13-year-old Turkish GM Yagiz Erdogmus added a second Bullet Brawl title to his ever-growing trophy case on Saturday after scoring 72/79 for a complete of 258 factors within the two-hour enviornment. Erdogmus gained the $400 first prize forward of GMs Ediz Gurel, Hikaru Nakamura, and 205 different titled gamers.
Polish WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya returned to the winner’s circle and gained the $100 greatest girls’s prize for her 110-point, Nineteenth-place end, whereas Sundram Kumar topped the group occasion with a rating of 252.
The subsequent version of Bullet Brawl will start on Saturday, Could 10, at midday ET/17:00 CEST.
Standings
| Rank | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Score | Rating |
| 1 | GM | legendisback1 | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 3219 | 258 | |
| 2 | GM | gurelediz | Ediz Gurel | 3211 | 243 | |
| 3 | GM | Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3234 | 222 | |
| 4 | GM | DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3136 | 206 | |
| 5 | GM | wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 3103 | 179 | |
| 6 | GM | Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3186 | 179 | |
| 7 | GM | Dr_Tyger | Haowen Xue | 3162 | 178 | |
| 8 | GM | Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3056 | 157 | |
| 9 | GM | hansen | Eric Hansen | 3099 | 150 | |
| 10 | GM | MrTattaglia | Adam Kozak | 3012 | 147 | |
| 11 | IM | Hans_L4145 | Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov | 2910 | 144 | |
| 12 | GM | rpragchess | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | 3060 | 138 | |
| 13 | NM | tactic | Kent Slate | 2963 | 126 | |
| 14 | FM | Turboplombir | Sergey Sklokin | 2931 | 125 | |
| 15 | GM | ckgchess | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | 2939 | 121 | |
| 16 | IM | FaustinoOro | Faustino Oro | 2953 | 118 | |
| 17 | FM | Gravity_Chess | Gabriel Arteaga | 2940 | 115 | |
| 18 | CM | BlunderMaster2335 | Serdar Murat Yildiz | 2820 | 115 | |
| 19 | WGM | Sanyura | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | 2796 | 110 | |
| 20 | FM | KogotBobra17 | Egor Koshulyan | 2806 | 104 | |
(Full closing standings right here.)
The Bullet Brawl group has felt the indomitable rise of Turkish chess during the last 12 months, and in Saturday’s enviornment, the nation’s two biggest prospects wrangled their technique to first and second place.
The 38 and 27-time winners, GMs Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky, loomed as favorites pre-tournament; nonetheless, they could not maintain tempo with the Turkish prodigies. A bunch of hungry former winners, together with GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk, Tuan Minh Le, and Nihal Sarin, made positive the occasion was a good contest.
Erdogmus posted a 17/18 begin, which included wins over Nakamura, Bortnyk, and Matthias Bluebaum, placing him in pole place early on. Gurel was the one participant in a position to match his vigorous begin, though a 17-move loss to Praggnanandhaa’s within the Caro-Kann Protection snapped his compatriot’s streak, permitting Erdogmus to drag forward.
Gurel and Erdogmus ultimately got here face-to-face, offering a glimpse into what a future rivalry would possibly appear like between the pair. Enjoying the Scandinavian Protection, Erdogmus exerted pin stress on the d-file and gained a pawn by transfer 25. The pawn was the least of Gurel’s worries—Erdogmus managed to grab management of the one open file and infiltrate White’s camp. The conversion was swift and brutal.
Lengthy streaks had been the norm for the eventual winner on Saturday, although the character of his wins was different. Time scrambles, miniatures that includes king hunts, and positional grinds had been all gained by Erdogmus, demonstrating his balanced, common enjoying fashion.
Towards Serbian CM Dobrivoj Popovic, Erdogmus gained in simply 14 strikes after clinically punishing his opponent’s kingside weaknesses.
When the sector clock expired, the Turkish prodigies sat firmly on the high, matching their efforts from the primary Bullet Brawl in April, albeit with reversed winners.
That is one other historic #BulletBrawl efficiency from the 2 Turkish prodigies 👏
Erdogmus 🥇
Gurel 🥈
Nakamura 🥉 https://t.co/YCQokk1Lrl pic.twitter.com/XR3SPGz2Pm
— Mehmet Ismail🐴 (@drmehmetismail) Could 3, 2025
Nakamura lauded the abilities of Erdogmus on his Twitch stream, citing him because the “most proficient” junior as a result of his age, and adopted this up by stating the next: “I feel he’s one of the best junior that I’ve seen by far; he can undoubtedly be high 10 sooner or later.” To cite an earlier remark from Nakamura’s stream, “the children are too good.”
All-Time Leaderboard
| Participant | All-Time Wins | 2025 Wins | 2024 Wins | 2023 Wins |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 38 | 4 | 19 | 15 |
| Daniel Naroditsky | 27 | 3 | 14 | 10 |
| Oleksandr Bortnyk | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Andrew Tang | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Jose Martinez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ediz Gurel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Sevian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nihal Sarin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alireza Firouzja | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuan Minh Le | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yagiz Erdogmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoseph Taher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Bullet Brawl is an thrilling enviornment that includes Chess.com’s high bullet specialists. It takes place weekly on Saturdays. The format is a two-hour enviornment with a 1+0 time management; the prize fund is $1,000. Like Titled Tuesday and Area Kings, Bullet Brawl usually options high GMs, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Naroditsky, Andrew Tang, Tuan Minh Le, and lots of extra!
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