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Prize Money Awarded:
$536,221.04 From 55 Tournaments
Recorded Date Range:
2017-04-04 to


Speed Chess Championship is an annual online chess tournament featuring the best speed chess players (blitz and bullet), hosted by chess.com.

Largest Prize Pools


 Tournament NamePrize Money
1.» 2020 Speed Chess Championship$100,000.00
2.» 2021 Women's Speed Chess Championship$58,000.00
3.» Speed Chess Championship 2018$51,206.03
4.» 2019 Speed Chess Championships$50,000.00
5.» Speed Chess Championship 2017$50,000.00
6.» 2020 Junior Speed Chess Championship$25,000.00
7.» 2019 Junior Speed Chess Championships$20,000.00
8.» 2019 Women's Speed Chess Championships$20,000.00
9.» Speed Chess Championship Super Swiss$15,000.00
10.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 1$10,300.00
11.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 2$10,300.00
12.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 3$10,300.00
13.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 4$10,300.00
14.» I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship 2021$10,000.00
15.» Women's SCC 2020 Superfinal$10,000.00
16.» Speed Chess Championship Invitational 2020$8,000.00
17.» IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship$6,000.00
18.» Speed Chess Championship 2018 Open Qualifier$3,500.00
19.» Junior Speed Chess Championship 2020 Qualifier$2,500.00
20.» SCC Grand Prix Titled Tuesday August 2020 #3$2,400.00
21.» SCC Grand Prix Titled Tuesday August 2020 #4$2,400.00
22.» SCC Grand Prix Titled Tuesday August 2020 #5$2,400.00
23.» SCC Grand Prix Titled Tuesday July 2020 #1$2,400.00
24.» SCC Grand Prix Titled Tuesday July 2020 #2$2,400.00
25.» SCC Grand Prix Titled Tuesday July 2020 #3$2,400.00

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Top Players


 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (League)
1.United States HikaruHikaru Nakamura$88,007.31
2.United States GMWSOWesley So$36,156.28
3.France LyonBeastMaxime Vachier-Lagrave$30,751.97
4.Norway DrNyktersteinSven Magnus Carlsen$28,691.15
5.China yifan0227Hou, Yifan$23,944.48
6.India Elegance_RiksDronavalli, Harika$16,092.00
7.Russian Federation SibelephantVladislav Artemiev$13,627.28
8.Poland Polish_fighter3000Jan-Krzysztof Duda$12,838.02
9.Russian Federation Vanina1989Valentina Gunina$12,519.00
10.Armenia LevonAronianLevon Aronian$12,492.52
11.Russian Federation ChessQueenAlexandra Kosteniuk$12,116.00
12.Ukraine Enki007Anna Ushenina$12,100.00
13.Russian Federation lachesisQIan Nepomniachtchi$10,884.76
14.Russian Federation KaterynaLagnoEkaterina Lagno$10,181.00
15.Russian Federation GrischukAlexander Grischuk$9,889.95
16.India nihalsarinNihal Sarin$9,866.31
17.Armenia ClassyElElina Danielian$9,249.00
18.Russian Federation Bigfish1995Vladimir Fedoseev$9,120.59
19.United States jefferyxJeffery Xiong$8,669.96
20.Russian Federation SergeyKarjakinSergey Karjakin$7,682.85
21.China LOVEVAEWei, Yi$7,225.79
22.Russian Federation mishanickAlexey Sarana$5,944.33
23.Iran, Islamic Republic of ParhamovParham Maghsoodloo$5,565.19
24.Armenia Micki-taryanHaik Martirosyan$5,469.92
25.Netherlands AnishGiriAnish Giri$5,221.82

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Top Games


 Game NamePrize Money
1.» Chess.com$536,221.04

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Online/LAN Breakdown


LocationPrize Money% of Total
Online Only$536,221.04100.00%
Offline/LAN$0.000.00%

Top Countries


 Country NamePrize Money
1.United States United States$156,467.96
2.Russian Federation Russian Federation$112,359.89
3.China China$40,164.27
4.India India$39,648.48
5.France France$31,155.97
6.Norway Norway$30,802.31
7.Armenia Armenia$29,103.94
8.Ukraine Ukraine$20,750.00
9.Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of$13,465.38
10.Poland Poland$12,938.02

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