Dear chess fans,
yesterday the final round of S21 was played! It was a 5+0 Swiss tournament over 8 rounds with 17 players of an average rating of 1731.
This time @rosmarly was in great form and managed to get the second rank after IM @maestroask with 7 out of 9(!) in front of @justola1. For both it was the best result in this season! Congratulations to All!
Result table of round 12:
Tournament link: https://lichess.org/swiss/VkCejQtt
Season 21: 26 Sep to 12 Dec 2025 / Final Rankings:
Tournament 1 (0-1499)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @salomijale | summisineon1 | IND | 1461 | 11 | 94 | 1687 |
| 2 | @lailawrites | Ohieku | NGA | 1436 | 10 | 68 | 1480 |
| 3 | @fiona777 | fiona777 | UKR | 1377 | 11 | 54 | 1441 |
| 4 | @spartano | humbertoortega | VEN | 1494 | 6 | 36 | 1630 |
| 5 | @elcholitosanto | RicardoFox | PER | 1349 | 5 | 23 | 1449 |
| 6 | @vasigo | vasigo | SRB | 1110 | 9 | 19 | 1211 |
| 7 | @yonnathang | Yonnathang | VEN | 1276 | 1 | 7 | 1717 |
| 8 | @teooo | teoooForHive | 1467 | 1 | 7 | 1470 | |
| 9(+4) | @inuke | inuke_2025 | IND | 1365 | 2 | 6 | 1420 |
| 10(-1) | @duskobgd | duskobgd | SRB | 1326 | 1 | 5 | 1779 |
| 11(-1) | @dadapizza | knighthammer7 | 997 | 1 | 5 | 1153 | |
| 12(-1) | @ismeris | ismeris | VEN | 1 | 1 |
Tournament 2 (1500-1799)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @giuatt07 | guisep73 | ITA | 1635 | 12 | 148 | 1743 |
| 2 | @justola1 | just_ola | NGA | 1795 | 12 | 136 | 1764 |
| 3 | @sammy00 | migmag | BIH | 1545 | 12 | 127 | 1608 |
| 4 | @lighteye | lighteye | SRB | 1640 | 12 | 117 | 1765 |
| 5(+1) | @ezemhugo | MixzyRagnal | NGA | 1806 | 10 | 99 | 1711 |
| 6(-1) | @stranger27 | stranger27 | UKR | 1656 | 10 | 98 | 1650 |
| 7 | @odic3o1 | odic3o | ECU | 1766 | 7 | 71 | 1723 |
| 8 | @darruiz | darruiz | VEN | 1523 | 9 | 55 | 1631 |
| 9 | @rodrook | RDcast | USA | 1517 | 4 | 36 | 1575 |
| 10 | @schamangerbert | HerbyW | GER | 1601 | 2 | 28 | 1948 |
| 11 | @rafaelaquino | ajedrezclub2t | VEN | 1644 | 2 | 12 | 1821 |
| 12 | @draco2 | Draco2 | NGA | 1771 | 1 | 10 | 1741 |
Tournament 3 (1800-2099)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @stayoutoftherz | stayoutoftherz | AUT | 2054 | 11 | 192 | 2036 |
| 2 | @rosmarly | rosmarly | VEN | 1975 | 11 | 166 | 1898 |
| 3 | @southgamer | SouthGamer | 2032 | 11 | 157 | 1921 | |
| 4 | @justfavour | justfavour | NGA | 1764 | 8 | 107 | 1794 |
| 5 | @dhilan04 | tortyllan | 1963 | 4 | 83 | 1870 | |
| 6 | @madChess64 | MadChess64 | NGA | 1998 | 2 | 45 | 1908 |
| 7 | @fcastro177 | FCastro17 | VEN | 1998 | 2 | 36 | 2074 |
| 8 | @mendelito | TheMadman4rmDaSouth | NGA | 1983 | 1 | 22 | 1900 |
| 9 | @tobijob | tobilobajob | NGA | 1998 | 1 | 20 | 2074 |
| 10 | @maverieux000 | Keylix | 2066 | 1 | 19 | 2154 |
Tournament 4 (2100+)
| Rank | Hive name | Lichess name | Country | Rating | Rounds played | Points | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @maestroask | IM Odnoobraz | RUS | 2585 | 12 | 232 | 2364 |
| 2 | @samostically | ZGM_Samostically | NGA | 2170 | 8 | 161 | 1936 |
| 3 | @tangibleay | Tangible_ay | NGA | 2147 | 6 | 121 | 2139 |
| 4 | @jaki01 | jaki01 | GER | 2291 | 6 | 111 | 2208 |
| 5 | @stuffings | stuffings | NGA | 2262 | 5 | 91 | 2096 |
| 6 | @eniolw | eniolw | VEN | 2442 | 3 | 69 | 2354 |
| 7 | @dalods | Gmdalods-16 | NGA | 2304 | 2 | 55 | 2045 |
| 8 | @dakods | Dakods-16 | NGA | 2259 | 2 | 38 | 2103 |
| 9 | @lucianosky | Pavarotty | NGA | 2337 | 2 | 24 | 2303 |
| 10 | @africanchess | othims | NGA | 2 | 23 | ||
| 11 | @tony1294 | tony1294 | VEN | 1 | 21 | ||
| Of note, @inuke due to his rating was moved from tier 2 to tier 1. Also @ezemhugo is slightly above his tier with his current rating, but over the majority of the season he was in range, so I kept him in tournament 2. |
All the results of this season you can look up here (the different tiers are labelled with different colors):
Congratulations to the champions but also to all participants for playing, engaging and upvoting!
Season stats
In season 21 in total 45 players were participating (4 less than in the previous season), also the average participation per round was with 21 players per round much lower than in the previous one (24,2). Quite disappointing given the fact that several new players were onboarded (and supported) recently.
The average rating of players was much higher in this season (1782 compared to 1678 in S20).
The number of players who participated regularly (which is the whole point of a seasonal event over 12 rounds) was even worse this season (>42% of players played only one or two rounds (35% in S20). The number of rounds played on average by the players went down from 6,8 in S19 to 5,9 in S20 and now 5,6 in S21.
Because of this and the minimum participation threshold of 6/12 rounds, only 21 players (47%) qualify for rewards! Only 5 players had played all 12 rounds - half as much as in S20, and in the 2 tournaments above 1800 only one player (<5%) had played all rounds!
The [prizepool](https://peakd.com/@chesspricepool/wallet) from the post rewards and the second half of the generous gift from @yabapmatt will be more than **2280 Hive** (last season it was 1450 and the season before that it was 960 Hive)! As always, all prizes will be transferred in a week, after the payout of this post (and any other posts using @chesspricepool as beneficiary).
Thank you all for your participation! Without you we could not run this tournament!
There will be now a longer break to wait for the Hive price to recover and to rethink the format, but watch out for some fun tournaments and the monthly Chess960 tournaments from @sammy00!!
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