GM Oleksandr Bortnyk received the most recent iteration of Bullet Brawl after posting a 28-game successful streak and overtaking GM Jose Martinez within the dying minutes of the two-hour area. Ending on 247 factors with 68 wins, 5 attracts, and 11 losses, Bortnyk received $400 for his efforts whereas Martinez and GM Daniel Naroditsky rounded out the rostrum.

WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya received the $100 greatest girls’s prize with a rating of 103 forward of FM Anastasia Avramidou and IM Karina Ambartsumova, whereas “Macmasterr” topped the group occasion for the second week working.

The following version of Bullet Brawl will happen on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at midday ET/18:00 CEST.

Standings

Congrats to @BortnykChess on successful his fifth #BulletBrawl with a clutch 28-streak to complete 🔥 pic.twitter.com/dj5aFYjJjk

— Chess.com (@chesscom) April 13, 2024

Bortnyk was “lastly” rewarded for his tenacity throughout April’s second Bullet Brawl after breaking a dry spell that stretches again to the start of January. Following a tough begin, which included losses to Peruvian blitzers Martinez and IM Renato Terry, Bortnyk managed to search out his ft and set up himself as one among 4 critical contenders on the high of Saturday’s Brawl standings.

Flanked by the likes of Naroditsky, in addition to GMs Hans Niemann, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Salem Saleh, Bortnyk battled his method by way of the 150-strong titled discipline, lacking no alternative to transform in puzzle-like style in opposition to any opponent who erred.

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For a lot of the occasion, although, Martinez possessed a wholesome lead over Bortnyk. Not till the ultimate half-hour did the Ukrainian streamer flip issues round, successful a mammoth 28 video games in a row to wrest the title from his Peruvian rival.

Two wins in opposition to the previous European champion GM Matthias Bluebaum and one win in opposition to the FIDE World Speedy Championship runner-up Fedoseev had been the highlights of the streak which Bortnyk joyfully commentated on his Twitch channel.

For the third week in a row Maltsevskaya, who goes by the deal with “Sanyura” on Chess.com, received one of the best girls’s prize after scoring 35 wins throughout the two-hour area. The Polish WGM’s efficiency was a medical exhibition of piece concord, and this was on full show in her recreation in opposition to Hungarian FM Bendeguz Bodrogi. 

With this newest victory, Bortnyk has solidified his bronze medal place on the all-time Bullet Brawl leaderboard and has received simply over 10 % of all editions since its inception in the beginning of 2023.