GM Hikaru Nakamura smashed information on Saturday when he scored 75 wins and 276 factors to say his fifth Bullet Brawl crown together with the $400 first prize. After falling brief within the earlier version, he was practically invincible within the two-hour, 106-player area, conceding simply three attracts and 5 losses through the occasion.

GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Jose Martinez rounded out the rostrum with scores of 234 and 213 respectively however have been unable to stifle a rampant Nakamura. WGM Meri Arabidze‘s Thirty second-placed end was sufficient to snag her the $100 greatest feminine prize, whereas NM Emilio Castellanos topped the Neighborhood Bullet Brawl event.

Because of the group’s pleasure round Bullet Brawl, the occasion is now being held weekly and can happen subsequent on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 10.00 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST.

Nakamura held an iron grip over the sector after an indomitable begin. Regardless of an early draw with Naroditsky, he was capable of construct a 29-game win streak, one of the crucial spectacular in Bullet Brawl historical past. This early buffer meant that the eventual second-placed Naroditsky barely had an opportunity regardless of placing collectively a 68/78 rating.

GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk, Dmitry Andreikin, and former world championship challenger GM Gata Kamsky have been simply a few of the well-known victims of Nakamura on Saturday, however his most spectacular video games typically got here on the expense of lower-rated titled gamers, the place he was capable of showcase his means to launch blistering assaults within the blink of a watch.

The battle for second place was a tighter affair. Whereas Naroditsky was hampered by a late begin, he steamed forward of Martinez and fellow streamer Bortnyk. The American GM benefitted from a morale-boosting 78-move win over Nakamura within the second half of the occasion and persistently added factors to his rating courtesy of his world-class flagging means.

Competitors for the highest feminine prize was at an all-time excessive in July’s second version of Bullet Brawl, and Arabidze needed to outlast IM Anna Sargsyan in addition to multi-time winner IM Karina Ambartsumova; each completed inside 20 area factors of the Georgian WGM. Arabidze proved to be medical when attacking and made king-hunting a precedence.

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Bullet Brawl is an thrilling new titled area that options Chess.com’s high bullet specialists that now takes place weekly on Saturdays. The format is a two-hour area with a 1+0 time management; the prize fund is $2,500.

Very like Titled Tuesday and Enviornment 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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