Crazyhouse World Championship 2025: Grand Final Results

With the decisive conclusion of the Grand Finale yesterday, in favor of GRXbullet, who defeated GM gsvc by a score of 30.5–11.5, we have officially completed this long journey, which lasted over half a year. Firstly, I would like to express my tremendous gratitude to all the co-organisers — @QueenRosieMary, @PuzzlingPuzzler, and @FischyVishy — who dedicated so much time and effort and provided irreplaceable help at every stage and in every aspect of this event. I would also like to thank our large commentator team and everyone who joined the Grand Finale broadcasts (GM @larso, FM @Crazy_Eight, @Neutralizerr, @OldHas-Been, GM @Craze), helping to make the show truly awesome. Special thanks go to @ike4, who not only co-commentated the Grand Finale broadcasts but also recorded and streamed the majority of the Candidates matches as well as the Double K.O. Elimination matches. Lastly, I would like to thank all the players, as well as everyone else who contributed to this event and helped make it such a memorable experience. Congratulations to all the players who reached the final 8 (Candidates). And finally, a big congratulations to both @GRXbullet and GM @gsvc for coming this far in such a strong edition, and special congratulations to @GRXbullet for becoming the Crazyhouse World Champion 2025! The prize winners — all top 8 players of the main event, as well as the top 4 (semi-finalists) of the side event Crazyhouse960 Championship — will be contacted very soon by us organisers to receive their prizes, as originally announced. If you would still like to donate toward the prize fund, the link is available one last time here: https://tiltify.com/@lichess/personal/cwc-2025-prize-fund Event Resources & Content ---------------------------------------- All games from every match in the Double K.O., Candidates, and Grand Finale stages can be found in the dedicated studies here: https://lichess.org/study/by/CWCOfficial (Note: While I have already added all the games of every match, not all studies are public yet, which I’ll make sometime in the near future) Candidates Results / Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DE3VQdIdEg-KwqzBR1cwbiSqV2fbFoU2J9smHz1WWrI/edit?gid=1826558380#gid=1826558380 Double K.O. Bracket: https://challonge.com/rkmdohb Initial announcement of this event: https://lichess.org/@/visualdennis/blog/announcing-the-crazyhouse-world-championship-2025/CMcYy3sy Grand Finale Day 1 Broadcast: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2684701273 Grand Finale Day 2 Broadcast: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2686249001 Grand Finale Day 3 Broadcast: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2687436862