GM Andrew Tang achieved his third Bullet Brawl victory of the yr on Saturday. He began and ended the event with successful streaks, in the end scoring 68 wins and 241 factors.
With a 24-game successful run, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk was shut on Tang’s heels till the ultimate moments, ending second to win $150. GM Jose Martinez received third with 197 factors, incomes $100.
IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya scored 89 factors to win the $100 finest ladies’s prize. Sundram Kumar mirrored Tang’s 241 rating to win the neighborhood occasion by a 40-point margin.
The subsequent Bullet Brawl will happen on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at midday ET/18:00 CEST.
Standings
| Rank | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Score | Rating | ||
| 1 | GM | penguingm1 | Andrew Tang | 3180 | 241 | |||
| 2 | GM | Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3174 | 231 | |||
| 3 | GM | Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3126 | 197 | |||
| 4 | GM | nihalsarin | Nihal Sarin | 3171 | 192 | |||
| 5 | GM | Indianlad | S.L. Narayanan | 3079 | 187 | |||
| 6 | GM | wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 3078 | 173 | |||
| 7 | IM | MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3042 | 169 | |||
| 8 | IM | yosephtaher | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | 3043 | 158 | |||
| 9 | GM | ChristopherYoo | Christopher Woojin Yoo | 3050 | 157 | |||
| 10 | IM | Kacparov | Kacper Drozdowski | 3003 | 156 | |||
| 11 | GM | mitrabhaa | Mitrabha Guha | 3001 | 144 | |||
| 12 | GM | Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3021 | 140 | |||
| 13 | FM | GoltsevDmitry2000 | Goltsev Dmitry | 2922 | 122 | |||
| 14 | GM | vi_pranav | Pranav V | 3012 | 120 | |||
| 15 | IM | Zurability | Zurab Javakhadze | 2891 | 113 | |||
| 16 | IM | mind1mover | Vuk Damjanovic | 2842 | 113 | |||
| 17 | GM | RaunakSadhwani2005 | Raunak Sadhwani | 3027 | 112 | |||
| 18 | IM | blitzking1729 | Srihari L R | 2906 | 111 | |||
| 19 | IM | Rutricks | Rubén Domingo Núñez | 2811 | 109 | |||
| 20 | IM | Chessmissile07 | Suresh Harsh | 2837 | 107 |
(Full last standings right here)
With the 2 most frequent high scorers―GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky―competing in and commentating for the Pace Chess Championship Finals, it was a large open event for the opposite Bullet Brawl regulars.
Tang kicked off the event with an 11-game successful streak, together with victories over Bortnyk and Martinez. Tang defeated Bortnyk within the ending, however the latter neglected a surprising tactical alternative within the middlegame.
When Tang had one other 11-game run, he seized the event lead from Bortnyk. Using a uncommon gambit on transfer two, Tang constructed up a suffocating kingside assault to win a miniature vs. IM Darko Doric.
It continued to be a two-horse race between Bortnyk and Tang. Within the final quarter-hour, Bortnyk went on a tear, scoring 24 victories in a row to quickly acquire floor on Tang.
In his 77-move duel vs. Martinez, the Ukrainian grandmaster’s king survived a harmful tango with the enemy queen and knight within the middlegame earlier than he outplayed his rival within the ending.
With simply two minutes left within the enviornment, GM S.L. Narayanan caught Bortnyk with an onslaught towards his king trapped within the middle, halting his opponent’s streak and dashing Bortnyk’s hopes of catching Tang.
Bortnyk was the one different competitor to surpass 200 factors, delivering a last rating of 231. In the meantime, the 24-year-old event chief completed with seven straight wins to clinch victory with 241 factors. Tang turned his queenside invasion right into a harmful king assault in his slugfest vs. GM Leon Mendonca.
All-Time Leaderboard
*Tang’s third win might be added to the leaderboard shortly.
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Bullet Brawl is an thrilling titled enviornment that options Chess.com’s high bullet specialists and takes place weekly on Saturdays. The format is a two-hour enviornment with a 1+0 time management; the prize fund is $1,000.
Very similar to Titled Tuesday and Enviornment Kings, Bullet Brawl typically options high GMs, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Naroditsky, Andrew Tang, Tuan Minh Le, and lots of extra!
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