Nineteen-year-old Indian GM Pranesh M scored 9 wins and 1 draw to win the December 12 Freestyle Friday tournament with 9.5 points. He finished 1 point ahead of runner-up GM Jeffery Xiong with 8.5 points.

Two players finished with 8.5 points and three players with 8 points, requiring a tiebreak to decide the final standings. The Freestyle Friday Top 5 (December 12, 2025) are:

1. 🇮🇳 GM Pranesh M – 9.5 points (TB score: 72)

2. 🇺🇸 GM Jeffery Xiong – 8.5 points (TB score: 70.5)

3. 🇺🇦 GM Oleksandr Bortnyk – 8.5 points (TB score: 69)

4. 🇮🇷 GM Sina Movahed – 8 points (TB score: 67)

5. 🇮🇳 GM Pranav V – 8 points (TB score: 66)

Freestyle Friday is a weekly Chess.com event for verified titled players, featuring the Chess960 variant. The event is an 11-round Swiss tournament with a 3+1 time control featuring a $1,000 weekly prize fund.