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Carlsen, Firouzja Again Share Tuesday Glory

Carlsen, Firouzja Again Share Tuesday Glory

NathanielGreen
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It was a good Titled Tuesday for the greats on October 29, with GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Alireza Firouzja claiming victory, each scoring 10 points and avoiding tiebreaks in their win.

The two stars also won Titled Tuesday back on July 30 (in the opposite order). Carlsen now has 11 tournament victories this year, second-most, and Firouzja five, tied for third-most.


Early Tournament

As the continents continue to disagree on when Daylight Saving Time should end, 664 players found their way to the early tournament on time. There were also some technical issues and so prizes for next week's early tournament will increase.

In the end, Carlsen held a share of the lead through the first eight rounds, then emerged from the ninth round with an outright lead that he would not relinquish. The game that separated him from the pack was a win over GM Benjamin Bok.

Carlsen retained his advantage with a draw in the 10th round against the only player half a point behind him, GM Dmitry Andreikin, which led to a five-way tie for second place entering the final round. None of the five won their last game. Carlsen personally handled GM Liem Le to end up with a full-point tournament victory.

Meanwhile, because no one in the second-place tie won in the last round, the final second and third places went to two players who were outside of that position entering the final round. Firouzja beat FM Artem Bardyk with the unusual Center Game opening, while GM Hikaru Nakamura utilized his pet Modern Defense to neutralize GM David Paravyan.

The difference between the two ended up being the second tiebreak instead of the first tiebreak. Finally, Bok and GM Bogdan Daniel Deac rounded out the top five by drawing each other in the round. For Bok, it was a successful tournament that included a win over Nakamura.

October 29 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number Rk Fed Title Username Name Rating Score Tiebreak 1
1 1 GM @MagnusCarlsen Magnus Carlsen 3310 10 78.5
2 5 GM @Firouzja2003 Alireza Firouzja 3206 9 75
3 2 GM @Hikaru Hikaru Nakamura 3272 9 75
4 30 GM @GMBenjaminBok Benjamin Bok 3032 9 74.5
5 11 GM @BogdanDeac Bogdan Daniel Deac 3103 9 70
6 4 GM @NikoTheodorou Nikolas Theodorou 3193 9 69.5
7 6 GM @DenLaz Denis Lazavik 3157 9 67.5
8 12 GM @FairChess_on_YouTube Dmitry Andreikin 3115 8.5 75.5
9 22 GM @LastGladiator1 Aydin Suleymanli 3044 8.5 72
10 21 GM @LiemLe Liem Le 3050 8.5 70.5
11 7 GM @vi_pranav Pranav V 3105 8.5 69
12 89 FM @BardArtem Artem Bardyk 2887 8.5 67.5
13 34 IM @MITerryble Renato Terry 2999 8.5 66.5
14 53 GM @lilleper1 Jonas Bjerre 2964 8.5 65
15 28 IM @Kacparov Kacper Drozdowski 3010 8.5 63.5
16 48 GM @Sam_ChessMood Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 2902 8.5 61.5
17 13 GM @jefferyx Jeffery Xiong 3070 8.5 57
18 10 GM @wonderfultime Tuan Minh Le 3106 8 71.5
19 26 GM @frederiksvane Frederik Svane 2975 8 69
20 20 GM @dropstoneDP David Paravyan 2960 8 68
42 218 IM @karinachess1 Karina Ambartsumova 2675 7.5 58

(Full final standings here.)

Carlsen won $1,000 in first place. Firouzja took home $750 in second, and he wasn't done. Nakamura won $350 in third, Bok $200 in fourth, and Deac $100 in fifth. IM Karina Ambartsumova won the $100 women's prize, scoring 7.5/11.

Late Tournament

Firouzja got off to an even faster start late, in the field of 513, than Carlsen did early. Firouzja's initial 8/8 run was finally stopped by GM Jeffery Xiong, but that only turned into a small hiccup on Firouzja's path to victory. Both of his final two opponents, GMs Nikolas Theodorou and Matthias Bluebaum, played all the way to checkmate.

While Firouzja was convincingly locking up first place, GM Andrew Hong pulled into outright second place by winning against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda and leapfrogging the Polish star in the standings in the process.

Duda's only previous setback had come when he lost on time in a slightly better position against Firouzja in round eight, and so he was still able to take third place. GMs Raunak Sadhwani and Igor Lysyj also ended up on nine points to round out the top five.

October 29 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number Rk Fed Title Username Name Rating Score Tiebreak 1
1 2 GM @Firouzja2003 Alireza Firouzja 3206 10 69
2 23 GM @SpeedofLight0 Andrew Hong 3010 9.5 73
3 14 GM @Polish_fighter3000 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3059 9 73
4 21 GM @champ2005 Raunak Sadhwani 3021 9 68
5 57 GM @Igor_Lysyj Igor Lysyj 2915 9 67.5
6 11 GM @Msb2 Matthias Bluebaum 3077 8.5 80.5
7 1 GM @NikoTheodorou Nikolas Theodorou 3193 8.5 71
8 6 GM @FairChess_on_YouTube Dmitry Andreikin 3115 8.5 68
9 26 GM @Sargsyan_Shant Shant Sargsyan 2985 8.5 67.5
10 27 GM @rasmussvane Rasmus Svane 2978 8.5 67
11 36 GM @Beca95 Aleksandar Indjic 2942 8.5 66
12 19 GM @Oleksandr_Bortnyk Oleksandr Bortnyk 3005 8.5 64.5
13 7 GM @lachesisQ Ian Nepomniachtchi 3093 8 73.5
14 24 GM @eljanov Pavel Eljanov 2983 8 72
15 10 GM @jefferyx Jeffery Xiong 3070 8 70
16 5 GM @vi_pranav Pranav V 3105 8 67
17 88 NM @Chessgodisback2008 Ethan Sheehan 2803 8 66.5
18 13 GM @GMBenjaminBok Benjamin Bok 3032 8 66
19 30 GM @Zhigalko_Sergei Sergei Zhigalko 2960 8 66
20 28 GM @DrVelja Velimir Ivic 2943 8 65.5
67 213 IM @TatjanaVasilevich Tatjana Vasilevich 2658 7 50.5

(Full final standings here.)

Firouzja won the $1,000 first-place prize and a total of $1,750 adding in his early performance. Hong won $750 in second place. Duda won $350 in third, Raunak $200 in fourth, and Lysyj $100 in fifth, while IM Tatjana Vasilevich won the $100 women's prize.

Titled Cup Standings

Carlsen is making a run at overtaking Nakamura in first place but still has work to do. He currently trails by four points with 18 tournaments to go. Nakamura's top 20 performances currently contain 12 tournaments of 10+ points, while Carlsen has just eight, giving the latter more chances to gain standings points. But enough chances? We just have to watch and see.

Open

# Username Score Player
1 @Hikaru 198.5 GM Hikaru Nakamura
2 @MagnusCarlsen 194.5 GM Magnus Carlsen
3-t @Jospem 187.0 GM Jose Martinez
3-t @jefferyx 187.0 GM Jeffery Xiong
5-t @mishanick 186.5 GM Alexey Sarana
5-t @jefferyx 186.5 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Women

# Username Score Player
1 @Goryachkina 143.5 GM Aleksandra Goryachkina
2-t @Flawless_Fighter 142.0 IM Polina Shuvalova
2-t @ChessQueen 142.0 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
4 @Meri-Arabidze 139.0 IM Karina Ambartsumova
5-t @Meri-Arabidze 138.5 IM Meri Arabidze
5-t @annasargsyan_m 138.5 IM Anna M. Sargsyan

Other Category Leaders

Juniors: GM Denis Lazavik (185.0 points)

Seniors: GM Gata Kamsky (171.0 points)

Girls: WCM Veronika Shubenkova (123.0 points)

The Titled Cup fantasy game Chess Prophet continues as well. Current standings can be found here. (Login required.)

Titled Tuesday


Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly tournament for titled players, with two tournaments held each Tuesday. The first tournament begins at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Standard Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Standard Time (next day).

NathanielGreen
Nathaniel Green

Nathaniel Green is a staff writer for Chess.com who writes articles, player biographies, Titled Tuesday reports, video scripts, and more. He has been playing chess for about 30 years and resides near Washington, DC, USA.

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