The most exciting matches so far of the 2022 Bullet Chess Championship presented by DigitalOcean were in full swing today, headlined by a clash between bullet titans GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Andrew Tang. With both players neck and neck until the final minutes, it was Nakamura who surged ahead to progress to the Grand Finals.
In the other matches, GM Daniel Naroditsky was able to accelerate past GM Jose Martinez while the sole IM in the field, Tuan Minh Le, was able to take down the speedster GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in a tight affair, setting up for a riveting grand finale event tomorrow.
The 2022 Bullet Chess Championship presented by Digital Ocean is a double-elimination bracket knockout held by Chess.com and featuring $100,000 in prizes. All games are 1+0, and matches are 30 minutes long with a break at the 15-minute mark. In the event of a tie, players continue to play, alternating colors, until a player wins a game.