Dear chess friends!

As promised, last Sunday I distributed the prices and payouts from season 1 to all participating players. The price pool at the end was 379,something, so rounded up 380 Hive. Quite nice - thanks to all the Upvoters and Supporters!

Here is the payout table:

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Rewards (Hive)
1 and first price	@jaki01	jaki01	2311	10	114
2 and 2nd price	@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	1961	11	76
3 and 3rd price	@schamangerbert	HerbyW	1727	10	38
4	@rodrook	rodrook	1495	10	25,33
5	@pereu4ivatel	drakOnb	1765	8	20,27
6	@maciejficek	XM9000	1347	5	12,67
7	@eniolw	eniolw	2280	3	7,6
8	@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	1772	6	15,2
9	@gingerbyna	Jeanjarrgh	1773	5	12,67
10	@bitsignal	bitsignal	1917	2	5,07
11	@heimindanger	skzap	2131	2	5,07
12	@foxconnmars	Foxconn_Mars	2028	2	5,07
13	@iceblue	Splitrooks	2210	1	2,53
14	@catto000	catto000	1988	1	2,53
15	@renerondon	ReneRondon	2164	2	5,07
16	@digitalis	Digitalis888	1659	2	5,07
17	@iobates	iobates	2018	1	2,53
18	@jrevilla	josephchess90	2105	1	2,53
19	@yazp	zulukill	1912?	1	2,53
20	@arsenal49	Lord2920	1437	1	2,53
11	@kreur	Kreur	1996	1	2,53
22	@juanmi96	juanmi96	1797	1	2,53
23	@spacetoon	alinyous	1028	3	7,6
24	@wpaschall	IM Sparklehorse	2440	1	2,53
25	@hierro21	hierro21	1389	1	2,53

After a little break now the new Season of Hivechess Blitztournament (called "Summertime") starts.
The first round is played tomorrow and each Friday, 19h GMT. Since it is quite late for some players, I moved the whole season 1 hour earlier.

Time Mode: 5+0 (5 minutes per game, 0 seconds increment)

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/3Vg81lbK

Time zones:

Time difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT 19.00

Los Angeles	-7 hours	12.00h
New York, Venezuela	−4 hours	15.00h
UTC, GMT, Reykjavik, Bamako, Freetown	0	19.00h
London	+1 hour	20.00h
Paris, Munich, Madrid, Nigeria, Vienna	+2 hours	21.00h
Moscow, Les'ky, Istanbul	+3 hours	22.00h
Beijing, Singapore	+8 hours	03.00h
Tokyo	+9 hours	04.00h
Sidney	+10 hours	05.00h

GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT

RULES

• For Hivers, Steemians and all others!
• Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbies to experts, you just need a Lichess-account!
• Every Friday 19 to 20 GMT is one round (with few exceptions), a season goes over 10 rounds.
• Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, 10+0,...), rated, berserking allowed (except in Swiss mode)
• The winner of each round gets 8 points, the second 7,... and the 8^th 1 point.
• PAYOUT: A season goes over 10 rounds and points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 90% go to the price pool. The winner will get 30% of that price pool, the second 20%, the third 10%, the rest is divided equally among the other players active on Hive or Steem, according to the no. of rounds they have played. So everyone has a chance to get something and the more you play the more you get! Prices are payed out only in Hive Tokens.
• If I don´t know your Hive (or Steem) username, I can´t consider you in the rankings, so if new here, please let me know your user name in the comments

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?

I wish you all GOOD LUCK! (I know luck has nothing to do with it, or does it?)

I am inviting to join specifically @anadello @anli @arsenal49 @behiver @bitsignal @cerati @chesthetica @digitalis @elprofe62 @eniolw @evgsk @foxconnmars @gingerbyna @heimindanger @hierro21 @iceblue @jaki01 @jkms @juanmi96 @kintokris @kreur @marcusantoniu26 @maciejficek @meedo @mstafford @pereu4ivatel @rafaelaquino @renerondon @rodrook @samostically @schamangerbert @soluce07 @spacetoon @the01crow @walner @yazp