Hello Chess players on Hive 👋
Yesterday, we continued Season 2 of the HiveChess Saturday Weekly Tournament with Round 3. This round delivered sharp games and intense competition, with a dominant showing at the top and very close fights across the standings.

Link to the tournament:

https://lichess.org/tournament/s3fQyauf

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Top 10 Players

#	Lichess	Hive	Points	Rating
1	Odnoobraz	@odnoobraz	54	2573
2	SouthGamer	@southgamer	41	1992
3	iamchessguy01	@iamchessguy01	32	1874
4	ZGM_Samostically	@samostically	31	2303
5	tortyllan	@tortyllan	29	2114
6	jaki01	@jaki01	28	2307
7	FCastro17	@fcastro177	26	2048
8	Ohieku	@lailawrites	24	1517
9	Just_ola	@justola	23	1768
10	guisep73	@guisep73	20	1699

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Congratulations to IM Odnoobraz (@maestroask) for a dominant first-place finish, scoring 54 points with an excellent 93% win rate.
@southgamer secured second place with a strong performance, while @iamchessguy finished 3rd place. Well played to everyone who participated.

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Prizes

Placement Prizes

1st – 15 HIVE – @odnoobraz
2nd – 13 HIVE – @southgamer
3rd – 9 HIVE – @iamchessguy
4th – 7 HIVE – @samostically
5th – 3.5 HIVE – @dhilan04
6th – 3.5 HIVE – @jaki01
7th – 3.5 HIVE – @fcastro77
8th – 3.5 HIVE – @stranger27
9th – 3.5 HIVE – @sammy00
10th – 3.5 HIVE – @ezemhugo

Rating Prizes

Best U2000 – 5 HIVE – @justola1
Best U1800 – 5 HIVE – @giuatt07
Best U1500 – 5 HIVE – @lailawrites

Total Distributed: 80 HIVE

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Thanks to everyone who played! The consistency, competitiveness continue to define the HiveChess weekly events. Looking forward to even stronger rounds ahead.

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 https://lichess.org
3. To start on Lichess, read the introduction post.
4. Register with your Lichess username in the comments if your name isn’t on the mention list
5. Total play time is 1 hour and 10 minutes. Time control varies with each round
6. Feel free to post your tournament experience in the comments or on our Discord channel. Quality posts will get curated
7. Join our Team Page to participate in team events
8. For more info, read [Introducing a New HiveChess Weekly Event]

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See You Next Week Saturday!