Twenty-third Chess960 Hivechess Tournament Results

Hello everyone.
Yesterday, the October edition of Chess960 took place. One of the better rounds recently. There were some players that participated again after some time. Hope the trend continues and we get more players for the November Tournament. We got two more Tournaments left.

Top 5 of the Tournament

Winner of the October edition is @mikmai (Lavidacontinua123). What a come back at Chess960 Tournament with 7 wins in row and one draw.
Congratulations.

Second place finisher was @southgamer (SouthGamer). Back at Chess960 tournament and back at the podium.
Congratulations.

Third place goes to @stayoutoftherz (stayoutoftherz). Only 1 point behind the runner-up. Another good performance plus playing while being sick.
Congratulations.

Fourth place was @rafaelaquino (ajedrezclub2t) and I @sammy00 (migmag) was fifth.

Congratulations.

Biggest upset reward goes to @stranger27 (stranger27) for his win against @stayoutoftherz (stayoutoftherz). It all started with blundering one piece.
Congratulations.

Game link
https://lichess.org/game/Uw8f2jYb/white#0

Final standings of the 23rd Chess960 Hivechess Tournament

Fun checkmate

This was nice checkmate by @rodrook (RDcast) against me. Good job in spotting the move.

Game link
https://lichess.org/game/e0XGuZfv/black#0

Rewards

Top 10 ranked players get 2 Hive each.
Top 5 players rewards : First place 18 Hive, second place 11 Hive, third place 9 Hive, fourth place 5 Hive and fifth place 3 Hive.
Players from 11th to 15th place get 1 Hive each
Top 2 Under 1300 Elo players will get 1 Hive each.
1 Hive for biggest upset of the tournament. @stranger27 (stranger27)
Additional 1 Hive for all wins - at least 7 games played.

Note: One player had only 4 games played but will qualify for the rewards as well.

Rewards for the 2026 October edition of Chess960 Tournament