Dear Chessfriends,

in the fourth round of the Christmas season we were 11 players in a quite strong field (average rating 1858) and @sawko (sawkito) was the winner again. Second was this time @jaki01 who, like the winner, won all his games except just one. Third was @yazp (zulukill), followed by @zacherybinx (sirtetris). I could again get only the 5<sup>th</sup> rank. The remaining tournament points went to @rodrook (first points in season 4, finally), @rafaelaquino (ajedrezclub2t) and @vjap55 (who had to leave after 3 games). @schamangerbert (HerbyW) missed a huge opportunity to get points today since he joined late.

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/UuAHLCvi-image.png)
The games of this round can be found [here](https://lichess.org/tournament/Es3PGKkU), in case you want to replay some of them.


#### Season 4 "Christmas": 27 Nov to 27 Dec 2020 / Ranking after 4 rounds:
|Rank|Hive name|Lichess name|Rating|Rounds played|Points
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|1|@sawko|sawkito|2473|4|32
|2|@yazp|zulukill|2038|4|25
|3|@jaki01|jaki01|2364|4|22
|4 (+1)|@zacherybinx|sirtetris|2019|4|18
|5 (-1)|@vjap55|vjap55|2012|4|16
|6|@stayoutoftherz|stayoutoftherz|1970|4|13
|7|@pereu4ivatel|drakOnb|1836|2|6
|8|@schamangerbert|HerbyW|1659|3|4
|9 (+1)|@rafaelaquino|ajedrezclub2t|1739|3|3
|10 (+6)|@rodrook|rodrook|1466|4|3
|11 (-2)|@darruiz|darruiz|1250|2|2
|12 (-1)|@alberto0607|alberto_0607|1622|1|0
|13 (-1)|@kreur|Kreur|1931?|1|0
|14 (-1)|@catto000|cattoOOO|1448?|1|0
|15 (-1)|@furevo|StevnKing|1643?|1|0
|16 (-1)|@manncpt|Toful|1181|2|0
|17|@maciejficek|XM9000|1453|4|0

The rules you can look up in the [announcement post](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/hivechess-tournament-payouts-of-season-3-and-start-of-season-4-tomorrow).

Today @vjap55 lost some ground and was overtaken by @zacherybinx (sirtetris) who is now 4<sup>th</sup>. @jaki01 gained one point towards the third rank, just missing 3 points. Remember, only 3 rounds more to go in this season, so a miss in one round can change a lot!

See you next week and keep practicing!

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