Fifteenth Chess960 Hivechess Tournament Results

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Hello everyone.
Fifteenth Chess960 Hivechess Tournament results are here and we have a first time winner in this edition. It was faster time control this time. 3 + 2 seems to be good time format. Maybe it is time we play first no time increment tournament this year or go even faster with 2 + 1 mode for the March edition.
Also, it does not have to be any of these, comment which format would you prefer.

Top 5 of the Tournament

Winner of February edition is dhilan04@dhilan04 (tortyllan). First win ever in Chess960 Tournament. Next March edition is opportunity for second win in a row.
Congratulations.

Second place goes to southgamer@southgamer (SouthGamer). Clean and strong round with all wins in 8 games and extra 1 Hive reward.
Congratulations.

Third place is fcastro177@fcastro177 (FCastro17). Again top 3 finish as last round second place went to fcastro177@fcastro177. First place is missing in the reward collection of Chess960 Tournament so far. Why not go for it in next round already?
Congratulations.

Fourth place is odic3o1@odic3o1 (odic3o) and fifth stayoutoftherz@stayoutoftherz (stayoutoftherz).
Congratulations.

Biggest upset reward goes to justola1@justola1 (just_ola) for his win against fcastro177@fcastro177 (FCastro17). 256 Elo difference in the win.
Congratulations.

Game link
https://lichess.org/AhYDeSZD/black

Final standings of 15th Chess960 Hivechess Tournament

Rewards

Top 10 ranked players get 2 Hive each.
Top 5 players rewards : First place 8 Hive, second place 6 Hive, third place 4 Hive, fourth place 2 Hive, fifth place 1 Hive (addition of 5th place afterwards)
Players from 11th to 15th place get 1 Hive each.
Top 3 Under 1300 Elo players will get 1 Hive each (only fiona777@fiona777 (fiona777)).
1 Hive for biggest upset of the tournament (southgamer@southgamer (SouthGamer)).
Additional 1 Hive for all wins - at least 7 games played.

Rewards for the 2026 February edition of Chess960

Additional 1 Hive for southgamer@southgamer for all wins this round.

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