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Titled Tuesday: All The Information

Titled Tuesday: All The Information

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Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly 11-round Swiss tournament for titled players, occurring every Tuesday. The events start at 17:00 CEST. You can learn more about the current Titled Tuesday season on our dedicated Events page.

GM Hikaru Nakamura has won the most Titled Tuesday events since October 20, 2020, with 91 total victories. GM Magnus Carlsen has the second-most with 40.

Schedule

Titled Tuesday occurs every Tuesday starting at 17:00 CEST. Please note that the event's schedule will always follow the Central European time zone.

Tournament Los Angeles New York Paris Mumbai
1st Tournament 8 a.m. 11 a.m. 17:00 21:30
Note: These are the standard times. Be alert to changes due to Daylight Saving in March and November as the Americas and Europe change the clocks on different dates. Additionally, during this period, the events begin an hour earlier than the listed time in India.

Format

The format is as follows:

Titled Tuesday
Format Swiss
Rounds 11
Time Control 5+0 blitz
Tiebreaks Buchholz Cut 1
Breaks After rounds 4 & 8
Approx. Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)

Note For Titled Players

Titled Tuesday requires all players to have their full legal name in their Chess.com profile. Anonymous titled player accounts or accounts found to be using a fake name will not be eligible to win prizes during the event and may be removed from the tournament without notice.

All players must also abide by all rules and site policies found at Chess.com/legal/user-agreement and cooperate fully with Chess.com's fair play detection team. Participants should be prepared to join a Zoom call for proctoring at the arbiter's discretion, and this request may be made between rounds via direct chat in live chess by a Chess.com staff member.

Prize Fund

Place Prize
1st $1,000
2nd $750
3rd $350
4th $250
5th $150
6th $100
Top woman $100
Top streamer (x3) $100
Total (week) $3,000

Titled Tuesday Prizes

History And Records

Titled Tuesday debuted on December 30, 2014 as a monthly nine-round event. It became a weekly tournament on April 7, 2020 and permanently expanded to its current length of 11 rounds on October 20, 2020. From February 1, 2022 through August 26, 2025, two tournaments were offered each week.

From June 2 through October 13, 2020, Titled Tuesday was part of the Speed Chess Championship qualification cycle and included a knockout section. In 2024, Titled Tuesday was part of the Titled Cup and Speed Chess Championship qualification cycle.

On September 2, 2025, the time control changed from 3+1 to 5+0 as Titled Tuesday became part of the Champions Chess Tour and Esports World Cup cycle.

Most Wins

11-Round Single-Tournament Era (Oct 20, 2020—Jan 25, 2022)

Name Wins
GM Hikaru Nakamura 16
GM Jeffery Xiong 6
GM Vladislav Artemiev 4
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3
GM Alireza Firouzja 2
GM Rustam Khusnutdinov 2
GM Tuan Minh Le 2
GM Alexey Sarana 2

Double-Tournament Era And Beyond (Feb. 1, 2022—present)

Name Wins 2025 Wins 2024 Wins
GM Hikaru Nakamura 75 8 22
GM Magnus Carlsen 40 15 13
GM Dmitry Andreikin 19 1 2
GM Alireza Firouzja 18 4 6
GM Alexey Sarana 16 (1 tie) 5 4
GM Daniil Dubov 12 0 1
GM Jose Martinez 12 1 3
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 11 1 3
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 10 1 5
GM Denis Lazavik 10 4 4
GM Hans Niemann 10 5 3
GM Jeffery Xiong 9 0 4
GM Nihal Sarin 8 2 1
GM Tuan Minh Le 8 2 2
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7 0 2
GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 7 (1 tie) 2 2
GM Parham Maghsoodloo 7 5 1
GM Liem Le 6 2 1
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 5 0 1
GM Alexander Grischuk 5 0 0
GM Vladimir Fedoseev 5 0 0
GM Wesley So 4 1 0
GM Pranav Venkatesh 4 2 1
GM Matthias Bluebaum 3 1 0
GM Javokhir Sindarov 3 2 1
GM Arjun Erigaisi 3 2 0
GM David Paravyan 3 0 1
GM Baadur Jobava 3 0 0
GM Aram Hakobyan 3 0 0
GM Christopher Yoo 3 0 3
GM Levon Aronian 2 1 0
GM Vugar Rasulov 2 1 0
GM Salem Saleh 2 1 0
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga 2 0 1
GM Kirill Shevchenko 2 0 1
GM Daniel Naroditsky 2 0 1
GM Fabiano Caruana 2 0 0
GM Dmitrij Kollars 2 0 0
GM Aryan Tari 2 (1 tie) 0 0
GM Grigoriy Oparin 1 1 0
GM Benjamin Bok 1 1 0
GM Mamikon Gharibyan 1 1 0
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 1 1 0
GM Sina Movahed 1 1 0
GM Maksim Chigaev 1 1 0
GM Amin Tabatabaei 1 1 0
GM Kirill Alekseenko 1 0 1
GM Anish Giri 1 0 1
GM Velimir Ivic 1 0 1
GM Andrew Hong 1 0 1
GM Kacper Piorun 1 0 1
GM Vladislav Kovalev 1 0 1
GM Awonder Liang 1 0 1
GM Jaime Santos Latasa 1 0 1
GM Frederik Svane 1 0 1
GM Nikolas Theodoru 1 0 1
GM Volodymyr Onyshchuk 1 0 1
FM Reza Mahdavi 1 0 1
GM Vladimir Kramnik 1 0 0
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1 0 0
GM Sam Shankland 1 0 0
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1 0 0
GM Gata Kamsky 1 0 0
GM Anton Korobov 1 0 0
GM Dariusz Swiercz 1 0 0
GM Raunak Sadhwani 1 0 0
GM Maxim Matlakov 1 0 0
GM Conrad Holt 1 0 0
GM Pranesh M 1 0 0
GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy 1 0 0
GM Sergey Drygalov 1 0 0
GM Abtin Atakhan 1 0 0

Highest Scores

11-Round Era (both Single- and Double-Tournament) (since Oct. 20, 2020)

Player Score Date
GM Hikaru Nakamura 11 8/17/2021
GM Magnus Carlsen 11 7/4/2023
GM Hikaru Nakamura 11 8/22/2023
GM Magnus Carlsen 11 8/6/2024
GM Jose Martinez 11 8/27/2024
GM Liem Le 11 2/4/2025
GM Magnus Carlsen 11 4/8/2025
GM Anton Korobov 10.5 6/22/2021
GM Rustam Khusnutdinov 10.5 9/14/2021
GM Dmitry Andreikin 10.5 8/9/2022
GM Hikaru Nakamura 10.5 10/4/2022
GM Tuan Minh Le 10.5 10/18/2022
GM Fabiano Caruana 10.5 11/15/2022
GM Daniil Dubov 10.5 11/29/2022
GM Fabiano Caruana 10.5 4/11/2023
GM Nihal Sarin 10.5 5/30/2023
GM Jose Martinez 10.5 10/17/2023
GM Magnus Carlsen 10.5 11/21/2023
GM Tuan Minh Le 10.5 2/27/2024
GM Hikaru Nakamura 10.5 2/27/2024
GM Alireza Firouzja 10.5 3/26/2024
GM Hikaru Nakamura 10.5 4/16/2024
GM Hikaru Nakamura 10.5 5/14/2024
GM Alexander Grischuk (2nd place) 10.5 5/14/2024
GM Hikaru Nakamura 10.5 6/11/2024
GM Hikaru Nakamura 10.5 7/9/2024
GM Denis Lazavik 10.5 7/23/2024
GM Magnus Carlsen 10.5 12/24/2024
GM Jose Martinez 10.5 1/7/2025
GM Alireza Firouzja 10.5 1/28/2025
GM Matthias Bluebaum 10.5 2/18/2025
GM Nihal Sarin 10.5 4/8/2025
GM Hans Niemann 10.5 6/10/2025
GM Magnus Carlsen 10.5 6/17/2025
GM Magnus Carlsen 10.5 8/12/2025
GM Magnus Carlsen 10.5 8/19/2025
GM Tuan Minh Le 10.5 8/26/2025
GM Magnus Carlsen 10.5 9/16/2025

Note: GM Oleksandr Bortnyk scored a perfect 9/9 on October 4, 2016.

Sweeps (Won Both Early and Late Titled Tuesday on the same day)

# Player Date Early Score Late Score
1 Hikaru Nakamura 2/1/2022 9.5 9.5
2 Hikaru Nakamura 6/7/2022 10.0 10.0
3 Hikaru Nakamura 9/27/2022 9.5 9.5
4 Hikaru Nakamura 12/20/2022 10.0 10.5
5 Wesley So 2/7/2023 10.0 9.5
6 Hikaru Nakamura 2/14/2023 10.0 9.5
7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7/25/2023 9.5 10.0
8 Alireza Firouzja 8/29/2023 9.5 10.0
9 Jose Martinez 10/17/2023 10.5 9.5
10 Magnus Carlsen 11/7/2023 9.5 10.0
11 Hikaru Nakamura 4/23/2024 10.0 10.0
12 Hikaru Nakamura 5/14/2024 10.5 9.5
13 Hikaru Nakamura 11/12/2024 10.0 10.0
12 Magnus Carlsen 8/19/2025 10.5 10.0

Results

2025 Single Tournaments

2025 Double Tournaments

For 2024 Winners Click Here
For 2023 Winners Click Here
For 2022 Winners Click Here

Untitled Tuesday

While Titled Tuesdays are exclusive for titled players, untitled players from the Chess.com community can play in the Untitled Tuesday community event every week. You can participate by joining our official Community Club. Starting April 2, tournaments will start at the following times:

  • UnTitled Tuesday: 1:30 p.m. ET / 19:30 CEST / 11 p.m. IST
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