The 2023 Speed Chess Championship is sprinting towards us, with only a week left before the main event begins! Sixteen of the game’s quickest thinkers will compete to see who can make it over the finish line and be crowned as this year’s Speed Chess Champion. 

Current titleholder GM Hikaru Nakamura will seek to defend his crown against a star-studded field of challengers, including GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Nihal Sarin, Gukesh D, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, and other speed chess sensations.

Will Nakamura achieve a landmark sixth consecutive title? Can Carlsen close the distance with a third win? Or will a new challenger rise? Tell us by entering your prediction, and be in to win up to a year of Diamond Chess.com membership! This includes unlimited puzzles, lessons, and more.

Submit your predictions before Sunday, September 4, at 6 a.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. CEST to participate. Predictions will be locked after the deadline, so make sure you don’t miss your chance!

How To Participate

Click the button above to go to the 2023 Speed Chess Championship prediction bracket. Predict who you think will win each match all the way to the final (we’ve prepared the bracket in advance to make things easy for you). You get points for every prediction that you get right. You win the bracket contest if you have the most points by the end of the tournament. 

Please make sure you submit your Chess.com username as part of your prediction; it’s also recommended to create a Challonge account to make it easier to review your bracket.

Prizes

• Overall winner: One year of Diamond membership
• Second place: Six months of Diamond membership
• Third place: Three months of Diamond membership
• Randomly selected participant: Two months of Diamond membership 

To learn more about the 2023 SCC, check out our Events page. 

Note: This contest is void in all areas where prohibited by law.

Procedures For Contacting/Announcing Winners And Giving Out Prizes

We will be in touch with winners through Messages on Chess.com or via the e-mail provided in their submission.

Contact will be made within one calendar week after the contest ends.

If prizes are given out continuously throughout an event, contact will be made one week after the event ends.

In contests where winners are picked randomly from chats on Twitch, YouTube, and Chess.com, everyone who gave the correct answer will be raffled using software that will ensure an impartial and random selection of winners.

By participating in the event, you are consenting to Chess.com using your name/image for the purpose of administration, prize fulfillment, use in a publicly available winners list, and related Chess.com event promotion.

Read more about our policy for contests in Giveaways, Games of Chance, and Sweepstakes. 

NB: If you have received no contact after a week, you can claim your prize by contacting support@chess.com.