The latest editions of Titled Tuesday events took place on 9th April on Chess.com.
Polish top player Jan-Krzysztof Duda emerged clear winner of the Early Titled Tuesday with 10/11 points.
GM David Paravyan won the Late Titled Tuesday with the same score 10/11 points, half a point clear of GM Jose Martinez.
Titled Tuesday (TT) is Chess.com’s weekly 11-round Swiss tournament for titled players, occurring twice each Tuesday at 8 a.m. PT and 2 p.m. PT. The time control is 3 min + 1 sec.
The total prize fund for the day is USD 5000, with USD 1000 dedicated to the winner of each event.
The participation was massive, with 675 players in the Early and 458 in the Late event.
Early Titled Tuesday top standings:
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL 3188 – 10
2-3. GM Pranesh M IND 3059 and IM Eray Kilic TUR 2975 – 9.5
4-10. GM Aleksandr Shimanov INT 3060, GM Anish Giri NED 3050, FM Ivan Yeletsky INT 2950, GM Denis Lazavik INT 3119, GM David Paravyan INT 3012, GM Jingyao Tin SGP 2917 and GM David Gavrilescu ROU 2805 – 9
11-17. GM Bardiya Daneshvar IRI 2933, GM Valery Kazakouski LTU 2925, GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez ESP 2947, GM Rasmus Svane GER 2894, GM Leinier Dominguez Perez USA 2937, GM Tuan Minh Le VIE 2992 and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ARM 2960 – 8.5
18-38. GM Alvar Alonso Rosell ESP 2871, GM Alan Pichot ESP 2933, FM Sina Movahed IRI 3050, GM Sergei Zhigalko INT 2893, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk USA 3072, GM Alexander Grischuk INT 3081, GM Jose Martinez MEX 3009, GM Sam Shankland USA 2895, GM Cristobal Henriquez CHL 2914, GM Velimir Ivic SRB 2981, GM Aleksei Sarana SRB 3054, GM Jaime Santos Latasa ESP 3001, GM Iniyan P IND 2876, IM Pavel Shkapenko INT 2715, GM Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2916, FM Ilan Schnaider ARG 2806, GM Abhimanyu Puranik IND 2904, IM Ruben Gideon Kellner GER 2765, IM Seo Jungmin SWE 2876, GM Andrew Hong USA 3062 and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk INT 2761 – 8 etc
In the Late TT GM David Paravyan started a bit slow with two draws in early rounds, but a furious finish of 7 consecutive wins propelled him to the top of the table. GM Jose Martinez, aka Jospem, finished clear second with 9,5 points. Magnus Carlsen finished in the group of players with 9 points each. Carlsen lost to Benjamin Bok and to Jose Martinez.
Late Titled Tuesday top standings:
- GM David Paravyan INT 3058 – 10
- GM Jose Martinez MEX 3054 – 9.5
3-7. GM Dmitry Andreikin INT 3077, GM Liem Le VIE 3042, GM Andrew Hong USA 3086, GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 3212 and GM Steven Zierk USA 2903 – 9
8-11. GM Bogdan Daniel Deac ROU 3093, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL 3182, GM Gata Kamsky USA 2948 and GM Alexei Shirov ESP 2842 – 8.5
12-24. GM Benjamin Bok NED 3010, GM Conrad Holt USA 2909, GM Hrant Melkumyan ARM 2929, GM Cristobal Henriquez CHL 2924, GM Sanan Sjugirov HUN 3009, GM Alexander Grischuk INT 3071, GM Kayden Troff USA 2876, GM Aleksei Sarana SRB 3043, GM Aryan Tari NOR 2916, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ARM 2955, IM Rudik Makarian INT 3019, GM Sergey Grigoriants HUN 2954 and GM Valery Kazakouski LTU 2921 – 8
25-38. GM Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2924, GM Sergei Zhigalko INT 2890, GM Sam Sevian USA 3087, GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez ESP 2931, IM Polina Shuvalova INT 2815, GM Andrey Gorovets USA 2786, FM Igor L. Vakhlamov INT 2872, GM Matthias Bluebaum GER 3028, IM Ramil Faizrakhmanov INT 2884, GM Marcin Krzyanowski POL 2819, GM Miguel Munoz ESP 2696, FM Francisco Fiorito ARG 2759, IM Licael Ticona BOL 2662 and CM Stephen Willy USA 2595 – 7.5
