This Week's Chess Tourney: Saturday HiveChess S1R3 Arena

This weeks chess competition was a blast even if fumbled most of my games 😭. Maybe we should blame my sleepy eyes. Next round, I'll try to not get trashed this much again.

Here's how the final leaderboard looked:

🥇 Odnoobraz_bcm – 54 points (absolute beast mode!) @maestroask
🥈 MainFromSpain – 37 points @poseout87
🥉 Tangible_ay – 30 points @tangibleay

Leaderboard

Now, let's dive into some game highlights and painful (yet fun) lessons from the tournament 👇🏼

Yesterdays Game Highlights and Analysis

JUSTOLA VS STUFFINGS

Ever lost a game that you had to just go back later to analyze and see at what point you messed up because you thought you played every piece right and you would win?
well, this is me. I had to go back to analyze this game. I initially had the advantage of both time as my opponent beserked and piece arrangement. There was series of blunders, starting from not taking the bishop and letting my king get trapped which eventually led to a checkmate. I commend my opponent, he's a really good player.
Lets watch the gif:

This is the PGN file of the game:

[Event "Saturday Hivchess S1R3 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/s0TuAbwT"] [Date "2025.07.19"] [White "stuffings"] [Black "Just_ola"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "s0TuAbwT"] [UTCDate "2025.07.19"] [UTCTime "16:01:31"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "1820"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"]

Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. e4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Ba4 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rb1 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. e5 Nd5 14. h4 Nxc3 15. Qb2 Nxb1 16. Qxb1 b6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qb4 Bd7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. d5 Be7 22. Qd4 Rf8 23. dxe6 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Bb5 25. Qg7 Qe7 26. Qh6 Qf6 27. f3 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 29. Rg1 Rf4 30. Bxg6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kc6 33. Qd7+ Kb7 34. Be4+ Ka7 35. Qxc7+ Rb7 36. Qxb7# 1-0

JUSTFAVOUR VS AJEDREZCLUB2T

I got really curious how the match between Justfavour vs Ajedrezclub2t led to @justfavour getting 5 points for the game. I had to watch the game to satisfy my curiosity. So both sides beserked. White had a solid arrangement but the huge blunder of moving his queen to d7 changed the whole dynamic of the game and he had to resign. Both players are good, but blunders like this is kinda expected when you beserked a 3+0 mins game, it's almost already like bullet with less thinking time.
Lets watch the gif:

This is the PGN file:

[Event "Saturday Hivchess S1R3 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HmW3es92"] [Date "2025.07.19"] [White "ajedrezclub2t"] [Black "justfavour"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "HmW3es92"] [UTCDate "2025.07.19"] [UTCTime "16:08:00"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "1813"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "C30"] [Opening "King's Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"]

e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bc4 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Qe7 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Qd3 Kc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qh3+ Kb8 15. Bh5 g6 16. Bxg6 Qc5+ 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qg7 20. Qd7 Qxd7 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Rf7 Qe6 23. Rdf1 hxg6 24. Rf8+ Rxf8 0-1

SAMOSTICALLY VS DAKODS-16

I seem to get attracted to games that earn high points. I had to research the opening used by white. White opened with a Zuketort opening and @samostically replied with the Ross gambit. It's a pretty good opening as it helps for better control of the center and flexibility in building pawn structure. White was playing pretty well until the blunder of moving his pawn to b3, which led to the capture of the valuable rook. Black played incredibly well.

Lets watch the gif:

This is the PGN file:

[Event "Saturday Hivchess S1R3 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/o4GwsSK0"] [Date "2025.07.19"] [White "Dakods-16"] [Black "ZGM_Samostically"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "o4GwsSK0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.19"] [UTCTime "15:23:45"] [WhiteElo "2135"] [BlackElo "2112"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"]

Nf3 e5 2. e3 e4 3. Ng1 d5 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nbc3 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Bxh5 Re6 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qe2 Rh6 16. O-O-O Bf5 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rg6 19. Qh3 Re8 20. f4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5+ 22. Kb1 Qb6 23. Rc1 Ba3 24. Rc2 Rc6 25. Rhc1 h6 26. g4 Rec8 27. b3 Bxc1 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 0-1

Side Banter
@samostically , remember when I said you should cage me up with the lions, Omo please don't answer me o , I don't know what I was saying 😭

Thank you all for the games, it was really fun I won't lie. And thank you @samostically for hosting this game.

Reminder:
Let's not forget the Liga chess competition happening today! Let's be there to support the blockchain team. I was proud of us for making Liga 2 last round. Lets make Liga ONE together!!!
Read @stayoutoftherz post for more information: