Decisive Tuesdays Continue As Nakamura Wins Another

NathanielGreen

Nov 6, 2024, 8:35 AM | 6 | Chess Event Coverage

GMs Dmitry Andreikin and GM Hikaru Nakamura are your Titled Tuesday victors from November 5, the second straight week where both winners scored 10 points and neither winner needed the tiebreaks. In the early tournament won by Andreikin, however, there was a ten-way tie for second place.

It was Nakamura's 63rd win since February 2022 and Andreikin's 18th, the most and third-most of anyone in Titled Tuesday.

Early Tournament (Andreikin, 10/11)
Late Tournament (Nakamura, 10/11)
Titled Cup Standings

Early Tournament

Participation rebounded from the 664 last week to 755 this week, with some players certainly attracted by the doubled prize fund. In the end, all of the paid spots were taken by Titled Tuesday regulars.

GM Benjamin Bok was the last perfect player, reaching 7/7, and he kept the sole lead after a draw in round eight with Nakamura but went on to lose his next two games. The main beneficiary was Andreikin, who won his last four games. In round nine, as Bok fell to GM Alireza Firouzja, Andreikin helped create a four-way tie ahead of Bok by defeating GM Sam Shankland.

By the final round, the four-way tie had become a two-horse race between Andreikin and GM Daniel Naroditsky, who co-led on nine points. The tension didn't last long, with Naroditsky conceding defeat after just 21 moves.

The two players who entered that last round on 8.5/10 points, GMs Jose Martinez and Ian Nepomniachtchi, locked up top five positions with an 80-move draw. The highest finisher who won in the last round was third-place GM Denis Lazavik, who needed just 32 moves to checkmate IM Kacper Drozdowski.

November 5 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	Tiebreak 1
1	6		GM	@FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	3150	10	72
2	25		GM	@Jospem	Jose Martinez	3063	9	77.5
3	4		GM	@DenLaz	Denis Lazavik	3170	9	76
4	20		GM	@lachesisQ	Ian Nepomniachtchi	3076	9	74.5
5	3		GM	@Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3295	9	71.5
6	14		GM	@FabianoCaruana	Fabiano Caruana	3095	9	69.5
7	7		GM	@Javokhir_Sindarov05	Javokhir Sindarov	3114	9	69.5
8	1		GM	@MagnusCarlsen	Magnus Carlsen	3306	9	68.5
9	15		GM	@DanielNaroditsky	Daniel Naroditsky	3092	9	68.5
10	86		IM	@AlexTriapishko	Alexandr Triapishko	2908	9	62.5
11	29		GM	@Andreikka	Andrey Esipenko	3035	9	60
12	16		GM	@GMBenjaminBok	Benjamin Bok	3085	8.5	75.5
13	44		GM	@alexrustemov	Alexander Rustemov	2963	8.5	73
14	19		GM	@mishanick	Aleksei Sarana	3059	8.5	72.5
15	80		IM	@MatthewG-p4p	Matvey Galchenko	2914	8.5	71
16	81		IM	@Arash_Tahbaz	Arash Tahbaz	2923	8.5	71
17	12		GM	@jefferyx	Jeffery Xiong	3071	8.5	69.5
18	10		GM	@rpragchess	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	3086	8.5	69
19	75		IM	@Papa12341234	Elliot Papadiamandis	2887	8.5	67.5
20	5		GM	@nihalsarin	Nihal Sarin	3138	8.5	67
99	146		GM	@ChessQueen	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2758	7	55.5

(Full final standings here.)

Andreikin claimed the $2,000 first-place prize with his victory. Martinez earned $1,500, Lazavik $700, Nepomniachtchi $400, and Nakamura $200 to round out the top five. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the $200 women's prize.

Late Tournament

Although the top of the standings out of the field of 464 ended up closer than they had in the early tournament, the flow of the late event was smoother, as Nakamura never held anything less than a share of first place throughout. Both he and GM Fabiano Caruana started out on 7/7, setting up a key eighth-round clash. Caruana may have retaken the top American spot in the FIDE ratings from Nakamura this month, but in this game, Nakamura remained at the top.

Nakamura was finally stopped by Bok in the ninth round in a bit of deja vu, as Bok also won their matchup and finished fourth last week. This week, the events also brought Bok a new rating milestone.

Finished 4th in @chesscom #TitledTuesday, beat Hikaru, and crossed 3100 for the first time! pic.twitter.com/e6uOpXtb0K
— Benjamin Bok (@GMBenjaminBok) November 6, 2024

For Nakamura, however, it was his only hiccup. By the time the 11th and final round started, he was tied with GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Jeffery Xiong, and he had already taken care of both of them in rounds six and seven, respectively. And so while those latter two played drew against each other—with Xiong locking up second place and Duda third in the process—Nakamura took on as his opponent GM Martyn Kravtsiv and wrapped up the tournament with an impressively steady performance.

November 5 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	Tiebreak 1
1	1		GM	@Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3308	10	78.5
2	11		GM	@jefferyx	Jeffery Xiong	3105	9.5	78.5
3	13		GM	@Polish_fighter3000	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	3089	9.5	68.5
4	8		GM	@GMBenjaminBok	Benjamin Bok	3103	9	73.5
5	15		GM	@Andreikka	Andrey Esipenko	3053	9	71.5
6	12		GM	@Jospem	Jose Martinez	3060	9	69.5
7	56		IM	@pheonixking2000	David Gorodetzky	2986	9	60.5
8	19		GM	@DrVelja	Velimir Ivic	2993	8.5	71
9	10		GM	@Grischuk	Alexander Grischuk	3075	8.5	69.5
10	44		GM	@Cayse	Martyn Kravtsiv	2906	8.5	69
11	57		GM	@ContrVersia	Valery Kazakouski	2855	8.5	64.5
12	3	INT	GM	@FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	3138	8.5	64
13	20		GM	@dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	2987	8.5	62
14	5		GM	@FabianoCaruana	Fabiano Caruana	3092	8	77
15	41		GM	@pouya21	Pouya Idani	2919	8	71
16	33		GM	@HVillagra	Cristobal Henriquez	2916	8	69.5
17	22		GM	@Sanan_Sjugirov	Sanan Sjugirov	2966	8	68.5
18	51		GM	@kpio91	Kacper Piorun	2859	8	68.5
19	73		CM	@MrLion3000	Isaak Parpiev	2783	8	60.5
20	209		NM	@alex_c31	Alexander J Crump	2609	8	59.5
58	119		WGM	@Sanyura	Aleksandra Maltsevskaya	2665	7	53.5

(Full final standings here.)

Nakamura won $1,000 for first place and totaled $1,200 on the day, counting his early prize. Xiong won $750, Duda $350, and Bok $200 for their second- through fourth-place finishes. The $100 prizes went to GM Andrey Esipenko in fifth place and WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya for having the highest score among the women who played.

Titled Cup Standings

Nakamura's 10-point performance was a big deal, giving him an extra half-point in his battle to stay ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen in the Titled Cup standings, while Kosteniuk's early performance put her into sole second place in the women's standings just one point behind leader GM Aleksandra Goryachkina.

Open

#	Username	Score	Player
1	@Hikaru	199.0	GM Hikaru Nakamura
2	@MagnusCarlsen	194.5	GM Magnus Carlsen
3	@jefferyx	187.5	GM Jeffery Xiong
4-t	@Jospem	187.0	GM Jose Martinez
4-t	@Polish_fighter3000	187.0	GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Women

#	Username	Score	Player
1	@Goryachkina	143.5	GM Aleksandra Goryachkina
2-t	@ChessQueen	142.5	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
2-t	@Flawless_Fighter	142.0	IM Polina Shuvalova
4	@karinachess1	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 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).

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.