Dear chessfans!
Yesterday the very first rounds in a round robin tournament on Hive were played, and overall it was a huge success. All 24 games were played, not a single one was missed out! Thanks to All for reading the new and somewhat complicated rules that carefully - and adhering to them 😀!
@vjap55 streamed his games and analyzed while playing here, also @schamangerbert did a live stream of the event on Twitch.
Some games started a little late, or had to be started a second time because a player started in a different format. I hope next time the games will start more on time, and please no experiments with changing the 5+1 standard mode without having obtained consent from the opponent upfront! As mentioned, if both agree, this is fine, but if it comes as a surprise to the Black players, this would be not fair and delayes things.
Here are the results of the first 4 (of 26) rounds:
Results
| Round 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| @sawko | 1:0 | @vasigo |
| @jaki01 | 1:0 | @b0s |
| @samostically | 1:0 | @anomadsoul |
| @pereu4ivatel | 1:0 | @falcout |
| @deadleaf | 1:0 | @rodrook |
| @vjap55 | 1:0 | @stayoutoftherz |
| Round 2 | ||
| @vasigo | 0:1 | @eniolw |
| @anomadsoul | 0:1 | @sawko |
| @falcout | 0:1 | @jaki01 |
| @rodrook | 0:1 | @samostically |
| @stayoutoftherz | 1:0 | @pereu4ivatel |
| @vjap55 | ½:½ | @deadleaf |
| Round 3 | ||
| @eniolw | 1:0 | @b0s |
| @vasigo | 0:1 | @anomadsoul |
| @sawko | 1:0 | @rodrook |
| @jaki01 | ½:½ | @stayoutoftherz |
| @samostically | 1:0 | @vjap55 |
| @pereu4ivatel | 1:0 | @deadleaf |
| Round 4 | ||
| @anomadsoul | 0:1 | @eniolw |
| @falcout | 0:1 | @b0s |
| @rodrook | 0:1 | @vasigo |
| @vjap55 | 1:0 | @sawko |
| @deadleaf | 0:1 | @jaki01 |
| @pereu4ivatel | 0:1 | @samostically |
The cross-table:
Please note that due to the odd number of players some had played 3 games and some 4.
Standings
After 4 rounds @samostically is the sole leader with a perfect score of 4 out of 4! Also @eniolw has scored 100% so far with 3 out of 3, but is third because @jaki01 had 4 games and made 3,5 points. @sawko is ranked 4th with 3 out of 4, followed by @vjap55 with 2,5 out of 4.
I was quite happy with the initial outcome due to my draw against @jaki01 (there was even more in the position but in timescramble I gave away too many pawns for free). In total I scored 50% against 3 stronger players, not a bad start.
But for me the surprise of the day was @vjap55´s win against our multi-champion @sawko!
In this position @sawko (with Black) had played f7-f5, threatening f4. How did @vjap55 punish this move?
https://lichess.org/KpNyOtNP#54
See you next Friday for the next 4 rounds! There will be some interesting pairings already...