greeting Hiveans and Chess Community

Miracles do exist in chess, LOL 😹

Yesterday's game initially started pretty bad for me, I was losing a lot games consecutivelyyy.

It was about 10-15 mins to the end of the tournament I then began climbing the leaderboard and was able to secure the 7th place with 20 points.✨💫

Final Leaderboard

Here's how the final leaderboard looked:

Position	Player	Points
🥇	ManFromSpain	36
🥈	ZGM_Samostically	30
🥉	eniolw	29

Game Highlights and In-Depth Analysis

♜ JUST_OLA VS MIGMAG

I decided to look at one of the last games that gave me 5 points pump up. Both players beserked and white opened with the Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System. There was acutally a lot of blunders from both players since we both beserked and were trying to beat the time. It was those little roaches(the pawns) that actually saved me. During the endgame, I was able to promote one of the pawns to a Queen and White ran out of time.

Game Link

[Event "Saturday HiveChess S2R18 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/jGoerMwf"]
[Date "2026.05.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "migmag"]
[Black "Just_ola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "jGoerMwf"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.23"]
[UTCTime "15:44:11"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+5"]
[WhiteBerserk "true"]
[BlackBerserk "true"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]

d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bd2 a6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Qe2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nb6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 Na4 11. Qd2 c6 12. b3 Nb6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. g4 c5 15. g5 Ng8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. g6 hxg6 18. h5 c4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Be4 Qa3+ 21. Bb2 Qxa2 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Qb4 a5 24. Qb5 Ne7 25. Kd2 c3+ 26. Bxc3 Qa3 27. Rb1 Nd5 28. Rb3 Qd6 29. Qxa5 N7f6 30. Bc6+ Kf8 31. Rxb8+ Qxb8 32. Bb4+ Qxb4+ 33. Qxb4+ Nxb4 34. Kc3 Nxc6 35. Ra1 Ne4+ 36. Kd3 f5 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Rxh8 gxh5 39. Rxh5 g6 40. Rh7+ Kf6 41. Rc7 Ne7 42. Ra7 Nxf2+ 43. Kc3 Ne4+ 44. Kb4 Nd6 45. Ra1 Nd5+ 46. Kc5 Nxe3 47. Kxd6 Nxc2 48. Ra8 Nxd4 49. Rf8+ Kg5 50. Ra8 Kf4 51. Ra4 e5 52. Ke7 g5 53. Kf6 g4 54. Ra1 g3 55. Rf1+ Nf3 56. Kg6 e4 57. Ra1 Ke3 58. Ra4 Kf4 59. Ra3 e3 60. Ra4+ Nd4 61. Ra5 Kf3 62. Ra4 e2 63. Rxd4 Kf2 64. Rf4+ Ke1 65. Re4 Kd1 66. Rc4 e1=Q 67. Rc1+ Kd2 68. Rxe1 Kxe1 0-1

♜ STRANGER27 VS FCASTRO

Hive account@stranger27 was quite impressive in this game. His target was not to outsmart his opponent, he simply just tried to play as many accurate moves as he could and as fast as he could inorder to get an edge and it worked. Black had more time to play better end-game and was able to promote his pawn to a Queen. White saw a checkmate was inevitable and then resigned.

Game Link

[Event "Saturday HiveChess S2R18 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Vz0WxCXt"]
[Date "2026.05.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "FCastro17"]
[Black "stranger27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "Vz0WxCXt"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.23"]
[UTCTime "15:06:26"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-10"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+11"]
[WhiteBerserk "true"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bh6 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Nf3 Kg7 12. h4 f5 13. exf6+ Qxf6 14. Bc4 e5 15. Nxd5 Bxg4 16. Nxf6 Kxf6 17. dxe5+ Kf5 18. O-O-O Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nc6 20. Rhe1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e6 Ne7 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Kd2 d5 26. Bb5 Kxe6 27. Ke3 a6 28. Ba4 b5 29. Bb3 Nf5+ 30. Kf4 Nxh4 31. Kg4 Nf5 32. Kg5 Nd4 33. Bd1 a5 34. Kh6 Kf5 35. Kxh7 g5 36. Kg7 Kf4 37. Kf6 Nc6 38. Ke6 d4 39. Kd5 Nb4+ 40. Kxd4 Nxa2 41. Kc5 Nb4 42. Kxb5 Nd3 43. Kxa5 Nxb2 44. Be2 Ke5 45. Kb4 Kd4 46. Kb3 Nd3 47. Bxd3 Kxd3 48. Kb4 Ke2 49. Kc4 Kxf2 50. Kd4 Kxf3 51. Kd3 g4 52. Kd2 g3 53. Ke1 g2 54. Kd2 Kf2 55. Kd3 g1=Q 56. Kd4 Qg3 57. Ke4 Qf3+ 58. Kd4 Qe3+ 59. Kc4 Ke2 60. Kd5 Qe8 61. Kd4 Qe3+ 62. Kd5 Kf3 63. Kc4 Qd2 64. Kc5 Ke4 0-1

Final Thoughts

Overall, the Saturday HiveChess S2R18 Tournament was dope 🔥, 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 Hive account@samostically for consistently hosting these engaging tournaments for the community!

Which game did you find most interesting, and what lessons did you take away from these battles? Share your thoughts below!

Closing

Thank you all for tuning in and for your continuous support. I look forward to the next round. See you all at the Friday HiveChess S22R7 organized by Hive account@stayoutoftherz next week friday♟️