Dear chessfans,

the penultimate tournament day of the HCT (Hivechess Candidates Tournament) will take place tomorrow, at the usual time!

The current standings after 4 of 6 days you can find [here](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/eniolw-is-now-the-sole-leader-after-16-rounds-played-in-the-hivechess-candidates-tournament).

Tomorrow the pairings with the opposites color will continue; please note that this time **5 rounds** will be played. Also please check out the **poll** at the bottom of this post!

For reference here is the list of participants:

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23tSU6gDes8SZQc5qgzJAoi2n7EGk2qWcGJfNsMBNcAcedh9m3otWnBAcSaTLB3F73mmT.png)


The [pricepool](https://peakd.com/@chesspricepool/wallet) is currently app. 154$ (excl. the registration fees which will be added) - not bad in view of the fact that it will be divided among 13 players only 😃.

https://i.imgur.com/YUiPrQ9.gif


#### PAIRINGS
White challenges Black at the given time! Please be ready on time.

|**Round 17**||Fri., 06-May-2022, 19h GMT|
|-|-|-|
|White||Black|
|@eniolw||@anomadsoul|
|@b0s||@falcout|
|@vasigo||@rodrook|
|@sawko||@vjap55|
|@jaki01||@deadleaf|
|@samostically||@pereu4ivatel|
||||
|**Round 18**||Fri., 06-May-2022, 19.15h GMT|
|@falcout||@eniolw|
|@rodrook||@anomadsoul|
|@stayoutoftherz||@b0s|
|@vjap55||@vasigo|
|@pereu4ivatel||@sawko|
|@samostically||@jaki01|
||||
|**Round 19**||Fri., 06-May-2022, 19.30h GMT|
|@eniolw||@rodrook|
|@falcout||@stayoutoftherz|
|@anomadsoul||@vjap55|
|@b0s||@deadleaf|
|@vasigo||@pereu4ivatel|
|@sawko||@jaki01|
||||
|**Round 20**||Fri., 06-May-2022, 19.45h GMT|
|@stayoutoftherz||@eniolw|
|@vjap55||@rodrook|
|@deadleaf||@falcout|
|@pereu4ivatel||@anomadsoul|
|@samostically||@b0s|
|@jaki01||@vasigo|
||||
|**Round 21**||Fri., 06-May-2022, 20h GMT|
|@eniolw||@vjap55|
|@stayoutoftherz||@deadleaf|
|@rodrook||@pereu4ivatel|
|@falcout||@samostically|
|@anomadsoul||@jaki01|
|@b0s||@sawko|

Please post your result after the game in the [Lichess team chat](https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team) (typically only the winner posts).

#### RULES

- Registration fee was 10 Hive (registration is closed, but you can register already for the next HCT!). At the end of the tournament you will get it back unless:
- Not showing up at one tournament day forfeits not only the games *of that day* (i.e. counted as losses), but also 2 Hive of your registration fee (missing one game only costs 0,5 Hive)
- Every Friday 4 to 5 rounds are played, every 15 minutes, according to the schedule announced in the reminder posts; showing not up **within 5 minutes** forfeits the game 
- The player with the **White** pieces always starts the game
- The time mode is 5+1. Players can agree upfront to a different (time) format (e.g. 3+2 Chess 960), but the game should not take more than 15 minutes!
- Please post all your results in the [team chat](https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team)
- The winner of each match gets 1 point, a draw gives half a point, all points are summed up and the player with the highest total score is the champion
- In case two players have the same number of points, the direct match(es) count. In case this is draw, the one with the more wins scores higher. In case this is equal too, the [Neustadtl Sonneborn–Berger score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonneborn%E2%80%93Berger_score) will be applied.
- PAYOUT: 70% of all tournament-related post rewards (and the penalties of missing participations) go to @chesspricepool. The tournament winner will get 30 Hive, the runner-up 10 and the rest of the PP is divided among *all* players equally (50%) and according to the number of tournament points achieved (50%).


#### How to challenge a player and kick off a game?

1.Click on the magnifier symbol on the upper right corner of the Lichess site.
![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23tGY4iFeNFPjLUyFcSKc5NmeQg7UMiLEk78To8bHrD8UicbKFyetuTLkgwRT1Zzhdyeu.png)

2.Type your opponent´s Lichess name (it´s not case sensitive) and click on the "challenge" symbol on the hovering menu!
![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/Eo6CFRuavaqMazfTvVcdJFh7MoPQwHEsbCQ4cNmpanmpnWDaJAsWqX7pENjayDKQKuh.png)

3.A menu pops up. Ensure that "standard", the correct time format and "rated" is set (unless both players agree upfront otherwise).
![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23swkEyGsFwUDtXzABY5webnmdodRLC6thxZXYd6QRPKktfCTdCLBMAvfaeFAvQErHMZx.png)


4.Once all is set correctly, click on the White king, to start the challenge. As soon as your opponent accepts the challenge, the game starts.

**See you tomorrow and Good luck to All!**

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

Also of note, TODAY the first round of the [**2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania**](https://grandchesstour.org/2022-grand-chess-tour/overiew) is played!
These 10 Top players are competing:
![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/EoiaaWbnnVdLs1iHFWrPWd1uhJaj1BzHdEt6PHt7FyHnC7Q1RTvNW6D9VYdCCPnUYJd.png)

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


For season 13, would you prefer to do again a round robin tournament or do you want to switch back to the classical arena format?