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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 twice each Tuesday since February 1, 2022 at 8 a.m. PT/17:00 CET and 2 p.m. PT/23:00 CET. 

GM Hikaru Nakamura has won the most Titled Tuesday events since October 20, 2020, with 83 total victories. GM Magnus Carlsen has the second-most with 22.

Schedule

Since February 1, 2022, Titled Tuesday occurs every Tuesday at 8 a.m. Pacific and then again at 2 p.m.

Tournament Los Angeles New York Paris Mumbai
1st Tournament 8 a.m. 11 a.m. 17:00 21:30
2nd Tournament 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 23:00 3:30
Note: These are the standard times. Be alert to changes due to Daylight Saving in March and November as North America 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 3+1 Blitz
Tiebreaks Buchholz Cut 1
Breaks After rounds 4 & 8
Approx. Duration 150 minutes (2 hours 30 minutes)

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 $200
5th $100
Highest female player $100
Total (tournament) $2,500
Total (week) $5,000

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. On and after February 1, 2022, two tournaments are 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.

Starting January 2, 2024, there will also be cumulative annual standings and prizes as part of the Titled Cup. Titled Tuesday will also return to the Speed Chess Championship qualification cycle in 2024.

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 (Feb. 1, 2022—present)

Name Wins 2024 Wins
GM Hikaru Nakamura 67 22
GM Magnus Carlsen 24 12
GM Dmitry Andreikin 18 2
GM Alireza Firouzja 14 6
GM Daniil Dubov 12 1
GM Alexey Sarana 11 (1 tie) 4
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 10 3
GM Jose Martinez 10 2
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 9 5
GM Jeffery Xiong 9 4
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7 2
GM Denis Lazavik 7 4
GM Tuan Minh Le 6 2
GM Nihal Sarin 6 1
GM Hans Niemann 5 3
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 5 1
GM Alexander Grischuk 5 0
GM Vladimir Fedoseev 5 0
GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 5 (1 tie) 2
GM David Paravyan 3 1
GM Wesley So 3 0
GM Quang Liem Le 3 0
GM Baadur Jobava 3 0
GM Aram Hakobyan 3 0
GM Christopher Yoo 3 3
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga 2 1
GM Pranav Venkatesh 2 1
GM Kirill Shevchenko 2 1
GM Fabiano Caruana 2 0
GM Dmitrij Kollars 2 0
GM Matthias Bluebaum 2 0
GM Aryan Tari 2 (1 tie) 0
GM Kirill Alekseenko 1 1
GM Anish Giri 1 1
GM Velimir Ivic 1 1
GM Andrew Hong 1 1
GM Kacper Piorun 1 1
GM Vladislav Kovalev 1 1
GM Awonder Liang 1 1
GM Javokhir Sindarov 1 1
GM Jaime Santos Latasa 1 1
GM Frederik Svane 1 1
GM Nikolas Theodoru 1 1
GM Volodymyr Onyshchuk 1 1
GM Vladimir Kramnik 1 0
GM Levon Aronian 1 0
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1 0
GM Arjun Erigaisi 1 0
GM Sam Shankland 1 0
GM Daniel Naroditsky 1 0
GM Parham Maghsoodloo 1 0
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1 0
GM Gata Kamsky 1 0
GM Anton Korobov 1 0
GM Dariusz Swiercz 1 0
GM Salem Saleh 1 0
GM Raunak Sadhwani 1 0
GM Maxim Matlakov 1 0
GM Conrad Holt 1 0
GM Pranesh M 1 0
GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy 1 0
GM Vugar Rasulov 1 0
GM Sergey Drygalov 1 0
GM Abtin Atakhan 1 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 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

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

Results

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:

  • Early UnTitled Tuesday: 1:30 p.m. ET / 19:30 CEST / 11 p.m. IST
  • Late UnTitled Tuesday: 7:30 p.m. ET / 01:30 CEST (next day) / 5 a.m. IST (next day)
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