Fortun£ Friday$ March Edition – Prize Winners

Fortun£ Friday$ March Edition won by Dutch Grandmaster!

Our tenth free-to-play March edition was a highly competitive event, attracting 180 players from 55 countries! The tournament featured some of the world’s top titled players, including 8 Grandmasters (GMs), 9 International Masters (IMs), 9 FIDE Masters (FMs), 5 Candidate Masters (CMs), and over 145 non-titled players.

Dutch Grandmaster Thomas Beerdsen emerged victorious, finishing with 100 points, just ahead of a player on an anonymous account who finished in second place with 99 points.

This marked the 19th edition of the Fortun£ Friday$ series.

Top 3 Finishers

First Place – GM Thomas Beerdsen (@MeneerMandje) – This marks his first-ever Fortun£ Friday$ title after competing in several editions, finishing on 100 points!

Second Place – A very strong titled anonymous player with a bullet rating of over 3050+, competing under the handle (@strongbulletplayer1), finished just behind Thomas with 99 points.

Third Place – Another very strong titled anonymous player with a bullet rating of over 3000+, competing under the username (@SpongeBob-Patrick), secured third place with 95 points.

Fair Play & Prize Winners

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

The final standings of the event can be viewed here.

Thank you to all players for your continued support of the ever-growing Coatsi Chess community! We are honoured to welcome some of the world's strongest chess players to our monthly events while providing a tournament series open to players of all levels.

Prize Winners

• 1st: £50 - GM Thomas Beerdsen (@MeneerMandje)
• 2nd: £25 - @strongbulletplayer1
• 3rd: £10 - @SpongeBob-Patrick
• 4th: £5 - GM Dmitry Andreikin (@Vladimirovich9000)
• 5th: £5 - IM Alexandr Triapishko (@AlexTriapishko)
• 6th: £5 - FM Semyon Puzyrevsky (@SemenPuzyrevsky)
• 7th: £5 - IM Robert Piliposyan (@rob188)
• 8th: £5 - IM Renato Alfredo Terry Lujan (@AngelitoRT)
• 9th: £5 - @DrMystic
• 10th: £5 - @Guary1

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

• 17th: £5 - @music_2003
• 28th: £5 - @FussyKitten
• 36th: £5 - @krishanu2009
• 43rd: £5 - @Tubby2010
• 49th: £5 - @BOLIVIADIJONO
• 58th: £5 - @Igor9999999
• 81st: £5 - @sathsaradissanayakee
• 92nd: £5 - @ErikUsmanov
• 109th: £5 - @MiguelMartinez_UCSS
• 239th, 289th, 300th, 337th, 350th, 421st, 467th - N/A, no players finished in these positions.

Next Month: Fortun£ Friday$ April Edition

We have £200 in prizes and over 22 cash prizes up for grabs—so what are you waiting for? Join now!

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