Dear chess fans,
in the 7th round of S13 we were 32 players (welcome back, @amirl and @jaki01!) and with a 6+1 arena there was much more thinking time per game than last time. Although the average rating was only 1820, it was an impressive player´s lineup with almost half of them having a rating of >2000. So some serious chess was played.
The winner was @sawko, his third win this season, drawing equal with @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) who was runner-up again! Third was multi champion and Hivechess veteran @jaki01 who in his first appearance in S13 immediately captured a podium position. The fourth spot went to @tony1294 and behind him @samostically was on his usual 5th rank 😀. Congratulations to All!
This position from a game between @sawko (White) and @kintokris (jonbellionfan) is still equal despite the quite strong difference in the pawn structure, the one of White is ugly but creating some dangers for the Black king. Black to move and it was important to put a rook on the open file or move the queen to h4 to help with the defence!
https://lichess.org/11RQk55w/white#37
But after Qd5?? Qg4 Black is already completely lost. Not only can´t the queen on d5 help her king, but will be kicked away with tempo after g6 (forced) Tad1.
It is instructive to see what happened next. It would be unsufficient to play the rooklift Td3 now because of Tfd8 and there is no mating threat anymore (Qg5 can be answered with Rd3x and Qf8) and Rh3 with Rd2 and counterplay). Instead the best move (and found by @sawko) was Qg5 threatening Qh6 with unstoppable mate, so Black played Kh8 to be in time to play Rg8. The alternative to Kh8, Tfd8, to make room for Qf8 on the next move, doesn´t work due to the nasty Td6! blocking the Queen out. Only now Td3 was played and after Rad8 Rh3 h5 Qh6 Black resigned.
The biggest upset in round 7 was this victory of @stranger27 (White) against @tony1294 in which @tony1294 resigned in an equal position. Very strange! Anyhow, 1 Hive and 5 LEO go to @stranger27!
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/7kgl1BVR
Season 13: 02 Sep to 04 Nov 2022 / Ranking after 7 rounds:
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @maestroask | Odnoobraz_bcm | 2614 | 7 | 230 | 2537,3 |
| 2 | @sawko | CM sawkito | 2440 | 7 | 222 | 2338,2 |
| 3 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | 2128 | 7 | 196 | 2094,8 |
| 4 | @tony1294 | tony1294 | 2269 | 6 | 194 | 2315,2 |
| 5 | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | 2368 | 6 | 190 | 2266,2 |
| 6 | @pamboy27 | pamboy27 | 2218 | 7 | 183 | 2022 |
| 7(+4) | @wildthougts | Wildthougts | 2244 | 6 | 170 | 2154,6 |
| 8 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | 2037 | 7 | 170 | 2066,8 |
| 9(+1) | @kintokris | jonbellionfan | 2018 | 7 | 168 | 2025,5 |
| 10(+2) | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | 2088 | 7 | 153 | 1944,8 |
| 11(+2) | @emic | emichessmaster | 2123 | 7 | 152 | 2075,2 |
| 12(-5) | @eniolw | eniolw | 2374 | 5 | 150 | 2312,2 |
| 13(-4) | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | 2115 | 6 | 147 | 2050,6 |
| 14 | @vjap55 | vjap55 | 2123 | 7 | 145 | 1919,7 |
| 15(+2) | @iammanythings | iammanythings | 2128 | 6 | 124 | 1921,7 |
| 16(-1) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | 1718 | 7 | 116 | 1815 |
| 17(-1) | @andzhi | andzh1 | 1947 | 4 | 105 | 2036,7 |
| 18(+1) | @lighteye | lighteye | 1741 | 7 | 101 | 1770,7 |
| 19(-1) | @b0s | Da_k1ng | 1521 | 7 | 89 | 1645 |
| 20(+1) | @agreste | agreste | 1707 | 7 | 87 | 1713,2 |
| 21(+3) | @rodrook | rodrook | 1450 | 6 | 84 | 1672,2 |
| 22(-2) | @petreius | petreius | 1886 | 4 | 77 | 1831,7 |
| 23(-1) | @beyondhorizonmm | beyondhorizonmm | 1644 | 5 | 72 | 1759,8 |
| 24(-1) | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | 1748 | 5 | 71 | 1808 |
| 25 | @sammy00 | migmag | 1474 | 7 | 69 | 1582 |
| 26(+1) | @kreur | Kreur | 2104 | 3 | 61 | 2285,3 |
| 27(-1) | @pokerarema | ragnarokgame | 1491 | 7 | 60 | 1525,3 |
| 28(+1) | @fiona777 | fiona777 | 1481 | 7 | 44 | 1489,7 |
| 29(+4) | @maciejficek | XM9000 | 1441 | 6 | 40 | 1474 |
| 30(-2) | @? | Belguesmi | 2143 | 1 | 39 | 2405 |
| 31(+3) | @salomijale | unknownhumnabeing | 1463 | 3 | 39 | 1684,5 |
| 32(-3) | @? | Nkoloma | 2104 | 1 | 37 | 2051 |
| 33(-2) | @yazp | zulukill | 1988 | 1 | 34 | 2061 |
| 34(-2) | @? | G174R | 2045 | 1 | 33 | 2021 |
| 35(new) | @jaki01 | jaki01 | 2361 | 1 | 30 | 2361 |
| 36(-1) | @? | Oyuncu07a | 2436? | 1 | 29 | 2453 |
| 37(-1) | @? | vesuvianum | 1937 | 1 | 29 | 1976 |
| 38(new) | @amirl | amirl4e | 2011 | 1 | 26 | 1984 |
| 39(-2) | @? | siamak56 | 1891 | 1 | 26 | 1636 |
| 40(-1) | @vasigo | vasigo | 1225 | 7 | 26 | 1356 |
| 41(-3) | @? | ajedrez_64 | 2070 | 1 | 25 | 2071 |
| 42(+11) | @justfavour | justfavour | 1663 | 2 | 24 | 1582 |
| 43(-3) | @? | Gornyi_Roman | 2007 | 1 | 22 | 1818 |
| 44(-3) | @? | art_rozov_17 | 1715 | 1 | 21 | 1774 |
| 45(-3) | @ptmaker | ptmaker | 1510 | 2 | 21 | 1496,5 |
| 46(-1) | @grafo07 | Grafo_07 | 1033 | 4 | 21 | 1387,8 |
| 47(-2) | @? | Capablancaplayer | 2014? | 1 | 20 | 1836 |
| 48(-4) | @? | Bishopmaker2018 | 1840 | 1 | 20 | 1783 |
| 49 | @tin.aung.soe | TinAungSoe | 1320 | 3 | 20 | 1412 |
| 50(+9) | @anomadsoul | anomadsoul | 1448 | 2 | 18 | 1645,5 |
| 51(-4) | @? | bassam49 | 1608 | 1 | 17 | 1858 |
| 52(-5) | @falcout | falcout | 1511 | 3 | 16 | 1500,5 |
| 53(-5) | @? | Alireza_1342 | 1662 | 1 | 15 | 1985 |
| 54(-4) | @volkiceper | HelloxD | 1552 | 1 | 14 | 1864 |
| 55(-4) | @deadleaf | realdeadleaf | 2144 | 1 | 13 | 1628 |
| 56(-4) | @? | Chalenko_V | 2252 | 1 | 11 | 2199 |
| 57(-3) | @? | Yetundefemii | 1880 | 2 | 11 | 1790 |
| 58(+2) | @mypathtofire | mypathtofire | 1285 | 5 | 11 | 1294,3 |
| 59(-4) | @philipp87 | Philipp87 | 1773 | 1 | 10 | 1651 |
| 60(-4) | @? | moscatel10 | 1783 | 1 | 9 | 1748 |
| 61(-4) | @? | Socolonquio | 1606 | 1 | 9 | 1460 |
| 62(-4) | @? | nakonako | 1797 | 1 | 8 | 1947 |
| 63(-2) | @? | Dionysis1 | 1965 | 1 | 7 | 2114 |
| 64(-2) | @? | emprendemesta | 2022 | 1 | 6 | 1993 |
| 65(-2) | @? | juliandav | 2058 | 1 | 3 | 1827 |
| 66(-2) | @artistparthoroy | artistparthoroy | 1075 | 2 | 3 | 1212 |
| 67(-2) | @johannfrare | johannfrare | 1629 | 1 | 2 | |
| 68(-2) | @ajumaa | Chocho2 | 1308? | 1 | 1 | 964 |
The rules you can look up in the S13 announcement post.
Only 3 rounds to go and no changes in the top ranks, @maestroask (Odnoobraz_bcm) is still first with a 8 point lead.
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
On another note, yesterday the "Aimchess Rapid" started, the penultimate tournament of the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour 2022. Many top players including Magnus Carlsen are competing there. After the first 4 rounds of the playoff, the rapid chess worldchampion Abdusattorov is leading with 4 wins. The standings you can see here.
Sometimes i play in this way.yesterday two of my games are like this.
😁
I moved two places up. I haven't been checking the standings since i started playing. I'm not doing so bad considering it's my first Hivechess season.
Thanks for another great round everyone. Amazing how good some of the players are!
I'm still in 3rd place. I'm trying so hard to maintain it.
I'm quite satisfied with 5th place these days. But since Jaki & Eniolw won't place this season. I can try and hold that 3rd place. I know Tony & Lucianosky are breathing down my neck.
I think it's still competitive even if 1st and second place are locked.
Indeed, it is!
Congratulations to all winners !!!
I lost many games with mistaked moves who feeds the opponent freely at today early morning tournament.
I have to practice my eyes.
Congratulations!
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You used to be cool.
What happened?
So what's your plan?
I appreciate you taking the time to talk a little bit and I apologize knowing this probably isn't the right post to do it.
Thinking ahead to the future, do you think it will have been a wise decision to turn your back on everything and everyone that had your back, which is most likely a majority, due to having a dispute with an individual or two? Think of it like this. Would you move to a new city, alone, because someone took a shit on your patio? Or would you maybe just be a little bit pissed off, which is perfectly fine, but eventually do everything in your power to clean up the shit, and just get on with your life?
No need to answer. I actually know what happened from start to finish and all things in between. You know I know. I just want to suggest you take a step back, a deep breath. Get off the devices for a few days, take some time to reflect. Calm down. Be cool.
Things in the past stay in the past for a reason. Think about that as well. Going back to the shit analogy (pardon the pun), it's never wise to smear it all over the walls. That'll just attract flies.
Good seeing you. Have a nice day.
But it's not cool publicly calling me a Nazi. Or white trash. Or anti-Semite. You have no clue who or what I am, as you have actually agreed in a comment previously, and you even apologised (which I found to be disingenuous) for your racist slurs...Remember? But here you are, with the same dialogue, the same tired old rubbish that no one cares for or believes.
You remember that right? And all because I asked you to follow the rules of a community I own and created for myself. You came into my house, shitted on the fucken floor and then blamed me for dealing with it. That's cunt-behaviour and you know it.
I know that @nonameslefttouse is trying to help you here, I have had lengthy conversations with him in this respect and he is fully aware of the entire story. I even had similar conversations with you and you agreed to move forward...and then came your racist slurs, your rants, destruction of your own post feed, your promotion of Blurt on Hive, your galenkp rants on Blurt, your insistence on the automated-sanctions and so on. You have created this...and all because you didn't like being told that my community accepts posts only in English.
You will do what you will, I understand that and accept it. I'd not have it any other way actually, but your insistence that someone other than yourself is to blame is see-through, meaning no one believes it. Also, if you think no one else knows what you did, you're very wrong...And none of them are automated.
You want to feel cool again. You want to feel empowered and powerful...But you don't, because you're not. You chose it.
Downvoting me and @meesterboom won't gain it back, but please continue, it doesn't bother me in the least bit...It's you it bothers, the fact that you're irrelevant, even to yourself no matter how many downvotes you give me; you'll still just be you.
Your filthy racist behaviour, in my opinion, is inexcusable - there's never a reason for it in fact, I would have expected you to know that. If you think I'll ever forget what you said to me, simply because you didn't like me telling you not to post dual language in my community, you're bonkers. Let me say it again, your filthy racist behaviour is inexcusable.
It's time to cowboy the fuck up if you want to...but I think you don't have it in you. Either way, my life goes on.
Enjoy Blurt.
Just in case you delete your text like you have with your other posts to cover your tracks...
https://peakd.com/hive-196233/@galenkp/pulling-the-pin-on-entitlement
You are very racist, and all based on...nothing.
What you said to me, the speed at which you reverted to that sort of behaviour indicates much about your character...all because you didn't like me enforcing an English only rule in my own community. You are pathetic.
You know very well that I never, ever mentioned Hebrew, and are simply twisting things to your own ends. You are pathetic. Go back to Blurt, denigrate me there with all your little friends who also destroyed their Hive accounts.
https://peakd.com/hive-196233/@galenkp/pulling-the-pin-on-entitlement
Clearly, based on your behavior here and now, me trying to help smooth things out was a waste of my fucking time. If someone wants to publish an English magazine, that means only English can be found in that magazine. If I pull up a page on the internet and see English, does that mean they're insulting every other language on the planet because those languages cannot be found there? NO. And anyone coming along to twist it into an insult is a moron by default.
How the fuck can you not comprehend such simplicity...
This is me turning my back on you. You, are not cool. Bye.
I watched this all happen and you calling it "anti hebrew behaviour" is actually incorrect. Galen wasn't being anti hebrew specifically, he was simply enforcing rules of his community that you clearly didn't bother to read. That is basically disrespectful and neglectful of you. You got your panties in a knot assuming something that wasn't the case and then you went schizo at Galen in attack mode when you could have actually just taken a step back, evaluated the situation with a clear head and gone "hmmm maybe I should just follow the rules like the average person" instead of throwing a little tantrum.
Your behaviour was childish and exceptionally offensive and you clearly show no remorse. You were the one that made sure that there was no way back and I was actually disgusted when I read your accusations and you have essentially destroyed your Hive account in the process. For what? What do you actually feel you have gained out of your behaviour?
I stand with Galen on this one, you should really just leave Hive and let this all go. If you choose to continue this downvote war, then that's your prerogative but then don't come crying further down the line if things don't get any better.
I specify English only and no mention is made of any other language - To be clear, I don't specify any other language. You post was addressed because you used a language other than English. It's as simple as that. There's no need to twist it to make yourself look less culpable. It's an ugly thing to do, but typical for one such as you I guess.
Your comment above shows you haven't let go of your entitled and childish behaviours.
You know I downvoted your post after you deleted all the text because a post saying nothing but the word deleted isn't a post that should earn any rewards. Again, this was explained to you very clearly. The other downvotes I gave you are for the reason that I simply don't like you. They will continue of course.
You did. But I felt it was disingenuous...and then you proved that to be true with all your other behaviours since. Denigrating me on Hive and Blurt isn't behaviour that someone who is genuinely sorry for their disgusting behaviour would do. But you did it.
Your estimation of my behaviour has no bearing on my life, and no relevance. There are those here who have followed this entire situation and what you did, how you did it and what you said is well documented, not just @meesterboom but the many others who downvoted you. Nothing on the blockchain can be deleted, it's all recoverable and your behaviours are there to see.
There is no way back for you, none. Not any. Zero. You hearing me? I don't care how much you apologise, you will always be what you showed me you are.
https://peakd.com/hive-196233/@galenkp/pulling-the-pin-on-entitlement