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Magnus Wins Second Straight Late Tuesday

Magnus Wins Second Straight Late Tuesday

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GM Bogdan Daniel Deac and GM Magnus Carlsen took home the Titled Tuesday first-place prizes on April 15 (it may have been tax day in the United States, but they're not due in either Romania or Norway yet). Both players scored 10 points, although Deac needed tiebreaks to win out over GM Anton Korobov. Meanwhile, it was Carlsen's second straight late tournament victory following a perfect 11/11 performance last week.

Early Tournament

The last players to have won every game don't necessarily always have the best final performances in Titled Tuesday, but in this field of 556, Deac and Korobov both ended up on 7/7. An uneventful 33-move draw kept them tied after eight rounds, and then they both won again in the ninth round, Deac against last week's early winner, GM Nihal Sarin, and Korobov against GM Alireza Firouzja. 

A glimmer of separation finally came in the 10th round when Deac drew with GM Denis Lazavik while Korobov won against GM Vasif Durarbayli.

That put Korobov in the proverbial driver's seat, but it wouldn't last, as he could not break through against GM Daniel Naroditsky in the final round. Deac, however, was able to knock off GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and rejoin Korobov at the top of the standings.

Deac and Korobov performed so strongly that no one else really had a chance to take control of the event. Korobov's last-round draw, in fact, was enough to clinch a share of first place, even though it didn't work out for him to take the tie-broken first place.

Left behind the top two was an even bigger, seven-way tie on nine points. GM Alexei Sarana, despite falling to Korobov as part of a two-game losing streak in rounds seven and eight, took third place on the tiebreaks ahead of Lazavik, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and others, while WIM Margarita Potapova won her second straight early tournament women's prize.

April 15 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

Rank Seed Fed Title Username Name Rating Score Tiebreak 1
1 28 GM @BogdanDeac Bogdan Daniel Deac 3088 10 77.5
2 27 GM @GOGIEFF Anton Korobov 3090 10 73
3 12 GM @mishanick Aleksei Sarana 3120 9 79.5
4 5 GM @DenLaz Denis Lazavik 3195 9 78
5 8 GM @Polish_fighter3000 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3141 9 77
6 15 GM @legendisback1 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 3093 9 74.5
7 35 GM @Durarbayli Vasif Durarbayli 3044 9 73
8 9 GM @DanielNaroditsky Daniel Naroditsky 3131 9 71.5
9 4 GM @nihalsarin Nihal Sarin 3210 9 71
10 46 GM @Sam_ChessMood Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 3026 8.5 73.5
11 13 GM @Bigfish1995 Vladimir Fedoseev 3102 8.5 73
12 59 GM @Zhigalko_Sergei Sergei Zhigalko 2970 8.5 70.5
13 1 GM @Hikaru Hikaru Nakamura 3300 8.5 68.5
14 36 GM @xiaotong2008 Xiao Tong 3027 8.5 68.5
15 78 GM @crescentmoon2411 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2937 8.5 68
16 11 GM @Sargsyan_Shant Shant Sargsyan 3106 8 78
17 17 GM @Grandelicious Nils Grandelius 3075 8 76
18 64 GM @MetiForce Mahdi Gholami Orimi 2964 8 75.5
19 51 GM @FGHSMN Bharath Subramaniyam 3010 8 73
20 16 GM @wonderfultime Tuan Minh Le 3073 8 73
63 159 WIM @PotapovaM Margarita Potapova 2737 7 62.5

(Full final standings.)

Prizes: Deac $1,000, Korobov $750, Sarana $350, Lazavik $200, Duda $100, Potapova $100.

Late Tournament

Carlsen also began 7/7 on his way to a 10-point score, but in this event, he was the only player to do that out of 341. After that start, Carlsen made two straight draws, against Duda and GM Hikaru Nakamura, which allowed GM Etienne Bacrot to catch up in the standings. Carlsen had already defeated Bacrot back in round three.

In the 10th round, Carlsen instead played GM Benjamin Bok, while Bacrot faced off against Nakamura. Nakamura defeated Bacrot while Carlsen took out Bok.

That combination of events put Carlsen back in the sole lead on 9/10, with Duda, Nakamura, and IM Renato Terry behind him on 8.5/10. Carlsen put the tournament out of reach with a win over Terry, leaving Duda and Nakamura to fight for second place. Duda would end up in that position after scoring his 42nd Chess.com win versus Nakamura (against 105 losses).

Bacrot and Nakamura were still able to finish in paid positions, but GM Shant Sargsyan took third place ahead of them. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina won the women's prize.

April 15 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

Rank Seed Fed Title Username Name Rating Score Tiebreak 1
1 2 GM @MagnusCarlsen Magnus Carlsen 3290 10 75
2 6 GM @Polish_fighter3000 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3171 9.5 71
3 13 GM @Sargsyan_Shant Shant Sargsyan 3129 9 70.5
4 43 GM @baki83 Etienne Bacrot 2986 9 65
5 1 GM @Hikaru Hikaru Nakamura 3293 8.5 77
6 33 GM @SantoBlue Vahap Sanal 3019 8.5 66
7 22 IM @MITerryble Renato Terry 3062 8.5 66
8 10 GM @LiemLe Liem Le 3110 8.5 64.5
9 4 GM @DenLaz Denis Lazavik 3183 8.5 59.5
10 20 GM @Volodar_Murzin Volodar Murzin 3070 8 70.5
11 18 GM @Oleksandr_Bortnyk Oleksandr Bortnyk 3067 8 70
12 8 GM @DanielNaroditsky Daniel Naroditsky 3136 8 67
13 9 GM @mishanick Aleksei Sarana 3117 8 66
14 40 GM @jcibarra José Carlos Ibarra Jerez 2961 8 62
15 29 IM @MatthewG-p4p Matvey Galchenko 3021 8 56
16 89 GM @kachsona Nikolozi Kacharava 2788 8 55
17 272 FM @bubeliang Havard Haug 2904 8 43
18 21 GM @GMBenjaminBok Benjamin Bok 3067 7.5 70
19 57 GM @PeacefulWarrior888 Arman Mikaelyan 2907 7.5 69
20 109 CM @behzsa Behzad Salimiyan 2756 7.5 64.5
53 85 GM @Goryachkina Aleksandra Goryachkina 2778 6.5 54

(Full final standings.)

Prizes: Carlsen $1,000, Duda $750 (daily total: $850), Sargsyan $350, Bacrot $200, Nakamura $100, Goryachkina $100. 

Grand Prix Standings

Carlsen now has a pretty significant lead in the Titled Tuesday Grand Prix, while Duda moved into the top eight.

Rk Username Score Title Name
1 @MagnusCarlsen 95.5 GM Magnus Carlsen
2 @Hikaru 94.0 GM Hikaru Nakamura
3 @DenLaz 92.5 GM Denis Lazavik
4 @LiemLe 91.5 GM Liem Le
5 @Jospem 91.5 GM Jose Martinez
6 @GHANDEEVAM2003 90.5 GM Arjun Erigaisi
7 @Polish_fighter3000 90.5 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda
8 @Oleksandr_Bortnyk 90.5 GM Oleksandr Bortnyk

No real changes to the women's standings.

Rk Username Score Title Name
1 @ChessQueen 74.0 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
2 @Flawless_Fighter 72.0 IM Polina Shuvalova
3 @karinachess1 70.5 IM Karina Ambartsumova
4 @Meri-Arabidze 68.0 IM Meri Arabidze
5 @Sanyura 67.5 WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
6 @jinbojinbo 66.5 GM Jiner Zhu
7 @Fh2411 66.5 IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham
8 @anasta10 64.5 FM Anastasia Avramidou

Seniors (born 1975 or earlier), juniors (born 2009 or later), and girls (born 2005 or later) do not have SCC places on the line, but there will be cash prizes in each of these categories. The current leaders are:

Seniors: GM Alexei Shirov (@AlexeiShirov), 83.0 points

Youth: GM Andy Woodward (@Philippians46), 86.5 points

Girls: WFM Kalyani Sirin (@rollercoaster29), 63.5 points

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).

The next Titled Tuesday to hit 1,000 participants will award prizes to the top 30 players.

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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