The first Friday Night Blitz tournament was held on 25 September 2020 and won by GM Adham Fawzy (Egypt) and since then 64 other players have won this prestigious online blitz event. IM Jan Karsten (South Africa) has won this event more than any other player and currently stands at 35 victories!!
We believe that Friday Night Blitz is the longest running weekly blitz tournament and attracts between 50 and 100 players each week.
The following is the current standings of the most Friday Night Blitz victories:
| Pos. | Winner | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM Jan Karsten | 35 |
| 2 | FM Dr Shabir Bhawhoodien | 24 |
| 3 | JNM Jiraan Braaf | 23 |
| 4 | IM Aaryan Varshney (India) | 15 |
| 5 | NM Charlton Mnyasta | 13 |
| =6 | RM Albrecht van Zyl | 11 |
| =6 | FM Banele Mhango | 11 |
| 7 | FM Matfey Rogov (Russia) | 9 |
| =8 | GM Adham Fawzy (Egypt) | 8 |
| =8 | Bongani Ndlovu | 8 |
| =9 | JM Raynier Claassen | 7 |
| =9 | IM Yoseph Taher (Indonesia) | 7 |
| =10 | CM Bhavesh Mahajan (India) | 6 |
| =10 | CM Reegan Palmer | 6 |
| =10 | CM Kenneth Willenberg | 6 |
| 11 | IM Aronyak Ghosh (India) | 5 |
| =12 | NM James Dinham | 4 |
| =12 | Cherwin Kleinsmidt | 4 |
| 13 | CM Liam Baruch | 3 |
| =14 | Kartavya Anadkat (India) | 2 |
| =14 | Neil Byneveldt | 2 |
| =14 | RM Chigozie Egeonu | 2 |
| =14 | RM Warrick Erlank | 2 |
| =14 | Dione Goredema | 2 |
| =14 | GM Diptayan Ghosh (India) | 2 |
| =14 | Sandiso Kedama | 2 |
| =14 | Ncube Manelisi | 2 |
| =14 | Nelson Pushy Motau | 2 |
| =14 | RM Clive Mthunzi | 2 |
| =14 | Pardon Tatenda Mushininga | 2 |
| =14 | Zwakele Radebe | 2 |
| =14 | Reuben Salimu | 2 |
| =14 | Ricardo Stambull | 2 |
| =14 | Aldrich Van Wyk | 2 |
| =14 | RM Lindokuhle Xulu | 2 |
| =15 | CM Tahil Bedesi | 1 |
| =15 | Waylon Brander | 1 |
| =15 | Given Chauke | 1 |
| =15 | Sajjad Damod | 1 |
| =15 | Nhlanhla Dludlu | 1 |
| =15 | CM Dante Eaton | 1 |
| =15 | Jacques Frick | 1 |
| =15 | RM Michael James | 1 |
| =15 | Keith Kagande | 1 |
| =15 | Earl King | 1 |
| =15 | Lance Leslie-Smith | 1 |
| =15 | Zhengfei Li | 1 |
| =15 | Jadrian Lielieveld | 1 |
| =15 | Wiseman Mabuza | 1 |
| =15 | Clayton Macheka | 1 |
| =15 | Thabang Mankga | 1 |
| =15 | Okuhle Maza | 1 |
| =15 | CM Khanya Mazibuko | 1 |
| =15 | Raidan Michiel | 1 |
| =15 | Jamie-Lee Mitchels | 1 |
| =15 | CM Tyler Nevin | 1 |
| =15 | Musa Nyathi | 1 |
| =15 | Frederick Odendaal | 1 |
| =15 | FM Semyon Puzyrevsky | 1 |
| =15 | Lefu Sekharume | 1 |
| =15 | RM Lwazi Selepe | 1 |
| =15 | Pascal Shaani | 1 |
| =15 | FM Michael Simpson | 1 |
| =15 | IM Alexandr Ulanov (Russia) | 1 |
| =15 | Tapera Uzeni | 1 |
| =15 | Itumeleng Valashia | 1 |
| =15 | Ompha Vele | 1 |
| =15 | Lobov Vladimir | 1 |
| – | Other | 1 |
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