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Hello Chess players on Hive,

Yesterday was the second round of the weekly Saturday HiveChess Tournament. We had a total of 29 players who clicked to join the event and about 25 players who actually played a game.


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Congratulations to @maestroak for winning this round with a large gap. Thanks to everyone that played. It was also nice to see the appearance of @schamangerbert who has hosted more tournaments on Hive than I can possibly remember.


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# Table of the Top 8 Players

|Lichess|Hive|Points|Ratings
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|IM Odnoobraz_bcm|@maestroask|56 🏆|2548
|Madman4rmDaSouth|@mendelito|32|2215
|ManFromSpain|@poseout87|30|2279
|tobilobajob|@tobijob|30|1963
|Madchess64|@madchess64|22|1995
|IM Stuffings|@stuffings|19|2269
|Surgeonfromikere|No Hive Registered username|19|1993
|Fcastro|@fcastro177|19|2118

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# Prizes
1st - 10 Hive - IM @maestroask
2nd - 8 Hive - @mendelito 
3rd - 7 Hive - @poseout87
4th - 5 Hive -  @madchess64
5th - 2.5 Hive - IM @stuffings
6th - 2.5 Hive - @fcastro177 
7th - 2.5 Hive - @maverieux000 
8th - 2.5 Hive  - @iamchessguy 

Biggest Upset - 5 Hive @dadapizza (753) for his game against @rafaelaquino (1703)

U2000 - 5 Hive - @tobijob 
U1800 - 5 Hive - @schamangerbert
U1500 - 5 Hive - @rodrook 

_Ratings used for the prizes are players initial rating at the start of the tournament_


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Thanks to everyone that played. If you're new, please read the tournament information below to get started. 

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# Tournament Details

1. We play every Saturday at 15:00 GMT
2. We play on an open-source chess application,  [www.lichess.org](www.lichess.org) 
3. To start up on Lichess, kindly read @samostically's [Introduction to Lichess Platform](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@samostically/introduction-to-the-lichess-platform-and-how-to-use-it)
4. Register with your Lichess username in the comment section if your name is not on the mention list. 
5. Total play time is 1 hour and 10 minutes. Time control for the tournament varies with each round. 
6. Feel free to write about your tournament experience and post the link in the comment. Quality posts will get curated. Alternatively, you can post on our [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/4mHAxCVWT7). 
7. Join our [Team Page](https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team) on Lichess, to play our team events.
8. It is important to know that the Hive Saturday Chess Saturday was started by @schamangerbert 

9. For more information about this tournament,  Read [Introducing A New Hivechess weekly event](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@sam.chess/introducing-a-new-hive-chess-tournament-and-support-for-chess-players-on-hive)

10. Thanks to our Main sponsors @stayoutoftherz, The @aliento project & @yabapmatt!

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In two days, we will write an article featuring brilliant games played in the event. Feel free to share lichess links to your games if you feel they are brilliant enough to be featured. The rewards from that post will be shared with players whose games are used. 

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#### See You Next Week Saturday!

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Don't forget to join us later today for our team event battle in Liga, Here is the link to join: https://lichess.org/tournament/rTQHysSP