GM Hikaru Nakamura cruised to victory in Saturday’s Bullet Brawl, posting a rating of 184 to complete 40 factors forward of IM Renato Terry and two extra forward of GM Eric Hansen. The win, which earned Nakamura $400, elevated his profession titles to 42, eight of which have are available 2025.
The winner of the $100 finest ladies’s prize was Iranian WIM Mitra Asgharzadeh, who scored a sq. 100 factors to clinch the prize forward of WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, whereas American consumer “BigDog2008” took out the group occasion.
The following version of Bullet Brawl will start on Saturday, July 5, at midday ET/17:00 CEST.
Standings
| Rank | Fed | Title | Username | Title | Score | Rating |
| 1 | GM | Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3285 | 184 | |
| 2 | IM | MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3107 | 144 | |
| 3 | GM | hansen | Eric Hansen | 3103 | 142 | |
| 4 | GM | artooon | Pranesh M | 3105 | 135 | |
| 5 | GM | OhanyanEminChess | Emin Ohanyan | 3110 | 135 | |
| 6 | IM | Sardaukar-2 | Dmytro Danylenko | 3050 | 128 | |
| 6 | IM | Kacparov | Kacper Drozdowski | 3046 | 128 | |
| 7 | IM | yosephtaher | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | 3076 | 123 | |
| 8 | CM | NikaVolkov | Nika Volkov | 3001 | 120 | |
| 9 | GM | FairChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3062 | 119 | |
| 10 | GM | dropstoneDP | David Paravyan | 3067 | 117 | |
| 11 | IM | MonsterChess_uz | Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov | 2893 | 117 | |
| 12 | IM | jumpingknight20 | Ethan Vaz | 2930 | 108 | |
| 13 | IM | ProfessorChess101 | Yichen Han | 2856 | 106 | |
| 14 | IM | The_Machine04 | Ruben Gideon Koellner | 2851 | 106 | |
| 15 | IM | kingnb | Nitish Belurkar | 2851 | 106 | |
| 16 | WIM | mitraasz | Mitra Asgharzadeh | 2818 | 100 | |
| 17 | IM | LogicBaba | Dushyant Sharma | 2764 | 99 | |
| 18 | WGM | Sanyura | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | 2796 | 99 | |
| 19 | GM | mitrabhaa | Mitrabha Guha | 3046 | 98 | |
| 20 | FM | L1m96 | Evgenij Lesovoi | 2821 | 97 | |
(Full closing standings right here.)
June’s closing Bullet Brawl clashed with the Grand Remaining of the 2025 Bullet Chess Championship, that means that common heavy hitters like GMs Alireza Firouzja, Daniel Naroditsky, and Oleksandr Bortnyk had been unable to affix the two-hour area. No matter the absentees, the occasion nonetheless attracted a formidable area, headlined by Nakamura. GMs Andy Woodward, Hansen, Emin Ohanyan, Dmitry Andreikin, David Paravyan, Guha Mitrabha, and a slew of bullet-loving IMs made positive that Nakamura needed to work for his forty second title.
A shock loss to 18-year-old Twitch streamer and NM Shelev Oberoi within the first recreation and a subsequent loss to Woodward three video games later appeared to provoke Nakamura—he then responded by scoring an unbeaten 14/15.
Regardless of gallant defensive efforts, Armenian CM Volodya Torosyan was one of many gamers felled by Nakamura off the again of relentless strain.
On the midway level, Nakamura held a commanding 31-point lead over the then second-placed GM Tuan Minh Le; nonetheless, his lead grew when Le withdrew and the chasing pack cannibalized one another’s streaks.
After dropping one other recreation to Woodward and a second to Le, Nakamura notched a 16-game profitable streak, which included a gritty win in opposition to Andreikin. As his competitors struggled to construct streaks, Nakamura turned a wholesome lead into an insurmountable one.
Considered one of Nakamura’s most scientific finishes got here in opposition to FM Evgenij Lesovoi—an incisive trade sacrifice left the sunshine squares round Lesovoi’s king uncovered, and checkmate quickly adopted. See in case you can spot the continuation that Nakamura performed through the recreation beneath.
The battle for third place was a tighter affair, and two gamers, Terry and Hansen, had been the chief contenders for the $250 prize. Ultimately, a 101-move marathon between the gamers went a good distance in deciding their podium placements as simply two factors separated them when the world clock expired.
On the midway level of the 12 months, Nakamura and GM Andrew Tang have received a mixed 15 titles, which is 4 greater than all different members mixed, and Nakamura’s all-time win price is over 37% after 111 editions of Bullet Brawl.
All-Time Leaderboard
| Participant | All-Time Wins | 2025 Wins | 2024 Wins | 2023 Wins |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 42 | 8 | 19 | 15 |
| Daniel Naroditsky | 28 | 4 | 14 | 10 |
| Oleksandr Bortnyk | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Andrew Tang | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jose Martinez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ediz Gurel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Sevian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yagiz Erdogmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alireza Firouzja | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nihal Sarin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reza Mahdavi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuan Minh Le | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoseph Taher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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The video games from this week’s Bullet Brawl might be discovered right here.
Bullet Brawl is an thrilling area that includes Chess.com’s high bullet specialists. It takes place weekly on Saturdays. The format is a two-hour area with a 1+0 time management; the prize fund is $1,000. Like Titled Tuesday and Area Kings, Bullet Brawl typically options high GMs, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Naroditsky, Andrew Tang, Tuan Minh Le, and plenty of extra!
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