Christopher Yoo and Aleksei Sarana win Early/Late Titled Tuesday

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The latest editions of Titled Tuesday events took place on 30th April on Chess.com.

American star the 17-years old Christopher Yoo emerged clear winner of the Early Titled Tuesday with 10/11 points.

Triple European champion from 2023 Aleksei Sarana won the Late Titled Tuesday with 10/11 points, leaving the second placed GM Jeffery Xiong half a point behind.

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 681 players in the Early and 549 in the Late event.

In the Early TT Christopher Yoo started strong with 6 consecutive wins before drawing Jan-Krzysztof Duda and later Aleksei Sarana. In the final round he clinched the top place with a win over Jose Martinez.

Early Titled Tuesday top standings:

1. GM Christopher Woojin Yoo USA 3022 – 10
2. GM Dmitry Andreikin INT 3076 – 9.5
   3-8. GM Vugar Rasulov AZE 2962, GM Alexander Grischuk INT 3098, GM Aravindh Chithambaram IND 2897, GM Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2960, GM Vasif Durarbayli AZE 2938 and GM Aram Hakobyan ARM 3098 – 9
   9-18. GM Jose Martinez MEX 3109 8.5, GM Benjamin Bok NED 3019, GM Bogdan Daniel Deac ROU 3090, GM Aleksei Sarana SRB 3137, GM Jeffery Xiong USA 3121, GM Hans Niemann USA 3162, GM Yuniesky Quesada USA 2886, GM Abhimanyu Puranik IND 2977, IM Harshavardhan GB IND 2816 and GM Mamikon Gharibyan ARM 2896 – 8.5
   19-37. GM Tuan Minh Le VIE 3026, GM Alireza Firouzja FRA 3125, GM Andrey Gorovets USA 2779, GM Mitrabha Guha IND 3014, IM Bakhtiyar Askarov KAZ 2768, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ARM 2939, GM Nitzan Steinberg ISR 2914, GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen NOR 2839, GM Pranav V IND 3038, FM Moritz Weishautel GER 2747, GM Rasmus Svane GER 2944, GM Paulius Pultinevicius LTU 2843, GM Zbigniew Pakleza POL 2825, IM Bojan Maksimovic BIH 2937, GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 3180, FM Vjacheslav Weetik INT 2753, IM Fiorito Joaquin ARG 2744, NM Qingyu Yuan CHN 2759 and FM Tykhon Cherniaiev UKR 2873 – 8 etc

In the Late TT Aleksei Sarana conceded an early round 6 draw against IM Renato Terry. A pair of wins followed with a draw against 2nd-placed Jeffery Xiong. Last two rounds and victories against Bogdan Daniel Deac and Hrant Melkumyan were decisive to secure Sarana the top prize.

Late Titled Tuesday top standings:

1. GM Aleksei Sarana SRB 3137 – 10
2. GM Jeffery Xiong USA 3121 – 9.5
   3-7. GM Bogdan Daniel Deac ROU 3090, GM Andrew Tang USA 2911, GM Aram Hakobyan ARM 3098, GM Christopher Woojin Yoo USA 3022 and GM Vasif Durarbayli AZE 2938 – 9
   8-16. GM Aleksandr Shimanov INT 3039, IM Renato Terry PER 3037, GM Dmitrij Kollars GER 2990, GM Velimir Ivic SRB 2970, GM Matthias Bluebaum GER 3030, FM Alex Sahakyan ARM 2853, GM Fabiano Caruana USA 3082, FM Havard Haug NOR 2848 and GM Hrant Melkumyan ARM 2968 – 8.5
   17-31. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 3114, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL 3087, GM Leinier Dominguez Perez USA 2970, GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez ESP 3000, GM Sam Shankland USA 2947, GM Gata Kamsky USA 2944, IM Carlos Jose Pinero Rodriguez VEN 2740, GM Rasmus Svane GER 2944, GM Alexei Shirov ESP 2839, GM David Paravyan INT 2996, GM Grigoriy Oparin USA 2977, IM Bojan Maksimovic BIH 2937, CM Matfey Rogov INT 2651, FM Tuna Ozates TUR 2653 and GM Sanan Sjugirov HUN 2991 – 8 etc