GM Hikaru Nakamura, who received the Fischer Random World Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 30, and is now in Toronto, Canada for the Chess.com Global Championship Finals beginning November 2, discovered time to take house yet one more Titled Tuesday trophy on November 1. He received the early match by a full level, scoring 10/11.
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, who completed third early, then received the late match, edging out GM Alireza Firouzja on tiebreaks.
Early Tournament
Nakamura hardly broke a sweat, solely drawing Sarana in spherical six and Deac in spherical 11 whereas successful each different sport. However, it was not till Sarana misplaced within the final spherical to Bortnyk that Nakamura had the match absolutely locked up, though even a Sarana win won’t have been sufficient for him after tiebreaks.
Nakamura, who deserted the 1.g4/1…g5 ploy of current weeks in favor of extra rational openings, defeated Bortnyk himself in spherical 9.
Sarana nonetheless managed to complete in second place on the idea of his robust begin, which included a win over GM Daniil Dubov within the tenth spherical.
At the identical time, nevertheless, Nakamura added his closing win of the match, over nationwide teammate GM Leinier Dominguez, maintaining sufficient distance to win simply regardless of the final-round draw.
November 1 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3247 | 10 | 68 | |
| 2 | 9 | GM | @mishanick | Alexey Sarana | 3040 | 9 | 58 | |
| 3 | 13 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3003 | 9 | 52.5 | |
| 4 | 21 | GM | @rasmussvane | Rasmus Svane | 2948 | 9 | 50.5 | |
| 5 | 15 | GM | @BogdanDeac | Bogdan Daniel Deac | 2994 | 9 | 47.25 | |
| 6 | 10 | GM | @Duhless | Daniil Dubov | 2998 | 8.5 | 58.75 | |
| 7 | 12 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 2991 | 8.5 | 52.75 | |
| 8 | 47 | GM | @Rakhmanov_Aleksandr | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | 2861 | 8.5 | 52.25 | |
| 9 | 25 | GM | @TigrVShlyape | Gata Kamsky | 2933 | 8.5 | 44.75 | |
| 10 | 23 | GM | @wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 2938 | 8.5 | 43 | |
| 11 | 5 | GM | @FabianoCaruana | Fabiano Caruana | 3030 | 8 | 57 | |
| 12 | 2 | GM | @exoticprincess | Baadur Jobava | 3092 | 8 | 52.25 | |
| 13 | 7 | GM | @OparinGrigoriy | Grigoriy Oparin | 3004 | 8 | 50.5 | |
| 14 | 37 | IM | @Gareth-Bale11 | Mamikon Gharibyan | 2865 | 8 | 47.25 | |
| 15 | 59 | FM | @Chessmissile07 | Harsh Suresh | 2799 | 8 | 46 | |
| 16 | 52 | FM | @JimDiGrease | Ivan Zemlyanskii | 2844 | 8 | 41.5 | |
| 17 | 58 | GM | @Mikhail_Bryakin | Mikhail Bryakin | 2813 | 8 | 36 | |
| 18 | 49 | IM | @ckgchess | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | 2842 | 8 | 35.5 | |
| 19 | 11 | GM | @Sebastian | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 2995 | 7.5 | 46.5 | |
| 20 | 31 | GM | @Zhigalko_Sergei | Sergei Zhigalko | 2868 | 7.5 | 43.75 | |
| 34 | 127 | WGM | @Meri-Arabidze | Meri Arabidze | 2630 | 7 | 39 |
(Full closing standings right here.)
Nakamura received $1,000 for taking the match. Sarana completed second with the most effective tiebreaks out of 4 gamers on 9 factors, incomes $750. Bortnyk received $350, GM Rasmus Svane $200, and Deac $100 for the following three locations. WGM Meri Arabidze received the $100 ladies’s prize with a 7/11 rating.Â
Late Tournament
Attendance on the late occasion is beginning to creep up on the early one. A number of months in the past, the early match may obtain 80 or extra additional gamers than the late one. This week, the late match drew 367 contributors in comparison with precisely 400 earlier within the day. This was with out Nakamura, who moderately took the late match off with an even bigger occasion beginning Wednesday.
Bortnyk sped out to an 8/8 begin, defeating GM Vugar Rasulov within the eighth spherical with a checkmate on transfer 36. At that time, Bortnyk led the sphere by a full level.
From there, nevertheless, he made three attracts, together with in opposition to Firouzja in spherical 9. Firouzja, who dropped a sport again in spherical three, then ended the match with two wins to even the rating again up with Bortnyk. Firouzja defeated GM Baadur Jobava within the closing spherical with Black in simply 28 strikes.
Nonetheless, Bortnyk maintained the sting within the closing standings for his fourth Titled Tuesday win of the yr.
November 1 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 9 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3032 | 9.5 | 61.75 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | @Firouzja2003 | Alireza Firouzja | 3129 | 9.5 | 60.75 | |
| 3 | 6 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3043 | 9 | 61 | |
| 4 | 174 | IM | @Vusatiuk_Vladimir | Volodymyr Vusatiuk | 2636 | 9 | 59 | |
| 5 | 12 | GM | @BogdanDeac | Bogdan Daniel Deac | 3011 | 9 | 54.5 | |
| 6 | 18 | GM | @rasmussvane | Rasmus Svane | 2977 | 9 | 41.25 | |
| 7 | 15 | GM | @SantoBlue | Vahap Sanal | 2981 | 8.5 | 46.5 | |
| 8 | 44 | GM | @VojtechPlat | Vojtěch Plát | 2883 | 8.5 | 39.25 | |
| 9 | 69 | GM | @GM_Crest | Sergey Shipov | 2788 | 8 | 47.5 | |
| 10 | 28 | GM | @Fandorine | Maksim Chigaev | 2908 | 8 | 45 | |
| 10 | 5 | GM | @mishanick | Alexey Sarana | 3026 | 8 | 45 | |
| 10 | 124 | IM | @I_am_Javi | Ernesto Fernandez | 2823 | 8 | 45 | |
| 13 | 4 | GM | @exoticprincess | Baadur Jobava | 3092 | 8 | 41.5 | |
| 13 | 39 | GM | @DrVelja | Velimir Ivic | 2875 | 8 | 41.5 | |
| 13 | 121 | IM | @Leon-Black | Jake Kleiman | 2633 | 8 | 41.5 | |
| 16 | 23 | GM | @alexrustemov | Alexander Rustemov | 2931 | 8 | 41.25 | |
| 17 | 10 | GM | @GM_dmitrij | Dmitrij Kollars | 3003 | 8 | 38.5 | |
| 18 | 22 | GM | @jcibarra | José Carlos Ibarra | 2929 | 8 | 37 | |
| 19 | 16 | GM | @Sam_ChessTemper | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | 2943 | 8 | 36 | |
| 20 | 8 | GM | @dropstoneDP | David Paravyan | 3007 | 7.5 | 45.75 | |
| 68 | 122 | IM | @karinachess1 | Karina Ambartsumova | 2596 | 6 | 27.25 |
(Full closing standings right here.)
Bortnyk took house $1,000, giving him probably the most complete cash on the day with $1,350. Firouzja received $750 in second whereas GM Jose Martinez received $350 for third place and IM Volodymyr Vusatiuk $200 for fourth. Deac completed fifth place but once more, for an additional $100 and a every day complete of $200. The $100 ladies’s prize went to IM Karina Ambartsumova, who scored 6/11.
Titled Tuesday is a weekly Chess.com occasion held for titled gamers. Two 11-round Swiss tournaments are contested each Tuesday, starting at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/17:00 Central European and a couple of:00 p.m. Pacific Time/23:00 Central European.
