Dear Chess fans,

in the 5<sup>th</sup> round of Season 6 we were 15 players. @sawkito - hardly surprising - won again with quite a margin. Behind him were the usual @vjap55 this time as runner up, @yazp (zulukill) as third and @jaki01 as fourth. I landed after @pereu4ivatel (pereu4uwatch) only on the sixth spot, despite I played much better than in previous rounds and had a performance of 2256 (I even could beat @jaki01 what rather rarely happens). Maybe because I stopped playing Benoni with the Black pieces (which is fine against weaker players, but definitely an inferior opening in this strong field). But I had again the "luck" of an average opponent rating of 2073, the highest of all players. 
Of note, @maciejficek (XM9000), spurred by the completion of his master thesis, could gain a 7<sup>th</sup> rank amidst all the 2000+ players. Congratulations to him as well!

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The games of this round can be found [here](https://lichess.org/tournament/JI3anpSU), in case you want to replay some of them.


#### Season 6: 14 May to 25 June 2021 / Ranking after 5 rounds:
|Rank|Hive name|Lichess name|Rating|Rounds played|Points
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|1|@sawko|sawkito|2515|5|48
|2 (+1)|@jaki01|jaki01|2378|5|37
|3 (-1)|@eniolw|eniolw|2459|4|30
|4|@yazp|zulukill|2061|4|29
|5|@vjap55|vjap55|2171|5|29
|6|@stayoutoftherz|stayoutoftherz|2017|5|21
|7 (+4)|@pereu4ivatel|pereu4uwatch|2072|5|14
|8 (+1)|@maverieux000|Keylix|2169|5|12
|9 (-2)|@schamangerbert|HerbyW|1739|4|11
|10 (+3)|@maciejficek|XM9000|1487|5|11
|11 (+1)|@amirl|amirl-from-hive|2150|2|10
|12 (-4)|@lighteye|lighteye|1630|5|10
|13 (-3)|@kreur|Kreur|2087|1|9
|14|@rafaelaquino|ajedrezclub2t|1743|3|3
|15|@rodrook|rodrook|1455|5|1|
|16|@aakrist|TheOnlyNischal|1505|4|0
|17|@masterswatch|Masterswatch|1659|1|0
|18|@elprofe62|ELPROFE62|1279|4|0
|19|@vasigo|vasigo|845|2|0
|20|@manncpt|Toful|1279|1|0
|21|@zacherybinx|sirtetris|1990|1|0


Due to @eniolw missing today, @jaki01 could overtake him and is now second again. But the gap to the leading @sawkito is large and only 2 rounds to go!

The rules you can look up in the [announcement post](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/hivechess-tournament-start-of-season-6-tomorrow).

In the next week expect a surprise (if all things go well)!

Until then - keep practicing!

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