特级大师Oleksandr Bortnyk在6月5日的Chess.com Freestyle Friday比赛中，以9连胜的完美开局夺冠。尽管在最后两轮仅取得0.5分，他仍稳住了第一名的位置。
Bortnyk收获了他的第九个Freestyle Friday冠军头衔，并成为2026年冠军系列赛中首位赢得三场比赛的选手。他击败了多位实力强劲的对手，包括特级大师David Navara、Dmitry Andreikin、Yoseph Taher、Conrad Holt和Nodirbek Yakubboev。特级大师Maciej Klekowski在最后一轮击败国际大师Yoseph Taher后，以8.5分的成绩获得亚军。Taher获得第三名，而特级大师Dmitry Andreikin则凭借小分优势以8分位列第四。女子国际大师Margarita Potapova以7.5分的成绩获得第11名，并斩获女子组奖项。这项针对获称号选手的每周在线赛事，为冠军提供400美元现金奖励，亚军250美元，季军150美元。
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi claimed victory in the June 19 Freestyle Friday tournament on Chess.com. He finished with nine points after winning six games in a row.
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GM Pranesh M captured the Freestyle Friday title on June 26 after scoring 10.5 out of 11 points. The victory marked his first of the year and fourth overall in the event. The result also concluded the first half of the Freestyle Friday Championship.
GM Denis Lazavik claimed victory in the first of three 3 0 Thursday tournaments held on June 4. He scored 10 points to finish clear first after winning his initial eight games. Two other titled players also secured titles in the remaining events that day.
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GM Hikaru Nakamura claimed victory in the opening 3+0 Thursday tournament on July 16 with 9.5 points. GM Sergey Drygalov secured his first win in the second event, and IM Renato Terry took the third for a record 16th title.