Hello everyone.
This weekend we wrapped up 21st Chess960 Hivechess Tournament. One more tournament done.
End of the year is coming fast with only 4 tournaments to go.
4 round to improve your win numbers. Additional prizes at the end for the top 3 players who won most Chess960 Tournaments.
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Top 5 of the Tournament
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Winner of the August Chess960 edition is @maestroask (IM Odnoobraz). This is 3rd win in the last 4 rounds including second place in . Total of 4 edition wins this year. Congratulations.
Second place goes to @rodrook (RDcast). Nice performance this round and deserved podium. And win against @maestroask (IM Odnoobraz). Congratulations.
Third place winner this round is @stranger27 (stranger27). Good start with 3 wins. Congratulations.
**Fourth place for me @sammy00 (migmag) and @mikmai (Lavidacontinua123) was fifth .**Congratulations.
Couple players joined late and managed to play only 3 games each but they will qualify for prize as well.
Biggest upset reward goes to @rodrook (RDcast) for his win against @maestroask (IM Odnoobraz). 614 elo difference in the win. Win on time in the end. Berserking can be tricky. Congratulations.
Game link https://lichess.org/TgdYtT2J/black#0
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Final standings of the 20th Chess960 Hivechess Tournament
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Tournament link https://lichess.org/tournament/lgeSYBaY
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Rewards
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Top 10 ranked players get 2 Hive each. Top 5 players rewards : First place 8 Hive, second place 6 Hive, third place 4 Hive, fourth place 2 Hive and fifth place 1 Hive. Players from 11th to 15th place get 1 Hive each Top 2 Under 1300 Elo players will get 1 Hive each. @fiona777 (fiona777) 1 Hive for biggest upset of the tournament. @stranger27 (stranger27) Additional 1 Hive for all wins - at least 7 games played.
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Rewards for the 2026 June edition of Chess960 Tournament
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