Fortun£ Friday$ December Edition Prize Winners

Our eighth free-to-play December Edition and 16th Edition of the Fortun£ Friday$ Series saw 217 players from 52 countries participate! We had some of the world’s top titled players competing in the event, including 6 GMs, 8 IMs, 16 FMs, 8 CMs, and over 175 non-titled players.

The event was won by @shootingstar10, an anonymous account representing France, with an impressive bullet rating of over 3100. Speculation suggests it could be a famous French Grandmaster, possibly MVL—but who knows? Maybe they're not even from France. Who do you think it might be?

Second place went to CM Georgijs Germanovs (@evilhamburger), who played a fantastic tournament, finishing ahead of many titled players.

Third place was claimed by FM Novozhilov Semyon (@Novozhilov_Semyon), another lower-rated titled player who achieved remarkable victories against several GMs.

Thank you to all players for your continued support of our ever-growing Coatsi Chess community. We are honoured to welcome some of the world's strongest chess players to our monthly events and to offer a tournament series that all players can join, regardless of chess rating or ability.

Following our anti-cheating scans, conducted by our world-leading FIDE International Arbiter, we are pleased to announce the prize winners listed below.

The final standings of the event can be viewed here.

Prize Winners

• 1st: £50 - @shootingstar10
• 2nd: £25 - CM Georgijs Germanovs (@evilhamburger)
• 3rd: £10 - FM Novozhilov Semyon (@Novozhilov_Semyon)
• 4th: £5 - GM Jose Martinez Alcantara (@KontraJaKO)
• 5th: £5 - GM Dmitry Andreikin (@Vladimirovich9000)
• 6th: £5 - GM Mitrabha Guha (@Mitrabha)
• 7th: £5 - @Shiro__1
• 8th: £5 - GM Sergei Zhigalko (@Zhigalko_Sergei)
• 9th: £5 - FM Ivan Yeletsky (@gogotaniye)
• 10th: £5 - CM @innocentguy

Lucky Rank Prizes:
(Simply finish in the respective ranked places to win the prize money!)

• 17th: £5 - FM Stanley Badacsonyi (@stanbad1)
• 28th: £5 - Aleks Borovkov (@Avr0raX)
• 36th: £5 - @buzinka
• 43rd: £5 - Valerii Iovcov (@valera_c)
• 49th: £5 - Romas Kairys (@SMAUGLYS)
• 58th: £5 - @Arkni
• 81st: £5 - CM @AperaciumNocturne (Due to the account that finished 62nd being closed, the player who was in 82nd place has moved down to 81st.)
• 92nd: £5 - @PerfectPlease (Due to the account that finished 62nd being closed, the player who was in 93rd place has moved down to 92nd.)
• 109th: £5 - @Bartus-chess (Due to the account that finished 62nd being closed, the player who was in 110th place has moved down to 109th.)
• 239th, 289th, 300th, 337th, 350th, 421st, 467th - N/A, no players finished in these positions.

Looking Ahead to the Fortun£ Friday$ January Edition!

To celebrate the New Year, we are keeping our events free, marking the ninth free edition of the series. With over 22 cash prizes available to win, what are you waiting for? Join now! All event information can be found here