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Prize Money Awarded:
$959,221.04 From 71 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.» Speed Chess Championship 2020$100,000.00
2.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Main Event$100,000.00
3.» Speed Chess Championship 2022$100,000.00
4.» FIDE 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship$65,000.00
5.» 2021 Women's Speed Chess Championship$58,000.00
6.» Speed Chess Championship 2018$51,206.03
7.» Speed Chess Championship 2017$50,000.00
8.» Speed Chess Championships 2019$50,000.00
9.» 2020 Junior Speed Chess Championship$25,000.00
10.» Junior Speed Chess Championship 2021$25,000.00
11.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Super Swiss$25,000.00
12.» Junior Speed Chess Championships 2019$20,000.00
13.» Women's Speed Chess Championships 2019$20,000.00
14.» Speed Chess Championship Super Swiss$15,000.00
15.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 1$10,300.00
16.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 2$10,300.00
17.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 3$10,300.00
18.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 4$10,300.00
19.» I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship 2021$10,000.00
20.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Grand Prix 1$10,000.00
21.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Grand Prix 2$10,000.00
22.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Grand Prix 3$10,000.00
23.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Grand Prix 4$10,000.00
24.» Women's SCC 2020 Superfinal$10,000.00
25.» Speed Chess Championship Invitational 2020$8,000.00

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Top Players


 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (League)
1.United States HikaruHikaru Nakamura$165,349.72
2.United States GMWSOWesley So$60,277.00
3.Norway DrNyktersteinSven Magnus Carlsen$52,507.45
4.India junglebook1Nihal Sarin$49,637.25
5.France LyonBeastMaxime Vachier-Lagrave$41,755.39
6.China yifan0227Hou, Yifan$38,344.33
7.Russian Federation KaterynaLagnoEkaterina Lagno$31,041.10
8.Armenia LevonAronianLevon Aronian$20,969.84
9.Russian Federation Vanina1989Valentina Gunina$20,055.68
10.India Elegance_RiksHarika Dronavalli$19,204.13
11.China ChefshouseDing, Liren$17,023.32
12.Russian Federation SibelephantVladislav Artemiev$15,127.28
13.Russian Federation ChessQueenAlexandra Kosteniuk$15,070.33
14.Iran, Islamic Republic of Firouzja2003Alireza Firouzja$14,943.52
15.United States jefferyxJeffery Xiong$14,638.18
16.Poland Polish_fighter3000Jan-Krzysztof Duda$14,161.10
17.Russian Federation mishanickAlexey Sarana$13,079.81
18.Russian Federation GrischukAlexander Grischuk$12,620.72
19.India champ2005Raunak Sadhwani$12,374.42
20.Ukraine Enki007Anna Ushenina$12,100.00
21.Russian Federation lachesisQIan Nepomniachtchi$11,626.70
22.United States FabianoCaruanaFabiano Caruana$11,121.94
23.Iran, Islamic Republic of ParhamovParham Maghsoodloo$10,864.33
24.Armenia Micki-taryanHaik Martirosyan$10,510.10
25.Netherlands AnishGiriAnish Giri$10,350.47

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Top Games


 Game NamePrize Money
1.» Chess.com$959,221.04

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Online/LAN Breakdown


LocationPrize Money% of Total
Online Only$959,221.04100.00%
Offline/LAN$0.000.00%

Top Countries


 Country NamePrize Money
1.United States United States$289,854.31
2.Russian Federation Russian Federation$178,263.41
3.India India$111,818.04
4.China China$72,264.35
5.Norway Norway$54,618.61
6.Armenia Armenia$42,621.44
7.France France$42,259.39
8.Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of$30,544.06
9.Ukraine Ukraine$26,650.00
10.Poland Poland$16,361.10

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