Iranian GM Sina Movahed scored 8 wins and 2 draws to win the January 23 Freestyle Friday tournament with 9 points. Runner-up GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won 8 times, drew twice and lost once, which led him to finish second via tiebreaks with 9 points.

The Freestyle Friday (January 30, 2026) Top 5 are:

Place Player Score TB Prize
1. 🇮🇷 GM Sina Movahed 9 73.5 $400
2. 🇵🇱 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 9 62 $250
3. 🇳🇴 GM Magnus Carlsen 8.5 69 $150
4. 🇷🇺 GM Arseniy Nesterov 8.5 66.5 $100
5. 🇷🇺 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 8.5 57.5 -

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.