Friday Hive Chess Tournament

Greeting Hiveans and Chess Community

Whoa, yesterdays tournament was fun yeah but it was pretty brutal. Lol. I Literally lost more than half the games I played. It was full of so much blunders and I guess my head wasn't fully in the game.

I looked at the games of other players with strong ratings and it seems most us collectively had a "not so good game" last night LOL. 😹 Well, as I often say, there are good days and there are bad days. You just have to accept that it can't go your way all the time and as much as possible, just have your fun 🚀

Final Leaderboard

Here's how the final leaderboard looked:

Position	Player	Points
🥇	eniolw	37
🥈	FCastro17	24
🥉	SouthGamer	23

Game Highlights and In-Depth Analysis

♜ JUST_OLA VS SOUTHGAMER

White beserked and opened with the Queen's Pawn Game: London System. Honestly, both players played well but I guess what gave black the advantage was the beserk from White and also the blunder from move 16, White lost his Knight. White tried to cut his loss and still push further but then made another blunder at move 19 which made checkmate inevitable and then black won the round.

Game Link

[Event "Hivechess S22 R7 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/suTuquHH"]
[Date "2026.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "SouthGamer"]
[Black "Just_ola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "suTuquHH"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.22"]
[UTCTime "19:16:52"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-12"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+12"]
[WhiteBerserk "true"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: London System"]
[Termination "Normal"]

d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 Nb6 6. O-O Bd7 7. h3 c5 8. c3 c4 9. Bc2 Rc8 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Re1 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bc6 14. Qe2 Nfd5 15. Bh2 f5 16. Neg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Bd6 Qxg2# 0-1

♜ ENILOW VS OHIEKU

This was a very shocking game. I saw a draw between one of the players that dominate the board in the blockchain team and a player below 1800. Ohieku overall played pretty well last night, I got flogged too numerous times by Ohieku last night. Ohieku managed the draw by staying solid after the opening and avoiding major blunders against Eniolw. Even after some inaccuracies earlier, he kept finding practical moves, and converted the game into a drawable king endgame ♟️.

Game Link

[Event "Hivechess S22 R7 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/CR2RIl93"]
[Date "2026.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "eniolw"]
[Black "Ohieku"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "CR2RIl93"]
[UTCDate "2026.05.22"]
[UTCTime "20:01:59"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+5"]
[WhiteBerserk "true"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Central Exchange"]
[Termination "Normal"]

e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nb8 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. O-O g6 12. d6 e6 13. Qxb7 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Bg7 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qf3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rc6 22. b4 Nb7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nxd6 26. Rd1 e5 27. Bc6 Qe6 28. Bd5 Qe7 29. Qe3 Nf5 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Nxg3 32. hxg3 Kh8 33. Bb3 Rc8 34. Rc1 f5 35. c6 e4 36. Be6 Rc7 37. Bxf5 Bb2 38. Rc2 Be5 39. Bxe4 a5 40. Bf5 a4 41. Bd7 a3 42. Rc4 Bb2 43. Ra4 Kg7 44. g4 Kf7 45. g3 Ke7 46. Kg2 Kd6 47. Ra8 Bc1 48. Re8 Kc5 49. Re6 Bb2 50. Rxh6 Kb6 51. Rg6 Bc1 52. Kf3 Ra7 53. Ke4 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 Rd4 55. Be6 Rd2 56. f3 Rg2 57. Bd5 Rxg3 58. Rg7 Bf4 59. Rb7+ Ka6 60. Be4 Rg1 61. c7 Rc1 62. Rb3 Rxc7 63. Rxa3+ Kb5 64. Rb3+ Ka4 65. Rb8 Rf7+ 66. Kg6 Re7 67. Rg8 Ka3 68. Kf5 Kxa2 69. Rxg5 Bxg5 70. Kxg5 Kb3 71. Kf6 Ra7 72. Bf5 Kc4 73. f4 Kd5 74. g5 Kd6 75. g6 Kd5 76. g7 Ra6+ 77. Kf7 Ra7+ 78. Kf6 Ra6+ 79. Be6+ Rxe6+ 80. Kf7 Re4 81. g8=Q Rxf4+ 82. Kg6+ Ke4 83. Kh7 Kf3 84. Kg7 Rg4+ 85. Kf7 Rxg8 86. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

Final Thoughts

Overall, the Friday HiveChess S22R7 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 @stayoutoftherz 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 Saturday HiveChess S2R18 Arena organized by @samostically later today at the usual time 4:00pm! ♟️