Hello Chess players on Hive,

Yesterday, we played the fifth round of the weekly Saturday HiveChess Tournament. We had a total of 23 players who clicked to join the event and about 21 players who actually played a game. Apologies for sending the reminders late. I believe more people would have joined if I did remind them earlier.

In a tournament where there was so many Queen blunders and tactical games, where no one went unbeaten, International Master @maestroask with the fewest loses (2) among the top players emerged champion reclaiming the crown after losing it in round 4. @tangibleay wasn't to be denied a top podium finish this time as he also reclaimed a spot finishing second. While last week's winner @poseout87 needed a last minute rally to secure 3rd place.

Welcome @memess who joined us this week for the first time. @suisver also joined but missed the event start time due to time zone miscalculations.

Here is a table of the top 8 players.

Table of the Top 8 Players

Lichess	Hive	Points	Ratings
IM Odnoobraz_bcm	@maestroask	45 🏆	2555
tangible_ay	@tangibleay	32	2221
ManFromSpain	@poseout87	30	2311
IM Stuffings	@stuffings	27	2317
jaki01	@jaki01	24	2206
Dakods-16	@dakods	20	2278
iamchessguy01	@iamchessguy	18	2098
Gmdalods-16	@dalods	17	2237

Prizes

1st - 10 Hive - IM @maestroask
2nd - 8 Hive - @tangibleay
3rd - 7 Hive - @poseout87
4th - 5 Hive - IM @stuffings
5th - 2.5 Hive - @jaki01
6th - 2.5 Hive - @dakods
7th - 2.5 Hive - @iamchessguy
8th - 2.5 Hive - @dalods

Biggest Upset - 5 Hive @dadapizza (819) for his game against @stayoutoftherz (2049)

U2000 - 5 Hive - @justfavour
U1800 - 5 Hive - @schamangerbert
U1500 - 5 Hive -

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

Also no best u-1500 prize this week as @dadapizza can't win two prizes and also @memess didn't play up to 3 games or win a game to claim the prize

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

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. It is important to know that the Hive Saturday Chess Saturday was founded by @schamangerbert

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

10. Thanks to our Main sponsors Stayoutoftherz, Brianoflondon, eddiespino through the aliento project & Yabapmatt!

In two days, we will write an article featuring brilliant games played in the event. Feel free to share lichess links to your games if you feel they are brilliant enough to be featured. The liquid rewards from that post will be shared with players whose games are used.

See You Next Week Saturday!

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Don't forget to join us later today (18:00 GMT) for our team event battle in Liga, Here is the link to join:

https://lichess.org/tournament/Vx4We8Cy