Fortun£ Friday$ August Edition Prize Winners

Our fourth-ever free-to-play July edition and 13th edition of the Fortun£ Friday$ series was our most popular event yet, with 215 players participating and 51 countries represented! We had some of the top chess grandmasters and other titled players in the world participating in the event, including 4 GMs, 7 IMs, 10 FMs, 5 CMs, 1 NM, and over 200 non-titled players.

The event was won by Indian International Master Harshavardhan G B, who is an up-and-coming, very promising chess player looking to achieve his Grandmaster title. As of 1/7/2024, he is ranked #1670 in the world! A future talent to look out for! Second place went to FIDE Master Popov Konstantin and third place went to FM @Mirakel05

Thank you very much for the continued support of our ever-growing events. We at Coatsi Chess are honoured to welcome some of the world's strongest chess players to our monthly events.

Following our anti-cheating scans conducted by our world-leading FIDE International Arbiter, we are pleased to announce the prize winners mentioned below.

The final standings of the event can be viewed here.

Prize Winners

1st: £50 - IM @harsha15
2nd: £25 - FM @Kostik_Mostik
3rd: £10 - FM @Mirakel05

Lucky Rank Prizes:
38th: £5 - @Tubby2010
64th: £5 - IM @mwadsworth
96th: £5 - @Mrakokrad
148th: £5 - @NGONG1
179th, ... 500th: N/A no players who played at least one game finished in these places

Looking Ahead: Huge Prize for the September Edition!

Celebrating over a year of running the Fortun£ Friday$ Series on Lichess, we are thrilled to announce that the winner of the September edition will receive accommodation, free entry, an IOW T-shirt, and £50 (subject to T&Cs). Additionally, there are cash prizes available for the top 20 finishers of the event! All information about the event can be found here.