Two Titled Tuesday regulars, GMs Denis Lazavik and Oleksandr Bortnyk, gained the occasion on July 23. For Lazavik, it was his third of the 12 months, and his first ever with a rating of 10.5 factors. Bortnyk, who as soon as scored an ideal 9/9 again when the event was solely 9 rounds, gained his second of the 12 months, scoring 10 factors. In a rarity, neither participant required tiebreaks.
I gained Titled Tuesday , most likely my greatest consequence ever , 10 of 11 beat Magnus and Hikaru !! Thanks all who cheered for me 🙂 See you all tomorrow on Area Kings 🙂
— Oleksandr Bortnyk (@BortnykChess) July 23, 2024
Early Match
A subject of 680 gamers within the early subject couldn’t cease Lazavik, whose solely semi-setback got here early, a fifth-round draw in opposition to GM Jaime Santos. It was the truth is GM Andrey Esipenko who was the final participant with an ideal rating, however his 7/7 begin got here to an finish in opposition to Lazavik after Esipenko dropped a pawn early on.
Lazavik gained the outright lead within the subsequent spherical after beating GM Denis Kadric, and by no means seemed again—all of the extra spectacular on condition that his ultimate two obstacles had been GMs Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura. A win for Nakamura would have resulted in chaos atop the standings, however Lazavik got here out of a protracted, early-middlegame sequence a pawn forward, then saved profitable pawns to show a rook-and-opposite-colored-bishop ending into a comparatively easy win.
Esipenko, who held a draw in opposition to Nakamura within the ninth spherical, gained within the final two rounds to retain second place, the latter of those victories coming in opposition to IM Ryo Chen (the under-10 ChessKid Youth Champion again in 2020).
July 23 Titled Tuesday | Early | Ultimate Standings (High 20)
| Quantity | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Title | Score | Rating | Tiebreak 1 |
| 1 | 4 | GM | @DenLaz | Denis Lazavik | 3170 | 10.5 | 76.5 | |
| 2 | 31 | GM | @Andreikka | Andrey Esipenko | 3021 | 9.5 | 74.5 | |
| 3 | 22 | IM | @Zohid6 | Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov | 3010 | 9.5 | 64 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | @Firouzja2003 | Alireza Firouzja | 3179 | 9 | 77.5 | |
| 5 | 12 | GM | @lachesisQ | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 3070 | 9 | 70.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3225 | 8.5 | 79 | |
| 7 | 8 | GM | @mishanick | Aleksei Sarana | 3093 | 8.5 | 77 | |
| 8 | 51 | GM | @BillieKimbah | Maxim Matlakov | 2938 | 8.5 | 76 | |
| 9 | 76 | GM | @Kiborg95 | Denis Kadric | 2893 | 8.5 | 76 | |
| 10 | 98 | IM | @chenxiaoyuer | Ryo Chen | 2827 | 8.5 | 74 | |
| 11 | 7 | GM | @Javokhir_Sindarov05 | Javokhir Sindarov | 3108 | 8.5 | 74 | |
| 12 | 15 | GM | @BogdanDeac | Bogdan Daniel Deac | 3053 | 8.5 | 73.5 | |
| 13 | 5 | GM | @FairChess_on_YouTube | Dmitry Andreikin | 3094 | 8.5 | 73 | |
| 14 | 37 | IM | @Kirill_Klukin | Kirill Klukin | 2948 | 8.5 | 72.5 | |
| 15 | 25 | GM | @TigrVShlyape | Gata Kamsky | 2992 | 8.5 | 72 | |
| 16 | 6 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3105 | 8.5 | 72 | |
| 17 | 56 | FM | @Eagle_2019 | Mamedov Edgar | 2896 | 8.5 | 68.5 | |
| 18 | 124 | IM | @Arystanner | Arystanbek Urazayev | 2772 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 19 | 11 | FM | @Prizant_academy | Ivan Zemlyanskii | 3081 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 20 | 36 | GM | @h4parah5 | Jaime Santos Latasa | 2974 | 8.5 | 67 | |
| 79 | 159 | IM | @karinachess1 | Karina Ambartsumova | 2680 | 7 | 62 |
(Full ultimate standings right here.)
Lazavik gained $1,000 for his efforts, whereas Esipenko earned $750 and third-place IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov $350. Firouzja managed fourth place for $200, whereas GM Ian Nepomniachtchi completed fifth for $100, as 16 gamers on 8.5 factors simply missed an opportunity on the prime 5. IM Karina Ambartsumova gained the $100 girls’s prize with seven factors.
Late Match
Bortnyk and GM Nihal Sarin had been the final excellent gamers out of the 545 hopefuls who joined the late event, and they might retain the highest two spots for the remainder of the event as effectively.
In actual fact, they might stay tied till the very finish, when Nihal made a draw with GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac within the ultimate spherical whereas Bortnyk toppled GM Dmitrij Kollars. Like Lazavik in opposition to Nakamura earlier, Bortnyk had sufficient pawns to render the drawish opposite-colored bishops moot.
One purpose Bortnyk and Nihal constantly shared the lead for the primary 10 rounds was their success in opposition to the eventual third-place finisher, some grandmaster by the identify of Magnus Carlsen. Bortnyk defeated him within the seventh spherical…
… after which Nihal gained their ninth-round matchup. Carlsen performed each openings in an uncommon method, as he typically does in blitz video games, with 1.e4 c5 2.Be2 in opposition to Bortnyk and 1.h3 in opposition to Nihal.
After beating Esipenko with comparatively regular opening strikes, Carlsen acquired GM Mikhail Demidov as his final-round opponent and double-fianchettoed for the win with Black and a third-place end.
GM Jeffery Xiong and Nakamura rounded out the highest 5 after beating GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Arjun Erigaisi, respectively.
July 23 Titled Tuesday | Late | Ultimate Standings (High 20)
| Quantity | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Title | Score | Rating | Tiebreak 1 |
| 1 | 13 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3068 | 10 | 77 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | @nihalsarin | Nihal Sarin | 3201 | 9.5 | 71 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | @MagnusCarlsen | Magnus Carlsen | 3242 | 9 | 82 | |
| 4 | 8 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3089 | 9 | 80.5 | |
| 5 | 2 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3225 | 9 | 76 | |
| 6 | 11 | GM | @BogdanDeac | Bogdan Daniel Deac | 3053 | 9 | 66 | |
| 7 | 19 | GM | @OparinGrigoriy | Grigoriy Oparin | 2993 | 9 | 65 | |
| 8 | 6 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3105 | 9 | 63 | |
| 9 | 41 | GM | @Durarbayli | Vasif Durarbayli | 2927 | 8.5 | 73.5 | |
| 10 | 12 | IM | @MITerryble | Renato Terry | 3022 | 8.5 | 69 | |
| 11 | 7 | GM | @mishanick | Aleksei Sarana | 3093 | 8.5 | 68 | |
| 12 | 14 | GM | @Andreikka | Andrey Esipenko | 3021 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 13 | 10 | GM | @GM_dmitrij | Dmitrij Kollars | 3031 | 8.5 | 64 | |
| 14 | 37 | GM | @baki83 | Etienne Bacrot | 2915 | 8.5 | 63 | |
| 15 | 24 | GM | @Vaathi_Coming | Aravindh Chithambaram | 2963 | 8.5 | 60.5 | |
| 16 | 9 | GM | @GHANDEEVAM2003 | Arjun Erigaisi | 3067 | 8 | 74 | |
| 17 | 36 | GM | @frederiksvane | Frederik Svane | 2931 | 8 | 73 | |
| 18 | 16 | GM | @dropstoneDP | David Paravyan | 3005 | 8 | 71.5 | |
| 19 | 5 | GM | @DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3103 | 8 | 69.5 | |
| 20 | 15 | GM | @kuli4ik | Mikhail Demidov | 3007 | 8 | 68 | |
| 44 | 155 | IM | @Meri-Arabidze | Meri Arabidze | 2673 | 7.5 | 58.5 |
(Full ultimate standings right here.)
Bortnyk gained $1,000 for first place and Nihal $750 for second. Carlsen gained $350, Xiong $200, and Nakamura $100 to spherical out the highest 5, whereas three extra gamers on 9 factors ended up on the skin wanting in resulting from tiebreaks. IM Meri Arabidze gained the $100 girls’s prize, scoring 7.5 factors.
Titled Cup Standings
Carlsen gained a spot, now in fourth, whereas a tie between Lazavik and GM Jose Martinez changed him in fifth. Few adjustments from final week elsewhere.
Open
| # | Username | Rating | Participant |
| 1 | @Hikaru | 198.5 | GM Hikaru Nakamura |
| 2 | @Polish_fighter3000 | 185.0 | GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
| 3 | @mishanick | 184.5 | GM Alexey Sarana |
| 4 | @MagnusCarlsen | 182.5 | GM Magnus Carlsen |
| 5t | @Jospem | 182.0 | GM Jose Martinez |
| 5t | @DenLaz | 182.0 | GM Denis Lazavik |
Ladies
| # | Username | Rating | Participant |
| 1 | @ChessQueen | 140.5 | GM Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| 2 | @Goryachkina | 138.5 | GM Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| 3 | @Flawless_Fighter | 138.0 | IM Polina Shuvalova |
| 3-t | @Meri-Arabidze | 137.5 | IM Meri Arabidze |
| 5 | @karinachess1 | 135.0 | 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)
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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 Customary Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Jap Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Customary Time (subsequent day).
