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This Player is a THREAT in Blitz!
Daniil Dubov cruises into the top spot with a dominant performance during the Lichess Titled Blitz Arena June, 2025
Catch the exciting final hour of commentary with Chess_Poems here, or read on for the written recap!
Winning 11 out of his last 14 games GM Daniil Dubov (@SVODMEVKO) cruised into the top spot with a dominant performance.
Dubov berserked a whopping 96% of his 52 total games... winning 69% of those!
Dubov posted several impressive win streaks (up to 8 games in a row).
In combination with the high berserk rate, he ended up winning the tournament by 15 points!
An exciting tie at 129 points for second place was decided by performance rating.
Anonymous GM "FeegLood" took 2nd place, and GM Christopher Yoo took 3rd (good for $250 and 125$ respectfully).
With under 20 minutes to go and the tournament standings still locked up, Dubov continued his dominant run with the brilliant 46.Qxh6# !! vs GM @Chessisnotfair
GMs Shant Sargsyan and Alireza Firouzja rounded out the top 5 players that won a prize.
Firouzja notably started late and played only 39 games. He finished with 114 points and the best performance in the entire tournament at 2949!
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