Dutch GM Benjamin Bok scored 9 wins and 1 draw to win the March 20 Freestyle Friday tournament with 9.5/11 points. Runner-up Sina Movahed won 8 times, drew 2 times and lost once, which led him to finish second with 9 points.

The Freestyle Friday (March 20, 2026) Top 5 are:

Place Player Score TB Prize
1. 🇳🇱 GM Benjamin Bok 9.5 70.5 $400
2. 🇮🇷 GM Sina Movahed 9 67.5 $250
3. 🇺🇸 GM Conrad Holt 8.5 63.5 $150
4. 🇵🇪 IM Renato Terry 8 76 $100
5. 🇺🇦 GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 8 69 -

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. This event is a part of the 2026 Freestyle Friday Championship, the winner of which will qualify for the 2027 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship.

Credit: Lennart Ootes