GM Magnus Carlsen scored an ideal 11/11 within the late Titled Tuesday on August 6, the primary flawless Titled Tuesday of the yr and overshadowing GM Hikaru Nakamura‘s earlier win out of a four-way tie on 9.5 factors. It was Carlsen’s second 11/11 rating in Titled Tuesday, following one on July 4, 2023, tying him with Nakamura for the all-time file. They’re the one two gamers to ever attain 11/11.
And it wasn’t even Carlsen’s solely blitz event victory in a 24-hour interval.
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✅ Win Titled Tuesday two weeks in a row.
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— chess24 (@chess24com) August 7, 2024
Earlier within the day, scoring 9.5 factors together with Nakamura had been GMs Daniel Naroditsky, Dmitry Andreikin, and Jeffery Xiong. It was Xiong whom Carlsen defeated afterward to attain his coveted eleventh level.
Let’s lead off this week with the late event.
Late Match
Carlsen’s good rating got here on the expense of a area of 543 gamers. He was matched step-for-step by Andreikin for seven rounds, however not eight. Carlsen’s win with Black through a smothered mate in simply 30 strikes was an indication of simply how inconceivable it could be to defeat him on this event on today.
Subsequent, it was Nakamura’s flip to attempt to cease Carlsen, and whereas he made it to 44 strikes, he by no means actually had an opportunity to get within the sport. The competition was paying homage to tons of of different examples of Carlsen grinding down his opponents.
GM Andrew Tang was subsequent, and he gave Carlsen his longest battle of the night, however that also got here in at simply 54 strikes. On common, it took Carlsen solely 37 turns to win every sport of the occasion. The final win, in opposition to Xiong, got here in slightly below that mark at 33. Carlsen already led the event by 1.5 factors getting into the spherical, so he may chase perfection with out risking his event standing—one thing that has often stopped different gamers who began on 10/10.
Beneath you possibly can get pleasure from all 11 of Carlsen’s victories so as, together with these ultimate victories in opposition to Tang and Xiong:
Along with his quick begin, Andreikin completed in sole second place on 9.5 factors. 4 gamers tied for third on 9 factors, together with GM Sam Shankland, who performed Carlsen’s shortest sport of the occasion (simply 14 strikes after a tactical oversight) however recovered to complete fifth after the tiebreak calculations. GM Adhiban Baskaran and Naroditsky completed forward of him.
August 6 Titled Tuesday | Late | Last Standings (Prime 20)
| Quantity | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Score | Rating | Tiebreak 1 |
| 1 | 1 | GM | @MagnusCarlsen | Magnus Carlsen | 3319 | 11 | 78.5 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | @FairChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3176 | 9.5 | 81 | |
| 3 | 17 | GM | @fireheart92 | Adhiban Baskaran | 3030 | 9 | 72.5 | |
| 4 | 4 | GM | @DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3093 | 9 | 72.5 | |
| 5 | 24 | GM | @Shankland | Sam Shankland | 2998 | 9 | 71 | |
| 6 | 6 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3118 | 9 | 70 | |
| 7 | 45 | GM | @frederiksvane | Frederik Svane | 2953 | 8.5 | 74.5 | |
| 8 | 11 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3090 | 8.5 | 73.5 | |
| 9 | 2 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3256 | 8.5 | 72.5 | |
| 10 | 12 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3067 | 8.5 | 70.5 | |
| 11 | 7 | GM | @spicycaterpillar | Ray Robson | 3100 | 8.5 | 68.5 | |
| 12 | 21 | GM | @FGHSMN | Bharath Subramaniyam.H | 3007 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 13 | 44 | FM | @FaustinoOro | Faustino Oro | 2938 | 8.5 | 62.5 | |
| 14 | 8 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3091 | 8.5 | 62.5 | |
| 15 | 81 | NM | @amanmuhammethommadov | Amanmuhammet Hommadov | 2811 | 8.5 | 62 | |
| 16 | 90 | IM | @Zurability | Zurab Javakhadze | 2776 | 8.5 | 58.5 | |
| 17 | 27 | GM | @DrVelja | Velimir Ivic | 2980 | 8 | 79.5 | |
| 18 | 20 | GM | @penguingm1 | Andrew Tang | 3012 | 8 | 75 | |
| 19 | 52 | GM | @rednova1729 | Awonder Liang | 2875 | 8 | 62.5 | |
| 20 | 28 | IM | @Kacparov | Kacper Drozdowski | 2950 | 8 | 60 | |
| 45 | 194 | IM | @zajka-molotok | Yuliia Osmak | 2634 | 7.5 | 53 |
(Full ultimate standings right here.)
Carlsen earned $1,000 for his gorgeous efficiency. Andreikin took dwelling $750. Adhiban received $350, Naroditsky $200, and Shankland $100. Ukrainian IM Yuliia Osmak received the $100 girls’s prize with 7.5 factors.
Early Match
With 706 gamers competing earlier within the day, nobody may know that later occasions would eclipse their efforts. Whereas afterward, two gamers would begin 7/7, solely GM Matthias Bluebaum did so within the early event, however he would ultimately fall out of the highest 20.
His loss was Nakamura’s achieve, because it was Hikaru who delivered Bluebaum’s first loss. The win gave Nakamura a 7.5/8 begin after he had solely made a attract spherical three.
Nakamura didn’t maintain the momentum, nevertheless, and was defeated within the ninth spherical by Andreikin, who, by the best way, did not simply end high 5 within the late event. An early piece sacrifice right here quickly compelled Nakamura to half along with his queen and helped Andreikin in the end take third place within the ultimate standings.
However not second place, which belonged in the long run to Naroditsky by half a tiebreak level. Naroditsky defeated IM Balazs Csonka in a really simple sport within the tenth spherical (beneath). Then a draw with Andreikin within the eleventh was sufficient.
Nakamura’s ninth-round loss was his ultimate setback, nevertheless, and wins within the ultimate two rounds in opposition to GMs Levon Aronian and Vladislav Kovalev in the end delivered him the event.
August 6 Titled Tuesday | Early | Last Standings (Prime 20)
| Quantity | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Score | Rating | Tiebreak 1 |
| 1 | 2 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3261 | 9.5 | 80 | |
| 2 | 7 | GM | @DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3136 | 9.5 | 74 | |
| 3 | 5 | GM | @FairChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3157 | 9.5 | 73.5 | |
| 4 | 10 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3083 | 9.5 | 69.5 | |
| 5 | 15 | GM | @Salem-AR | Salem AR Saleh | 3024 | 9 | 75 | |
| 6 | 18 | GM | @LevonAronian | Levon Aronian | 3022 | 9 | 72.5 | |
| 7 | 21 | GM | @Zhigalko_Sergei | Sergei Zhigalko | 2999 | 9 | 67.5 | |
| 8 | 124 | IM | @CSB7 | Balázs Csonka | 2795 | 9 | 65.5 | |
| 9 | 13 | GM | @GM_dmitrij | Dmitrij Kollars | 3032 | 9 | 61.5 | |
| 10 | 68 | GM | @crescentmoon2411 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2912 | 8.5 | 75.5 | |
| 11 | 11 | GM | @wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 3065 | 8.5 | 75.5 | |
| 12 | 12 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3048 | 8.5 | 71 | |
| 13 | 25 | GM | @Shankland | Sam Shankland | 2975 | 8.5 | 70 | |
| 14 | 545 | FM | @npaipal | Nikolaos Poupalos | 2397 | 8.5 | 68.5 | |
| 15 | 77 | GM | @vladislavkovalev | Vladislav Kovalev | 2885 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 16 | 54 | GM | @nrvignesh | Vignesh N.R | 2892 | 8.5 | 66.5 | |
| 17 | 49 | IM | @MatthewG-p4p | Matvey Galchenko | 2912 | 8.5 | 65.5 | |
| 18 | 42 | IM | @Rsnr | Arsene Kukhmazov | 2921 | 8.5 | 62 | |
| 19 | 34 | IM | @Reader777 | Learn Samadov | 2932 | 8.5 | 61.5 | |
| 20 | 80 | FM | @1800_strength | Dachey Lin | 2872 | 8 | 76 | |
| 58 | 140 | GM | @Goryachkina | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2724 | 7.5 | 53 |
(Full ultimate standings right here.)
Nakamura received $1,000 for his efforts, whereas Naroditsky took dwelling $750, Andreikin $350, and Xiong settled for $200 (Andreikin and Naroditsky would find yourself with each day totals of $1,100 and $950, respectively, after their performances afterward.) The $100 prizes went to GM Salem Saleh in fifth place and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina with the very best rating, 7.5 factors, among the many girls who performed.
Titled Cup Standings
Unsurprisingly, Carlsen gained a number of factors within the Titled Cup standings this week, and he jumped into second place by 1.5 factors. Andreikin’s day introduced him into fifth.
However the girls’s standings are actually getting absurdly shut (if not fairly as shut because the Olympic 100 meters). GM Alexandra Kosteniuk nonetheless leads, however massive days for Goryachkina and GM Polina Shuvalova imply {that a} meager half-point is all that presently separates first from third.
Open
| # | Username | Rating | Participant |
| 1 | @Hikaru | 198.5 | GM Hikaru Nakamura |
| 2 | @MagnusCarlsen | 186.5 | GM Magnus Carlsen |
| 3 | @Polish_fighter3000 | 185.0 | GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
| 4 | @mishanick | 184.5 | GM Alexey Sarana |
| 5 | @FairChess_on_YouTube | 183.0 | GM Dmitry Andreikin |
Ladies
| # | Username | Rating | Participant |
| 1 | @ChessQueen | 141.0 | GM Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| 2-t | @Goryachkina | 140.5 | GM Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| 2-t | @Flawless_Fighter | 140.5 | IM Polina Shuvalova |
| 4 | @Meri-Arabidze | 137.5 | IM Meri Arabidze |
| 5 | @karinachess1 | 135.5 | IM Karina Ambartsumova |
Different Class Leaders
Juniors: GM Denis Lazavik (182.0 factors)
Seniors: GM Gata Kamsky (168.5 factors)
Women: WCM Veronika Shubenkova (115.0 factors)
The Titled Cup fantasy sport Chess Prophet continues as properly. Present standings might be discovered right here. (Login required.)
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly event for titled gamers, with two tournaments held every Tuesday. The primary event begins at 11:00 a.m. Jap Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Commonplace Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Jap Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Commonplace Time (subsequent day).
