NFL Stars And Legends Line Up for BlitzChamps III: Who Will Be The League’s New Chess MVP? BlitzChamps is back: the event, which pits NFL superstars against each other to find football’s top chess player is here with $100,000 at stake for charity, and that all-important title of BlitzChamp for 2024.

Drue Tranquill, the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, returns to defend the BlitzChamps title he won last year against cornerback Chidobe Awuzie, who is also competing this year. NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is a longtime chess aficionado, but is still chasing his first BlitzChamps title! Michael Vick, another legend of the game will be making his BlitzChamps debut this year while Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is back again!