Dear chess fans!

the 7<sup>th</sup> round of R15 is played tomorrow Friday, 14<sup>th</sup> Apr., at the usual time.

The current standings after 6 rounds you can find [here](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/hivechess-tournament-season-15-round-6-eniolw-was-the-winner).

After the bullet round last week, let´s relax a bit with more thinking time per game! 

Mode: **5+3** (5 minutes per game, 3 sec. increment per move), 70 min. arena

#### Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/8yfxs2e3

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/23tm6xjuNpE4qVSdvmFddhYTwCToc2kkNuKyvG1WX8ZDpRZBKu5CRJEo4C555Tiuzq2Ax.png)


The [prize pool](https://peakd.com/@chesspricepool/wallet) contains already app. **428 Hive**!





### Rules
- Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbies to experts, you just need a free [Lichess](https://lichess.org/)-account and join our team in Lichess [here](https://lichess.org/team/the-blockchain-chess-team) (password is "Hive")!
- Every Friday is one round.
- Time mode is varying (5+0, 3+2, 2+1,...), sometimes Swiss, sometimes maybe Chess960 (Fischer Random).
- The winner of each round gets the number of points equaling the number of players in that round, the second ranked one point less and so forth until the one on the bottom of the table who gets one point (i.e. the [Lighteye-scoring](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@lighteye/hive-chess-tournaments-scoring-and-reward-system-engsrp-sistem-bodovanja-i-nagradjivanja-na-shahovskim-hajv-turnirima)). In order to be counted, at least 3 games must have been played.
- In case two players have the same number of points, the one who played less rounds is first. If that is equal too, then the average tournament performance decides.
- PAYOUT: The tournament points of the 10 rounds are summed up. 70% of all Hivechess-related post rewards go to the [price pool](https://peakd.com/@chesspricepool/wallet) (PP). The tournament winner will get **25** Hive, the runner-up 20 and the third 10 Hive bonus. The rest of the PP is divided among all players equally (40%) and according to the number of tournament points achieved (60%). Participation in 4 out of the 10 rounds is required in order to qualify for the prices.
- There will be a special price of 5 Hive for the highest performance in relation to the own rating (counted by averaging the rating after the first and the last round, if at least 6 rounds are played).
- There will be a special price of 5 Hive for the highest gain in rating points during the course of the season (if at least 6 rounds are played).
- If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prices, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments! Community or badge accounts can participate but are not qualified for prices! Only individuals can get prices.

Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues!
The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s [Chess Community](https://peakd.com/c/hive-157286/created)?


**See you tomorrow and good luck to all!**


>! [Mention List]
> Potentially of interest to:
@aakrist @abimbola753 @agreste @alucian @artsbreezy01 @ajumaa @alberto0607 @alexmag1988 @almightymelon @alpha @ambarvegas @anadello @andzhi @anli @anomadsoul @apy @arsenal49 @artistparthoroy @astrolabio @awesomeintrigue @b0s @behiver @beyondhorizonmm @bitsignal @burnoutawesome @camiloferrua @cerati @chessbrotherspro @chesthetica @clixmoney @cryptogee @cryptoniusraptor @cryptoph0823 @cryptopi314 @dhilan04 @darruiz @diegofitness92 @digitalis @ebingo @eliaschess333 @elprofe62 @emeka4 @eniolw @eenriquerivas @engilhramn @evgsk @fcastro177 @fiona777 @flaws @foxconnmars @franciscomarval @franu @gabotask @giacomone @gingerbyna @grafo07 @hannes-stoffel @heimindanger @herz-ass @hierro21 @hirohurl @hivetrader @iamchessguy @iammanythings1 @ibizaki @iceblue @iobates @ironshield @jaki01 @jesusmgl1995 @jesustiano @jkms @johannfrare @josesmoke @juanmi96 @justfavour @kaungsett8388 @kintokris @kreur @levitant @lighteye @lofone @lucianosky @maciejficek @maestroask @marcusantoniu26 @mario89 @masterswatch @maverieux000 @meedo @mrsarri @mstafford @mundocuriosidad @mypathtofire @nftland1989 @nikoszzz @oadissin @officialrosh1 @olujay @omonomo @orlanzavala @oshiokhenhoya @pamboy27 @parung76 @perpz @petreius @philipp87 @pokerarema @pokermaria @pravesh0 @primersion @ptmaker @rafaelaquino @razzor @renerondon @rexplanet @rheda @rodrook @ropavejero @rosmarly @salomijale @samostically @sanjamkapoors @sawko @schamangerbert @schnitte @soluce07 @solymi @spacetoon @steamloled @steemychicken1 @stranger27 @syndmitrij @the01crow @thedoc07 @therealflaws @timix648 @timofey @tin.aung.soe @tony1294 @tungphong @uliseshb @vaipraonde @vasigo @victorbch2 @vjap55 @volkiceper @walner @wegflexor @xoflox @yazp @zacherybinx @ziabutt3836
(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)

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

In the world championship match, in the second game Ian won in great style against Ding and is currently leading 2 : 1!
If you have not yet, you have to check out that game, e.g. [here](https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-chess-championship-2023/round-2/ogOxYZ5q)!


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/stayoutoftherz/EpJYYdgVVoefqnvN1BksrkiECzZhxJbVohbZE7XUmfkYPGfxBN7PkghxpSzKEioos21.png)
https://worldchampionship.fide.com/

By the way, I like the visuals of this site a lot, very classy & stylish!