Dear chess fans,
the third round of S12 was played yesterday as a 4+2 arena tournament. 21 players were participating with an average rating of 1873 - the highest so far in S12. Welcome back @b0s and @petreius to the tour!
This time @jaki01 could end up as winner. He was able to win all his games, except the one against myself, where I could flag him 😁. Runner-up was @pamboy27 with 2 points behind, followed by the champions @sawko and @eniolw as third and fourth. Congratulations!
In my first game against @pamboy27 he (with White) went greedy and made in an otherwise very comfortable position a serious blunder by taking a pawn at a4 which was -seemingly - not enough protected.
A few moves later all of a sudden White´s queen (or the bishop) is in serious trouble! In fact one move later White ran out of time, but the position is hopeless.
https://lichess.org/iKe5sBZd/black#62
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/uiX3LMZb
Season 12: 03 Jun to 05 Aug 2022 / Ranking after 3 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(+1) | @sawko | CM sawkito | 2355 | 3 | 80 | 2311,3 |
| 2(-1) | @eniolw | eniolw | 2366 | 3 | 79 | 2310 |
| 3(+2) | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2324 | 3 | 69 | 2168,3 |
| 4(-1) | @franu | Tz995 | 2183 | 3 | 69 | 2091,3 |
| 5(-1) | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 2063 | 3 | 67 | 2054,3 |
| 6(+1) | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2062 | 3 | 58 | 2092,7 |
| 7(-1) | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2170 | 2 | 47 | 2146 |
| 8 | @pereu4ivatel | pereu4uwatch | 2083 | 3 | 45 | 2015 |
| 9(+12) | @fjcr | FCastro17 | 2100 | 2 | 37 | 2071 |
| 10(+19) | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2154 | 2 | 36 | 2075 |
| 11(+16) | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2134 | 2 | 33 | 2043 |
| 12(-3) | @deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2108 | 2 | 32 | 1961 |
| 13(+3) | @rodrook | rodrook | 1458 | 3 | 32 | 1701 |
| 14(-4) | ? | Revish | 2039 | 1 | 31 | 2057 |
| 15(-4) | ? | miv57 | 1993 | 1 | 30 | 2094 |
| 16(+6) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1655 | 3 | 30 | 1761,3 |
| 17(-5) | ? | BolshakovA | 1926 | 1 | 29 | 2029 |
| 18(-3) | @lighteye | lighteye | 1726 | 3 | 29 | 1699 |
| 19(-6) | ? | Char-meleon | 1832 | 1 | 28 | 2286 |
| 20(-6) | ? | Siciliec | 2163 | 1 | 27 | 1981 |
| 21(+7) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1729 | 2 | 26 | 1799 |
| 22(+3) | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1533 | 3 | 26 | 1672 |
| 23(-6) | ? | melomanishee | 1880 | 1 | 24 | 1960 |
| 24(-6) | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2268 | 1 | 23 | 2183 |
| 25(+1) | @falcout | falcout | 1508 | 3 | 23 | 1626,7 |
| 26(-6) | ? | Akshak | 2214 | 1 | 22 | 2396 |
| 27(-7) | ? | Bobzy | 2068 | 1 | 21 | 1932 |
| 28(-5) | ? | Nick542 | 1745 | 1 | 19 | 1919 |
| 29(-5) | ? | Ujwal_bhasin09 | 2102 | 1 | 18 | 2078 |
| 30 | ? | Dmitriy_Vladykin | 1499 | 1 | 15 | 1535 |
| 31(+4) | @giacomone | KingJames4 | 1534 | 2 | 15 | 1485,5 |
| 32(-1) | ? | Ted1111 | 1656 | 1 | 14 | 1794 |
| 33(-1) | ? | jose014 | 1794 | 1 | 13 | 1871 |
| 34(-1) | ? | Henry_lloyd007 | 2023 | 1 | 12 | 2081 |
| 35(new) | @petreius | petreius | 1991 | 1 | 11 | 1877 |
| 36(-2) | @johannfrare | johannfrare | 1661 | 1 | 11 | 1830 |
| 37 | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1463 | 3 | 11 | 1448,3 |
| 38(-2) | @pravesh0 | pravesh007 | 1726 | 1 | 10 | 1805 |
| 39(-1) | ? | Vagolov2019 | 1899 | 1 | 8 | 1962 |
| 40(-1) | ? | Vivekanandsmriti | 2071 | 1 | 7 | 1876 |
| 41(-1) | ? | iVoVa | 2382 | 1 | 6 | 1944 |
| 42(new) | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1548 | 1 | 6 | 1633 |
| 43(-2) | ? | kv6 | 2027 | 1 | 5 | 1806 |
| 44(+2) | @vasigo | vasigo | 1152 | 3 | 4 | 1346 |
| 45(-3) | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1413 | 1 | 3 | 1470 |
| 46(-3) | ? | stronglychuks | 1983 | 1 | 3 | 1404 |
| 47(-3) | ? | GUSCHINVIKTOR | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1821 |
| 48(-3) | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1391 | 1 | 2 | 1651 |
The rules you can look up in the S12 announcement post.
After 3 rounds @sawko was able to grab back the lead from @eniolw - by just a single point! Due to his win today @jaki01 gained two ranks and is now third, but with 11 points behind the leader it is already difficult to catch up!
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
In the first round of the Candidates Tournament Ian Nepomniachtchi could beat the co-favorite Ding Liren in a spectacular way! Also Fabiano Caruana won against Hikaru Nakamura in the US-battle. What a start!
