Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda scored 8 wins and 2 draws to win the May 1st Freestyle Friday tournament with 9/11 points. Runner-up Jose Martinez won 8 times, drew twice, and lost once, which led him to finish second with 9 points.

The Freestyle Friday (May 1, 2026) Top 5 are:

Place Player Score TB Prize
1. 🇵🇱 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 9 69.5 $400
2. 🇲🇽 GM Jose Martinez 9 68.5 $250
3. 🇷🇺 GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov 8.5 71 $150
4. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Niemann 8 69 $100
5. 🇺🇸 GM Jeffery Xiong 8 63 -

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: Rafal Oleksiewicz