Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10 wins and 1 draw to win the February 13 Freestyle Friday tournament with 10.5/11 points. Runner-up Reza Mahdavi won 8 times, drew once and lost twice, which led him to finish second via tiebreaks with 8.5 points.

The Freestyle Friday (February 13, 2026) Top 5 are:

Place Player Score TB Prize
1. 🇦🇲 GM Haik Martirosyan 10.5 71 $400
2. 🇮🇷 IM Reza Mahdavi 8.5 77 $250
3. 🇷🇸 GM Alexey Sarana 8.5 74 $150
4. 🇺🇸 GM Jeffery Xiong 8.5 72.5 $100
5. 🇮🇷 GM Sina Movahed 8 74 -

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.

Credit: Anastasiia Korolkova