Patriots receiver Mack Hollins won the BlitzChamps V chess tournament on May 26. He defeated Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert in the grand final after winning all his matches.
Hollins earned the $30,000 prize for his charity, the Free The Feet Foundation. The event featured eight NFL players in a double-elimination bracket on Chess.com servers, with a total $100,000 prize fund for charity donations.
BlitzChamps V will feature eight NFL players competing in chess on May 26 at 5:30 p.m. ET. The event offers a $100,000 prize fund for chosen charities.
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GM Hans Niemann captured the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Poland title, securing the largest win of his career and a $50,000 prize. The wildcard entrant finished ahead of a strong field that included World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and top American players.
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won the May 30 edition of Bullet Brawl, finishing with 154 points to secure his 17th career title in the weekly Chess.com arena event.
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Grandmaster Jose Martinez secured victories in the first two 3+0 Thursday tournaments on Chess.com on March 26, matching a feat previously achieved only by Fabiano Caruana. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won the third event with a dominant 10.5/11 score, preventing Martinez from a clean sweep.
Grandmasters Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Oleksandr Bortnyk, along with International Master Renato Terry, claimed victories in the three 3+0 Thursday online blitz tournaments on April 30. Each player extended their strong recent form in the weekly events for titled players. Women's prizes went to Milena Kawka, Karina Ambartsumova and Anastasia Avramidou.