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title: This Player is a THREAT in Blitz!
description: Daniil Dubov cruises into the top spot with a dominant performance during the Lichess Titled Blitz Arena June, 2025
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Catch the exciting final hour of commentary with Chess\_Poems [here](https://youtu.be/knnxAyK0a_g), or read on for the written recap!

https://youtu.be/knnxAyK0a\_g

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!

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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!

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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

https://lichess.org/bG3DLUeD/white

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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