Saturday Hivechess S1R4 Arena - 6th Place

I played in the Round 4 of the Hivechess Arena last night. The tournament was won by ManFromSpain (Elo 2319). I placed sixth, losing only one game against the tournament winner. The tournament was for an hour with a time control was 5 minute blitz with a choice to go "berserk" or halving one's time for higher points.

The following game has a lot of mistakes by both sides. In this position, the winning move was easy to find.

There followed 26. c5! threatening to open the c-file and winning the Black Queen. Black removed his King from the line of fire but loses his Bishop in e4. 26. ...Kb8 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxe4 and White wins.

Link to game: https://lichess.org/9KpXMw44

In this game, I was playing Black and found a mate in 5 in this position.

There followed 46....Rxh2+ 47. Kg4 Rc4+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Re2#

Link to game: https://lichess.org/1oJ4AbPC/black

Congratulations to the winners and see you next week for Round 5! Thanks to @sam.chess for hosting the tournament and scheduling it to accommodate my time zone. It's a great way to promote the Hive blockchain to chess players.

Link to Tournament:
https://lichess.org/tournament/8LAZrGsH