Hivechess Season 19 Final Results: @sammy00, @lighteye and @stayoutoftherz are the new Champions

Dear chess fans,

yesterday the final round 12 of season 19 was played. It was a 4+1 Swiss tournament over 9 rounds with 23 players participating. Welcome back, @maciejficek!

@mundocuriosidad (Tonystar111) won confidently - as the only player undefeated - with 8,5/9 points. I was the runner-up (thanks to a nerve-wracking time-scramble against @kintokris and an untypical blunder from @rosmarly) with 7/9. Third was @kintokris ex aequo in points, followed by @dhilan04.
Congratulations to All!

Result table of R12:

Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/2tXbz04R

Season 19: 06 Sep to 22 Nov 2024 / Final Standings:

Tournament 1 (<1500)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@sammy00	migmag	1473	12	128	1503,1
2	@rodrook	RDcast	1479	12	121	1563,6
3	@darruiz	darruiz	1386	10	82	1410,9
4	@uniforced	uniforced	1381	10	79	1450
5(+1)	@spartano	humbertoortega	1501	8	69	1527,2
6(-1)	@fiona777	fiona777	1322	10	67	1258,7
7	@elcholitosanto	RicardoFox	1411	5	55	1610
8	@ram9612	romeo9612	1435	4	35	1493
9	@vasigo	vasigo	1159	11	22	1161,3
10(+1)	@wagnertamanaha	wagnertamanaha	1304	5	21	1265,3
11(-1)	@konquest	Kon_1	933	5	13	1254
12	@dovycola	Dovycola	1079	5	8	1097,4
13	@yonnathang	Yonnathang	1233	1	6	1549
14	@geo52rey	Geo52rey	1380	1	3	1486
15(new)	@maciejficek	XM9000	1399	1	3	1392
16(-1)	@astrolabio	astrolabiochess	1037	1	1	1037

Tournament 2 (1500-1899)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1	@lighteye	lighteye	1667	12	162	1766
2(+1)	@masterswatch	Masterswatch	1692	11	156	1694,3
3(-1)	@justfavour	justfavour	1632	12	151	1653,4
4	@giuatt07	guisep73	1680	12	143	1632,3
5	@stranger27	stranger27	1607	10	112	1610
6(+2)	@justola1	just-ola	1757	7	102	1703,3
7(-1)	@b0s	Da_k1ng	1596	10	97	1528,7
8(-1)	@olujay	Olu-jay	1605	10	94	1491,3
9	@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	1644	5	26	1506,2
10	@grigorijj	grigorijjj	1660	2	23	1543,5
11	@ramonchis	ramonjr08	1773	1	11	1624
12	@franciscomarval	lestatblack	1870	1	5	1801

Tournament 3 (1900+)

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Points	Performance
1(+1)	@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	2045	12	220	1959,6
2(-1)	@dhilan04	tortyllan	2026	11	219	1966,6
3	@rosmarly	rosmarly	1969	10	192	1969,9
4	@fcastro177	FCastro17	2157	8	159	2079
5	@lucianosky	Pavarotty	2343	5	114	2174,4
6(+1)	@kintokris	jonbellionfan	2071	6	111	2064,8
7(-1)	@yinjuolu	Yetundefemii	1935	7	96	1770,8
8	@mundocuriosidad	Tonystar111	2125	3	49	2231,3
9	@ropavejero	ropavejero	1924	1	11
10	@samostically	ZGM_Samostically	2146	1	8

In tournament 1 there were no changes anymore in the top ranks, but in tournament 2 @masterswatch could gain the second place from @justfavour, so his chase was at least partly successful. Only @lighteye could stop him thanks to a very decently and consistently played season (4^th overall place!!). In tournament 3 I could overtake @dhilan04 in the last round by just one single point! I think a decision has never been so close on Hivechess!

For the rules please refer to the announcement post.

All the results of this season you can look up here (the different tiers are labelled with different colors):

Congratulations to the new champions but also to all participants!

Season stats

In season 19 in total only 38 players were participating (4 players less than in S18), but the average participation was with 21,5 players per round significantly higher than in the previous 3 seasons (19,5 to 19,7).

The average rating of players was 1632 in this season (compared to 1698 in S18) due to the fact that several strong players hardly showed up recently (e.g. @jaki01, @eniolw, @samostically).

The number of players who participated regularly was higher this season (e.g. only 23,7% of players played one or two rounds, last season this number was 45,2%). Because of this and because the minimum participation threshold was this season 6/12 rounds instead of 6/10, 21 players (=55%) qualify for prices (last season it was only 40% of players)!

The prizepool from the post rewards will be about 950 Hive (last season it was 799 Hive)! As always, all prizes will be transferred in app. one week, after the payout of this post (and any other posts using @chesspricepool as beneficiary). It will be again directly staked as HP to your accounts.

Thank you all for your participation & engagement (and the upvotes)!

There will be now a break and in app. January we will start again!

Don´t forget to vote on and join the poll about who will win the world chess championship!
Gukesh or Ding Liren

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