It is all the time powerful to cease GM Hikaru Nakamura, nevertheless it’s turning into nigh inconceivable in Titled Tuesday. He swept each tournaments on Could 14, the second time in simply the previous 4 weeks, giving him a complete of 12 victories for the yr when nobody else has greater than three.
In an unprecedented prevalence, a rating of 10.5/11, one mere draw from perfection, was not sufficient to win the early match. Nakamura and GM Alexander Grischuk each scored 10.5 factors, however Nakamura performed the marginally harder schedule and gained on the tiebreak rating, whereas Grischuk was pressured to accept second place. The late match was much less of a doozy, with Nakamura scoring 9.5 factors, however a full level much less was one way or the other ok to win outright this time.
Early Event
In a jumbo jet-sized subject of 747 gamers within the early match, two of them stole the present. Exterior of their attract spherical 9—sure, in opposition to one another—Nakamura and Grischuk each scored an ideal 10/10. When somebody scores 10.5 factors, we do not normally present their draw, particularly a boring 28-move draw, however this one was historic by Titled Tuesday requirements. Stockfish gave Grischuk a marginal edge within the last place, however not sufficient that anybody would blame him for taking the draw.
Nakamura and Grischuk’s full-point lead on everybody else was now half a degree, so neither participant may let up, and neither participant did. In spherical 10, Nakamura took out GM Tuan Minh Le in 50 strikes with 11 seconds on his clock, then Grischuk saved tempo by beating GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in 60 strikes with simply three seconds to go.
Certainly the eleventh spherical would now be decisive, sure? On no account. Nakamura would face GM Anish Giri, who was nonetheless solely a half-point behind the leaders, which means a win for Giri would have him leapfrog Nakamura within the standings. Grischuk, in the meantime, confronted GM Matthias Bluebaum, for whom a win would tie Grischuk within the standings.
However, after all, Nakamura and Grischuk each gained once more. Nakamura did so first, avoiding Giri’s doubtless Najdorf Sicilian with 4.Qxd4, profitable a pawn on transfer 19, then giving it again on transfer 43 however profitable simply 13 strikes later as his related handed pawns on the queenside started to march.
Chat was hype, we have been combating for first place till the top. Obtained to play Alireza and Hikaru!
Completed 4th, taking a prize for the third day trip of 10 consecutive TT streams this yr.Fascinating
— Anish Giri (@anishgiri) Could 14, 2024
Grischuk, in the meantime, obtained right into a slugfest with Bluebaum that lasted 116 strikes, though some bitter-end combating from Bluebaum lengthened the proceedings. In line with the tablebase, Grischuk was profitable from transfer 63 onward, and had a number of avenues to victory on each flip (with the formal exception of capturing the bishop on transfer 101).
Sadly, for Grischuk, it wasn’t sufficient. Primarily based on the tiebreak system, the actual fact he was going through a participant on 8.5 factors within the last spherical, whereas Nakamura obtained one on 9 factors, was already a foul signal. However, ending in second place with a 95% rating is one solution to hit the report books.
Could 14 Titled Tuesday | Early | Closing Standings (Prime 20)
| Quantity | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Title | Score | Rating | Tiebreak 1 |
| 1 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3235 | 10.5 | 80.5 | |
| 2 | 4 | GM | @Grischuk | Alexander Grischuk | 3140 | 10.5 | 77 | |
| 3 | 20 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3017 | 9.5 | 67 | |
| 4 | 17 | GM | @AnishOnYoutube | Anish Giri | 3038 | 9 | 74 | |
| 5 | 39 | FM | @snowlord | Ivan Yeletsky | 2959 | 9 | 74 | |
| 6 | 9 | GM | @wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 3069 | 9 | 73.5 | |
| 7 | 77 | IM | @the_chess_child | Ilamparthi A R | 2911 | 9 | 71 | |
| 8 | 6 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3092 | 9 | 69.5 | |
| 9 | 27 | GM | @rasmussvane | Rasmus Svane | 2984 | 9 | 68 | |
| 10 | 69 | GM | @platy3 | Alan Pichot | 2892 | 9 | 66.5 | |
| 11 | 10 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3069 | 8.5 | 77 | |
| 12 | 3 | GM | @DenLaz | Denis Lazavik | 3110 | 8.5 | 72 | |
| 13 | 5 | GM | @Polish_fighter3000 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 3103 | 8.5 | 71 | |
| 14 | 18 | GM | @ChristopherYoo | Christopher Woojin Yoo | 3002 | 8.5 | 68 | |
| 15 | 22 | GM | @FormerProdigy | David Navara | 2999 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 16 | 15 | GM | @DominguezOnYoutube | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 3022 | 8.5 | 66 | |
| 17 | 16 | GM | @sergoy | Sergey Drygalov | 3011 | 8.5 | 65.5 | |
| 18 | 8 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3047 | 8.5 | 64.5 | |
| 19 | 114 | GM | @chito89 | Axel Bachmann | 2843 | 8.5 | 63 | |
| 20 | 235 | FM | @Hope_6 | Airat Sadubayev | 2695 | 8.5 | 61.5 | |
| 21 | 628 | WFM | @czechbul17 | Patricie Naymanova | 2295 | 8.5 | 56 |
(Full last standings right here.)
Nakamura gained $1,000 whereas Grischuk, unbelievably, needed to accept the second-place prize of $750. GM Jose Martinez completed outright third on 9.5 factors and earned $350. Giri, regardless of his last spherical loss, completed fourth for $200 whereas FM Ivan Yeletzky got here in fifth and earned $100. WFM Patricie Naymanova, seeded 628/747, scored 8.5 factors to complete in a stunning twenty first place, and claimed the $100 ladies’s prize.
Late Event
Mundanity returned for the sphere of 544 within the late match. No sky-high second place scores, simply one other victory for Nakamura. It wasn’t that approach the entire time, with Nakamura struggling a shock loss within the second spherical to FM Lucas Do Valle Cardoso.
From, there, nevertheless, Nakamura scored 8.5/9, solely drawing GM Benjamin Bok in spherical 10. Nakamura’s seven-game profitable streak from video games three by means of 9 included victories over GM Fabiano Caruana in spherical seven and Martinez in spherical 9. Nakamura’s Trompowsky Assault in opposition to Caruana shortly transposed right into a Queen’s Gambit Declined, however the extra acquainted opening floor did not assist cease the Nakamura practice.
Bok did handle to sluggish it down, nevertheless, and the consequence was that GM Daniil Dubov led the match with 9/10 coming into the ultimate spherical, whereas Nakamura, Bok, Caruana, and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda have been tied on 8.5 factors.
It is one other little bit of Nakamura’s satan magic to show that scenario into an outright victory, however certainly he did. It helped, after all, that he had the chance to take Dubov down himself.
From there it was a matter of Caruana and Duda drawing one another in 47 strikes whereas Bok misplaced to Bluebaum. And there you had it, one other Nakamura victory in Titled Tuesday.
Could 14 Titled Tuesday | Late | Closing Standings (Prime 20)
| Quantity | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Title | Score | Rating | Tiebreak 1 |
| 1 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3240 | 9.5 | 71 | |
| 2 | 6 | GM | @Duhless | Daniil Dubov | 3125 | 9 | 77 | |
| 3 | 11 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3086 | 9 | 74 | |
| 4 | 10 | GM | @FabianoCaruana | Fabiano Caruana | 3094 | 9 | 69.5 | |
| 5 | 2 | GM | @MagnusCarlsen | Magnus Carlsen | 3209 | 9 | 67 | |
| 6 | 21 | GM | @ChristopherYoo | Christopher Woojin Yoo | 3016 | 9 | 66.5 | |
| 7 | 22 | GM | @rasmussvane | Rasmus Svane | 2995 | 9 | 65 | |
| 8 | 7 | GM | @Polish_fighter3000 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 3115 | 9 | 63.5 | |
| 9 | 19 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3029 | 9 | 61 | |
| 10 | 15 | GM | @GMBenjaminBok | Benjamin Bok | 3062 | 8.5 | 72 | |
| 11 | 13 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3057 | 8.5 | 70.5 | |
| 12 | 17 | GM | @DominguezOnYoutube | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 3024 | 8.5 | 68.5 | |
| 13 | 14 | GM | @Sanan_Sjugirov | Sanan Sjugirov | 3038 | 8.5 | 63.5 | |
| 14 | 8 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3086 | 8.5 | 62 | |
| 15 | 9 | GM | @FairChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3078 | 8.5 | 58.5 | |
| 16 | 18 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3023 | 8 | 77 | |
| 17 | 64 | FM | @artin10862 | Artin Ashraf | 2903 | 8 | 72.5 | |
| 18 | 62 | IM | @Szparu | Milosz Szpar | 2903 | 8 | 71.5 | |
| 19 | 12 | GM | @LiemLe | Liem Le | 3045 | 8 | 71 | |
| 20 | 29 | GM | @Durarbayli | Vasif Durarbayli | 2948 | 8 | 69 | |
| 38 | 180 | GM | @jinbojinbo | Jiner Zhu | 2678 | 7.5 | 64 |
(Full last standings right here.)
Nakamura gained one other $1,000, for the each day complete of $2,000. Dubov managed to carry second place within the eight-player tie on 9 factors behind Nakamura, incomes $750. Bluebaum completed third for $350, Caruana fourth for $200, and—oh, yeah—GM Magnus Carlsen additionally performed, ending in fifth place for $100. GM Jiner Zhu was the $100 ladies’s prize winner with 7.5 factors.
Titled Cup Standings
We had a change atop the ladies’s standings, with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk scoring eight factors within the early match, her twentieth look of the yr, and changing GM Aleksandra Goryachkina in first place. In the meantime, Nakamura gained two extra factors within the Titled Cup standings, to 194, and it appears inside attain by the top of the yr to common 10 factors in his prime 20 performances.
GM Denis Lazavik continues to guide the juniors, with GM Christopher Yoo 15.5 factors behind however probably being able to make noise down the road; Yoo’s prime scores are already increased however he must match Lazavik’s consistency.
GM Gata Kamsky continues to carry a protected lead amongst seniors, whereas WCM Veronika Shubenkova‘s 27.5-point benefit within the ladies part is the most important of any part chief’s.
Open
| # | Username | Rating | Participant |
| 1 | @Hikaru | 194.0 | GM Hikaru Nakamura |
| 2 | @Polish_fighter3000 | 182.5 | GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
| 3 | @mishanick | 180.5 | GM Alexey Sarana |
| 4 | @Jospem | 178.5 | GM Jose Martinez |
| 5 | @jefferyx | 176.0 | GM Jeffery Xiong |
Girls
| # | Username | Rating | Participant |
| 1 | @ChessQueen | 137.0 | GM Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| 2 | @Goryachkina | 134.5 | GM Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| 3 | @Meri-Arabidze | 130.5 | IM Meri Arabidze |
| 3 | @karinachess1 | 130.5 | IM Karina Ambartsumova |
| 5 | @Sanyura | 121.0 | IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya |
Different Class Leaders
Juniors: GM Denis Lazavik (172.5 factors)
Seniors: GM Gata Kamsky (164.0 factors)
Women: WCM Veronika Shubenkova (102.0 factors)
The Titled Cup fantasy sport Chess Prophet continues as properly. Present standings could be discovered right here. (Login required.)
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly match for titled gamers, with two tournaments held every Tuesday. The primary match begins at 11:00 a.m. Japanese Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Commonplace Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Japanese Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Commonplace Time (subsequent day).
