Dear Chessfriends,

in round 3 we were 9 players and the average rating (1857) was again higher than last time. Since it was a Swiss tournament, almost everybody could play against each other.
It was finally the day of @eniolw in this season! Despite having some internet connection issues in the beginning, it ended well for him and after an initial loss against @pereu4ivatel (drakOnb), he won all his games. Congratulations! In the [game](https://lichess.org/P6YPBWmI/black#61) against the tournament leader, @jaki01 blundered in a rook-knight endgame and @eniolw could grab a rook for free - that made the decision. Second was @jaki01 who played solid as always apart from the game against @eniolw and in his game against myself I could draw in a lost position due to his time running up seconds before I would have been mated. This brought me the third rank. Next ranks went to  @yazp (zulukill) (4<sup>th</sup>) and @pereu4ivatel (drakOnb) (5<sup>th</sup>) with the same points but @yazp having the better tie break.
The remaining tournament points went to @rafaelaquino (ajedrezclub2t) (6<sup>th</sup>), @evgsk (evgchess) (7<sup>th</sup>) and @maciejficek (XM9000) (8<sup>th</sup>). @rodrook was left with the unlucky 9<sup>th</sup> position today in this strong field.

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/STbkBzy4-image.png)
The games of this round can be found [here](https://lichess.org/swiss/TyXsNCqA), in case you want to replay some of them.


#### Season 3 "Autumn": 11 Sep to 20 Nov 2020 / Standing after 3 rounds:
|Rank|Hive name|Lichess name|Rating|Rounds played|Points
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|1|@jaki01|jaki01|2267|3|23|
|2|@stayoutoftherz|stayoutoftherz|1993|3|20
|3|@yazp|zulukill|1960|3|15
|4|@eniolw|eniolw|2250|3|14
|5|@pereu4ivatel|drakOnb|1895|3|9
|6|@evgsk|evgchess|1613|3|7
|7|@maciejficek|XM9000|1472|3|6
|8 (+2)|@rafaelaquino|ajedrezclub2t|1714|3|5
|9 (-1)|@rodrook|rodrook|1551|3|5
|10 (-1)|@uliseshb|UlisesHB|1896|1|4
|11|@schamangerbert|HerbyW|1664|1|0
|12|@foxconnmars|Foxconn_Mars|1989|1|0
|13|@heimindanger|skzap|2176|1|0
|14|@zacherybinx|sirtetris|2011|1|0
|15|@sammy00|migmag|1435|2|0
<sup>m8loss from which I don´t have a Hive name did not play a game and thus is not counted</sup>

The rules you can look up in the [announcement post](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/hivechess-tournament-payouts-of-season-2-and-start-of-season-3-tomorrow).

Not much changes this time. @eniolw is still fourth, but sneaked again closer to the Top3 and if he continues like this, everything is possible. After him there is now quite a gap, so it looks as if it will get increasingly difficult for the rest of the field to catch up.

See you next week and keep practicing!
Anyone for a bullet round?



![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/2EX2Ll8q-image.png)