Chess.com announced an increase to the prize fund of the weekly Titled Tuesday tournament. The fund will rise from $3,000 to $10,000 starting June 2.

$7,500 will go to the top 10 finishers:

Placing Prize
1st $2,500
2nd $1,500
3rd $1,000
4th $700
5th-6th $400
7th-10th $250

The remaining $2,500 will go to bonus prizes:

Placing Prize
Top woman $250
Top senior $250
Top youth (U16) $250
Top girl (U16) $250
Top non-GM $250
Top non-IM $250
Best debut or return $250
Perfect Score Bounty $250
Most brilliant move $100
Best game $100
Streamer prize 1 $100
Streamer prize 2 $100
Woman streamer prize $100

Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly 11-round Swiss tournament for titled players, occurring every Tuesday. Since 2022, the tournament’s prize fund has been $5,000 for two events per week. In September 2025, the format changed to a single event with a $3,000 fund. American GM Hikaru Nakamura criticized the prize fund for Titled Tuesday on April 26.

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