Dear chess fans!

Round 7 of season 18 is played tomorrow Friday, 31<sup>th</sup> May 2024, at the usual time. The current standings after 6 rounds you can find [here](https://peakd.com/hive-157286/@stayoutoftherz/hivechess-tournament-season-18-round-6-dhilan04-won-with-a-perfect-score-).

After having played 2 out of 6 rounds in the chess960 variant, we will stick to classical chess for the remaining ones, this time with a little more increment than usually, to enter bullet territory for the berserkers 😁.

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

#### Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/OfnJMniq
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The [prize pool](https://peakd.com/@badge-646464/wallet) contains already app. 403 Hive!

### Rules
- All players are welcome, also newbies, 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. 65% of all Hivechess-related post rewards go to the [prize pool](https://peakd.com/@badge-646464/wallet) (PP). Each of the 4 rating-tiered tournament winners will get "x" Hive (at least 20), the runner-up "y" and the third "z" Hive (depending on the no. of players in each group). The rest of the PP is divided among all *other* players according to the number of tournament points achieved (75%) and the number of rounds played (25%). In order to qualify for a prize you have to participate in at least **six of the 10 rounds**!
- There will be a special prize of 5 Hive for the player with the highest tournament performance in relation to his rating.
- 500 LEO will be again sponsored by @leofinance, details to be determined
- If I don´t know your Hive username, you won´t be considered for prizes, so please let me know your Hive name in the comments! Community or badge accounts can participate but are not qualified for rewards! Only individuals can get prizes.

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 on Friday and good luck to all!**

>! [Mention List]
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(just let me know if you don´t want to get the mentions)



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Tough start for Magnus Carlsen in the [Norway Chess 2024](https://norwaychess.no/en/). After the first 3 rounds he is second to last, with last place covered by soon ex-world champion Ding Liren! Leading is the youngest player, Pragg, who could land a win against Magnus yesterday.
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The battle of generations!
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