GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Jeffery Xiong, essentially the most profitable and some of the profitable gamers within the historical past of Titled Tuesday, every added one other victory feather to their caps within the September 20, 2022 editions. Â
IM Anna Sargsyan swept the ladies’s prizes.
Early Tournament
Of the 397 gamers who fought for this week’s early victory, two tied for first: Nakamura and GM Matthias Bluebaum. Their ninth-round matchup, a 90-move victory for Nakamura in opposition to Bluebaum’s Dutch Defense, wound up the match’s key sport. It was the one loss for both participant within the occasion.
Bluebaum went on to defeat IM Khazar Babazada (beneath) and GM Nils Grandelius to succeed in 9.5 factors out of 11.
But Nakamura, after defeating GM Dmitry Andreikin, in spherical 10, was thus far forward in tiebreaks that he made a draw with IM Renato Terry within the final spherical with none strikes. Also on 9.5/11, Nakamura gained the match.
The on the spot draw additionally made sense for Terry, who had his personal important tiebreak edge in opposition to the gamers on 9 factors, clinching third place.
September 20 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3225 | 9.5 | 66.75 | |
| 2 | 11 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 2975 | 9.5 | 55 | |
| 3 | 20 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 2952 | 9 | 64 | |
| 4 | 23 | GM | @AlexanderL | Aleksandr Lenderman | 2960 | 9 | 51.5 | |
| 5 | 24 | GM | @rasmussvane | Rasmus Svane | 2918 | 9 | 48 | |
| 6 | 15 | GM | @Salem-AR | Salem AR Saleh | 2915 | 8.5 | 51.25 | |
| 7 | 13 | IM | @vi_pranav | Pranav V | 2935 | 8.5 | 50.75 | |
| 8 | 3 | IM | @wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 3023 | 8.5 | 50 | |
| 9 | 26 | IM | @KhazarBabazada007 | Khazar Babazada | 2885 | 8.5 | 47 | |
| 10 | 17 | GM | @Zhigalko_Sergei | Sergei Zhigalko | 2921 | 8.5 | 40.25 | |
| 11 | 12 | GM | @TigrVShlyape | Gata Kamsky | 2916 | 8 | 52.5 | |
| 12 | 19 | IM | @Bulldog167 | Leon Livaic | 2916 | 8 | 52 | |
| 13 | 62 | IM | @CSB7 | Balázs Csonka | 2768 | 8 | 48.25 | |
| 14 | 47 | IM | @Marcus_Harvey | Marcus Harvey | 2796 | 8 | 46.25 | |
| 15 | 2 | GM | @HonestChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3047 | 8 | 46 | |
| 16 | 73 | GM | @Harry_Rakkel | Krzysztof Jakubowski | 2655 | 8 | 42 | |
| 17 | 29 | IM | @mbojan | Bojan Maksimović | 2875 | 8 | 41.5 | |
| 18 | 4 | GM | @champ2005 | Raunak Sadhwani | 2968 | 8 | 39.5 | |
| 18 | 14 | GM | @Grandelicious | Nils Grandelius | 2949 | 8 | 39.5 | |
| 20 | 6 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 2965 | 7.5 | 48 | |
| 70 | 90 | IM | @AnotherGrumpy | Anna M Sargsyan | 2642 | 6.5 | 27.25 |
(Full last standings right here.)
Nakamura gained the $1,000 victor’s prize whereas Bluebaum took $750 for second place. Terry gained $350 in third place, GM Aleksandr Lenderman $200 in fourth, and GM Rasmus Svane $100 in fifth, whereas Sarsgyan gained the $100 ladies’s prize on 6.5/11.
Late Tournament
Xiong gained for the second time in as many weeks, this time rising from a subject of 321. As within the early match, two gamers tied for first on 9.5/11, with GM Oleksandr Bortnyk being the opposite this time. However, on this event, the winner of the person matchup solely completed in second place.
In the ultimate 4 rounds, neither participant misplaced, however Bortnyk made two attracts whereas Xiong solely made one, producing the tie atop the standings.
Xiong bought to expertise one of many biggest joys of chess in opposition to Lenderman in spherical 10, sacrificing his queen to ship a back-rank checkmate on the board.
Once once more, the match chief coming into the ultimate spherical had sufficient tiebreak edge to make a draw with the third-place finisher. Unlike Nakamura and Terry, Xiong and GM Eltaj Safarli performed an actual sport however repeated after 29 strikes.
September 20 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 8 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3002 | 9.5 | 72.5 | |
| 2 | 9 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3006 | 9.5 | 61.25 | |
| 3 | 32 | GM | @Eltaj_Safarli | Eltaj Safarli | 2922 | 9 | 51.5 | |
| 4 | 20 | GM | @Zhigalko_Sergei | Sergei Zhigalko | 2921 | 8.5 | 56.25 | |
| 4 | 4 | GM | @FabianoCaruana | Fabiano Caruana | 3043 | 8.5 | 56.25 | |
| 6 | 27 | GM | @ChessLover0108 | Mahammad Muradli | 2913 | 8.5 | 50.75 | |
| 7 | 2 | GM | @DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3118 | 8.5 | 48.75 | |
| 8 | 17 | GM | @AlexanderL | Aleksandr Lenderman | 2960 | 8.5 | 43.75 | |
| 9 | 55 | FM | @dragos420 | Dragos Ceres | 2784 | 8.5 | 43.25 | |
| 10 | 13 | GM | @Hrant_ChessTemper | Hrant Melkumyan | 2946 | 8 | 55.5 | |
| 11 | 25 | GM | @exoticprincess | Baadur Jobava | 2919 | 8 | 55 | |
| 12 | 11 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 2952 | 8 | 48.5 | |
| 13 | 31 | GM | @vugarrasulov | Vugar Rasulov | 2866 | 8 | 45 | |
| 14 | 3 | GM | @HonestChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3047 | 8 | 43.5 | |
| 14 | 41 | FM | @1800_strength | Dachey Lin | 2835 | 8 | 43.5 | |
| 16 | 42 | GM | @K_A_S_T_O_R | Rodrigo Vasquez | 2838 | 8 | 42.5 | |
| 17 | 24 | GM | @erichansen | Eric Hansen | 2889 | 8 | 40 | |
| 18 | 70 | FM | @MarcoRiehle | Marco Riehle | 2726 | 8 | 38.5 | |
| 19 | 113 | IM | @Arnaldofdelavaramulet | Arnaldo Fernandez | 2626 | 8 | 37.5 | |
| 20 | 29 | IM | @mbojan | Bojan Maksimović | 2875 | 7.5 | 44.75 | |
| 61 | 88 | IM | @AnotherGrumpy | Anna M Sargsyan | 2642 | 6 | 28 |
(Full last standings right here.)
Xiong gained $1,000, Bortnyk $750, and Safarli $350 as the highest three finishers. GMs Sergei Zhigalko and Fabiano Caruana tied for fourth, every incomes $150. Sargsyan was as soon as once more the highest-scoring lady, successful one other $100 for a complete of $200 on the day.
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly occasion for titled gamers. Every Tuesday, the 2 11-round Swiss tournaments begin at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/17:00 Central European and a couple of:00 p.m. Pacific Time/23:00 Central European.
