Hello Chess players on Hive, Earlier today, we played the eighteenth round of the weekly Saturday HiveChess Tournament. We had a total of 26 players join this event.

Link to the tournament:

https://lichess.org/tournament/lbCrIEkf

_{He did it again !!!}

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Congratulations to @poseout87! For winning for the second time in a row! He was unbeaten again and went on to show his blitz prowess by finishing first place. IM @maestroask came second again in this round, while @dalods came third.

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Table of Top 10 Players

#	Lichess	Hive	Points	Ratings
1	Manfromspain	@poseout87	50	2300
2	odnoobraz_bcm	@maestroask	42	2516
3	Gmdalods-16	@dalods	35	2271
4	Dakods-16	@dakods	34	2276
5	Jaki01	@jaki01	31	2302
6	Madchess64	@madchess64	27	1966
7	iamchessguy01	@Iamchessguy	26	1889
8	Fcastro	@fcastro177	25	2113
9	odic3o	@odic3o1	23	1756
10	Rosmarly	@rosmarly	22	1979

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Prizes
1st - 10 Hive - @poseout87
2nd - 8 Hive - @maestroask
3rd - 7 Hive - @dalods
4th - 5 Hive - @dakods
5th - 2.5 Hive - @Jaki01
6th - 2.5 Hive - @Iamchessguy
7th - 2.5 Hive - @fcastro177
8th - 2.5 Hive - @Rosmarly
9th - 2.5 Hive - @sammy00
10th - 2.5 Hive - @stranger27

U2000 - 5 Hive - @Madchess64
U1800 - 5 Hive - @odic3o1
U1500 - 5 Hive - @fiona777

Ratings used for the prizes are players initial rating at the start of the tournament

Thanks to everyone that played. If you're new, please read the tournament information below to get started.

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Tournament Details

1. We play every Saturday at 15:00 GMT

2. We play on an open-source chess application, www.lichess.org

3. To start up on Lichess, kindly read @samostically's Introduction to Lichess Platform

4. Register with your Lichess username in the comment section if your name is not on the mention list.

5. Total play time is 1 hour and 10 minutes. Time control for the tournament varies with each round.

6. Feel free to write about your tournament experience and post the link in the comment. Quality posts will get curated. Alternatively, you can post on our Discord channel.

7. Join our Team Page on Lichess, to play our team events.

8. For more information about this tournament, Read Introducing A New Hivechess weekly event

Thanks to our Main sponsors

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See You Next Week Saturday!

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