PogChamps
Jynxzi, a Twitch streamer and student of IM Levy Rozman, won the $100,000 PogChamps 6 7 tournament on April 10 by sweeping top seed ohnePixel in the final. The 24-year-old went undefeated through 13 straight games, drawing over 200,000 concurrent viewers to the broadcast. All eight entrants started with Chess.com blitz ratings under 700.
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Chess.com announced PogChamps 6/7, a celebrity chess tournament set for April 10, featuring eight prominent content creators competing for a $100,000 prize fund. The event adopts a new one-day schedule with a double round-robin group stage followed by single-elimination knockouts, marking the first time without a consolation bracket. It coincides with a rest day in the FIDE Candidates Tournament.