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Fortun£ Friday$ September Edition Prize Winners

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Fortun£ Friday$ September Edition Prize Winners Announcement

Our Fifth-ever free-to-play September edition and 13th edition of the Fortun£ Friday$ series was our most popular event yet, with 259 players participating and 67 countries represented!

We had some of the top chess grandmasters and other titled players in the world participating in the event, including 4 GMs, 18 IMs, 12 FMs, 10 CMs, and over 200 non-titled players.

The event was won by @BetterCollSoul making history in the series by being the first untitled player to win the event!

Second place went to the super strong International Master Dimitris Alexakis @tacticthunder from Greece with a FIDE rating of 2504 and holding a world rating of #585 in the world as of 30/9/24!

Third place went to Russian FIDE Master Ivan Yeletsky who holds a world rating of #889 as of 30/9/24

Thank you very much for the continued support of our ever-growing events. We at Coatsi Chess are honoured to welcome some of the world's strongest chess players to our monthly events!

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

The final standings of the event can be viewed here.

Prize Winners

Lucky Rank Prizes:

Looking Ahead to the Fortun£ Friday$ October Edition!

Continuing for our sixth consecutive month, the Fortun£ Friday$ October Edition will be free to play, with 22+ cash prizes available to be won. All information about the event can be found here.