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title: This Man is on Fire!!
description: With a monumental performance rating near 3400, Firouzja dominates the Lichess Titled Bullet Arena, June '25
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Alireza Firoujza simply stunned in this event, decisively winning the recently upped $625 top prize!

![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=ublogBody:rAzEH4v4d5Y0:cjoRCMCg.png&w=800&sig=e53d8292fce09892a42e54256c43e29cfd7fa4f9)

In other words, Alireza can now afford another pair of socks!

All joke aside, let's break down another [fantastic tournament](https://lichess.org/tournament/jun25lta).

Catch the live recap [here](https://youtu.be/wA3WzwormGg), or keep reading for more!

https://youtu.be/wA3WzwormGg

Assuming first place towards the latter half, Alireza would not relinquish his lead to fellow GMs @arka50, @Feeglood, or @RebeccaHarris (Daniel Naroditsky).

In his last 49 games, he went 39-5-5 with several massive win streaks. He actually played better as the event progressed!

Partially because of those win streak bonuses, he would only have to berserk 7% of his total games.

Alireza still ended up winning by a whopping 38 points!

![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=ublogBody:Qvg8va0yANWX:fQcU5UYF.png&w=800&sig=f70c3955d963f04767cdb883d33e78bdf3664a38)

Rounding out the top 5 that finished in the prize money were GM Sergei Zhigalko, GM Oleksander Bortnyk, CM Kostantin Kornienko, and anonymous GM "Chameleon3".

Fan favorite Daniel Naroditsky made [a late run](https://youtu.be/wA3WzwormGg?t=1918) for the prize money but ultimately fell short by just 1 point, finishing in 7th.
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Thanks to lichess for running another great event!

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