Freestyle Friday 17

[e][h]Freestyle Friday 17

League Information

Series:

Freestyle Friday

Organizer:

chess.com

Time Control:

Blitz

Variant:

Chess960

Type:

Online

Location:

 World

Format:

Swiss system

Prize Pool:

$1,000 USD

Start Date:

2025-05-16

End Date:

2025-05-16

Number of Players:

253

Liquipedia Tier:

Weekly (C-Tier)

Links

Chronology

#16

#18

Format

• Time control: 3+1, 11 rounds of Swiss
• Participation requirement: only titled players

Prize Pool

$1,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Place

$ USD

Participant

 1st

$400

Hikaru Nakamura 

 2nd

$250

Ian Nepomniachtchi 

 3rd

$150

Arjun Erigaisi 

 4th

$100

Hans Moke Niemann

Award

$ USD

Participant

Best female player (20th)

$100

Polina Shuvalova

Only participants in the prize money are shown. 253 total participants.