Indian Grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu (8.5) emerged the champion ahead of Kazakh GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (8.0) after the 14th round of the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026 at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus…
Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov with a stunning 9.5/13 score won the FIDE Candidates 2026 with a round to spare after the 13th round at Cyprus. In the women’s section, GMs Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) & Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan) led the table with 7.5 points…
GMs Zhu Jiner & Vaishali Rameshbabu led the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026 while GM Javokhir Sindarov led the Open section after the 12th round at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort, Cyprus…
GMs Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) and Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) led the FIDE Candidates 2026 after the 11th round at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus…
890 Bullet Games in 24 Hours: Lichess 2025 Summer Marathon
Posted on August 4, 2025 BY Michael Ludwig
Lichess held their 2025 Summer Marathon, starting August 1st, as 24 hours straight of 1+0 bullet chess. As an Arena tournament, players can jump in and out as they like, though it appears several players likely went the distance; the winner, Fritzti_2003, played 890 games over the 24 hours! They finished with a 65% win rate, and scored 1879 tournament points, finishing almost 200 points ahead of 2nd place finisher BrightFalcon.
GM Sergei Zhigalko was the top notable player, in sixth place, with 1241 points from 396 games. In total, 22,405 members played at least one game. You can check out the full tournament results here.
