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Prize Money Awarded:
$1,224,121.05 From 77 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 2023$140,000.00
2.» Speed Chess Championship 2020$100,000.00
3.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Main Event$100,000.00
4.» Speed Chess Championship 2022$100,000.00
5.» FIDE 2023 Women's Speed Chess Championship$70,000.00
6.» FIDE 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship$65,000.00
7.» Women's Speed Chess Championship 2021$58,000.00
8.» Speed Chess Championship 2018$51,206.03
9.» Speed Chess Championship 2017$50,000.00
10.» Speed Chess Championships 2019$50,000.00
11.» Junior Speed Chess Championship 2023$45,000.00
12.» Junior Speed Chess Championship 2020$25,000.00
13.» Junior Speed Chess Championship 2021$25,000.00
14.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Super Swiss$25,000.00
15.» Junior Speed Chess Championships 2019$20,000.00
16.» Women's Speed Chess Championships 2019$20,000.00
17.» Speed Chess Championship Super Swiss$15,000.00
18.» I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship 2023$12,900.00
19.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 1$10,300.00
20.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 2$10,300.00
21.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 3$10,300.00
22.» Women's SCC 2020 Grand Prix Leg 4$10,300.00
23.» I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship 2022$10,000.01
24.» I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship 2021$10,000.00
25.» Speed Chess Championship 2021 - Grand Prix 1$10,000.00

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Top Players


 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (League)
1.United States HikaruHikaru Nakamura$193,757.31
2.Norway DrNyktersteinMagnus Carlsen$100,238.13
3.United States GMWSOWesley So$72,810.55
4.China yifan0227Hou, Yifan$68,861.95
5.France LyonBeastMaxime Vachier-Lagrave$56,501.88
6.India junglebook1Nihal Sarin$55,467.27
7.Russian Federation KaterynaLagnoEkaterina Lagno$39,603.40
8.India Elegance_RiksHarika Dronavalli$38,327.62
9.India champ2005Raunak Sadhwani$25,150.24
10.India GukeshDommarajuGukesh, Dommaraju$23,663.75
11.Russian Federation ChessQueenAlexandra Kosteniuk$22,923.13
12.Armenia LevonAronianLevon Aronian$22,309.13
13.Russian Federation Vanina1989Valentina Gunina$20,935.89
14.Russian Federation lachesisQIan Nepomniachtchi$17,443.37
15.United States FabianoCaruanaFabiano Caruana$17,068.74
16.China ChefshouseDing, Liren$17,023.32
17.Russian Federation mishanickAlexey Sarana$15,233.66
18.United States jefferyxJeffery Xiong$14,638.18
19.Russian Federation SibelephantVladislav Artemiev$14,627.28
20.Poland Polish_fighter3000Jan-Krzysztof Duda$14,161.10
21.Russian Federation GrischukAlexander Grischuk$12,620.72
22.Ukraine Enki007Anna Ushenina$12,100.00
23.Iran, Islamic Republic of Firouzja2003Alireza Firouzja$11,438.71
24.India vaishali2001Vaishali Rameshbabu$10,928.28
25.Iran, Islamic Republic of ParhamovParham Maghsoodloo$10,864.33

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Top Games


 Game NamePrize Money
1.» Chess.com$1,224,121.05

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Online/LAN Breakdown


LocationPrize Money% of Total
Online Only$1,224,121.05100.00%
Offline/LAN$0.000.00%

Top Countries


 Country NamePrize Money
1.United States United States$340,299.07
2.Russian Federation Russian Federation$213,991.77
3.India India$181,279.30
4.China China$104,746.26
5.Norway Norway$102,349.29
6.France France$57,005.88
7.Armenia Armenia$45,199.44
8.Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of$27,039.25
9.Ukraine Ukraine$26,950.00
10.Poland Poland$16,361.10

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