Newly minted IM Reza Mahdavi turned the thirteenth participant and the second IM to win an version of Bullet Brawl after outclassing 175 titled gamers in Saturday’s occasion. Mahdavi posted a scorching 62.5/73, which earned him a closing rating of 221 and noticed him end forward of the 10-time winner GM Andrew Tang and the reigning European champion, GM Matthias Bluebaum.
FM Anastasia Avramidou gained the $100 greatest ladies’s prize for the third week working, whereas Sundram Kumar clinched the 347-player sturdy group occasion by a four-point margin.
The following version of Bullet Brawl will start on Saturday, June 7, at midday ET/17:00 CEST.
Standings
| Rank | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Ranking | Rating |
| 1 | IM | rezamahdavi2008 | Reza Mahdavi | 3078 | 221 | |
| 2 | GM | penguingm1 | Andrew Tang | 3123 | 211 | |
| 3 | GM | Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3118 | 201 | |
| 4 | GM | legendisback1 | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 3162 | 196 | |
| 5 | GM | OhanyanEminChess | Emin Ohanyan | 3053 | 186 | |
| 6 | IM | MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3161 | 180 | |
| 7 | IM | Kacparov | Kacper Drozdowski | 3071 | 164 | |
| 8 | GM | dropstoneDP | David Paravyan | 3057 | 161 | |
| 9 | FM | ilqar_74 | Rustam Rustamov | 3046 | 142 | |
| 10 | GM | Zhigalko_Sergei | Sergei Zhigalko | 3056 | 134 | |
| 11 | GM | Dr_Tyger | Haowen Xue | 3027 | 131 | |
| 12 | IM | DonkyDonkyDonkey | Eray Kilic | 2957 | 118 | |
| 13 | FM | Bryanl106 | Bryan Enming Lin | 2830 | 115 | |
| 14 | FM | TrimitziosP7 | Petros Trimitzios | 2908 | 113 | |
| 15 | FM | TheRabbit19 | Andrei Negrean | 2824 | 110 | |
| 16 | GM | Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3145 | 108 | |
| 17 | CM | Khazhatuly_Alikhan | Alikhan Khazhatuly | 2733 | 107 | |
| 18 | NM | RH152 | Ronak Hiwale | 2726 | 106 | |
| 19 | FM | heytbeteacher | Baver Yilmaz | 2837 | 106 | |
| 20 | FM | EddieMarsalla | Ivan Vihor Krsnik Cohar | 2803 | 105 | |
(Full closing standings right here.)
Might’s closing Bullet Brawl was as a lot of a slugfest as any earlier version, regardless of the absence of the 40-time winner GM Hikaru Nakamura as a result of concurrently working Norway Chess super-tournament. GMs Yagiz Erdogmus, Jose Martinez, Tang, Bluebaum, and IM Renato Terry comprised a formidable group of prime seeds with scores over 3100, intently adopted by a pack of 3000-rated gamers who ensured there have been no agency favorites.
One participant did handle to rise above the noise and present sufficient consistency to win this week’s Brawl by 10 factors, Iran’s breakout expertise, Mahdavi. Whereas the 17-year-old will not be a family identify but, that is hardly his first main triumph—he gained the late Titled Tuesday occasion on the twenty fourth of December 2024 and defeated the world quantity six GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov on the Qatar Masters in the identical month.
A robust begin was the catalyst for Mahdavi’s very good efficiency, and a 25-game streak early on pushed him into the lead.
Mahdavi was unflinching within the face of hazard and welcomed turmoil, typically casting reverse sides to his opponents and launching double-edged kingside assaults. GM Martyn Kravtsiv was one such sufferer of his uncompromising play—a multipurpose brilliancy on transfer 23 shocked Kravtsiv into resignation.
Although Mahdavi had damaged away from the pack, Tang and Bluebaum bit at his heels all through the two-hour enviornment and compelled him to maintain up the tempo.
Holding a 16-point lead on the midway level, Mahdavi then got here up towards his closest challenger, Tang, and after hanging the important thing e5-pawn on the white aspect of the French Protection, his streak was snapped.
The pair performed one another on two later events, within the first, a Tang flagfall on transfer 90 ended the sport, whereas within the second, Mahdavi capitalized on a Tang blunder whereas the latter was up by three pawns.
After toppling his nearest rival, Mahdavi continued to play dynamically till the world clock expired, even risking all of it in his penultimate recreation towards Moldovan FM Semion Sapocinic. Recreation Overview confirmed a colourful mixture of blunders and brilliancies on each side.
Apart from IM Yoseph Taher, Mahdavi is the one IM to win an version of Bullet Brawl. Suffice it to say, if his present over-the-board trajectory continues, his IM title will likely be a short-lived stepping stone to chess’s most coveted title.
All-Time Leaderboard
| Participant | All-Time Wins | 2025 Wins | 2024 Wins | 2023 Wins |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 40 | 6 | 19 | 15 |
| Daniel Naroditsky | 28 | 4 | 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 |
| Yagiz Erdogmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nihal Sarin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reza Mahdavi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alireza Firouzja | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuan Minh Le | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoseph Taher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Bullet Brawl is an thrilling enviornment that includes Chess.com’s prime 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 Enviornment Kings, Bullet Brawl typically options prime GMs, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Naroditsky, Andrew Tang, Tuan Minh Le, and plenty of extra!
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