Titled Cup Tuesday 2024 | José Martínez preyed on everyone. Not even Magnus Carlsen survived
Title Tuesday 2024 | April 09, 2024 [Early]
GM José Martínez finishes off with a slow start in the early edition of this week's Titled Tuesday as he shared 5th rank with some strong GM players such as Shankland, Hong, Bortnyk, and many more. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda takes the lead amassing ten [10] points with eight [8] wins and two [2] draws without any single losses.
Title Tuesday 2024 | April 09, 2024 [Late]
GM José Martínez bulldozes the recent Title Tuesday as he plow victories against his formidable opponents on the late edition. Garnering a score of nine and a half [9.5] out of eleven [11] matches, He earned his spot as 2nd placer. Without a single loss and a few draws, Jose Martinez really put up an effort defeating known World Top Chess Players.
GM Magnus vs. GM Martínez
On the late round of the game of April 09, 2024, Martínez faced the G.O.A.T Magnus Carlsen himself, leading to a majestic yet full of chaos match. As they play the Modern Sicilian (Martínez playing as White, and Magnus playing as Black), Magnus really had a hard time to strategize and counterattack as José Martínez is quite familiar on this opening. As the game progressed, Magnus missed his opportunity to win the game which resulted to a back-to-back brilliancies of Martinez. By the end of the game, Magnus loses hope and resigned. José Martínez completely outperformed Magnus having a 92.6 accuracy.
Title Cup Standings
There were effectively no changes this week as GMs Hikaru Nakamura (open), Aleksandra Goryachkina (women), Lazavik (juniors), Gata Kamsky (seniors), and WCM Veronika Shubenkova (girls) continue to lead their sections.
