No Tuesday Ties As Duda, Paravyan Lead Way

NathanielGreen

Apr 10, 2024, 8:52 AM | 9 | Chess Event Coverage

GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda and GM David Paravyan won each Titled Tuesday tournament of April 9 outright on a score of 10/11, while they both also made the top 10 in the other event of the day. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the early women's prize despite missing the first three rounds by going a perfect 8/8 thereafter.

Early Tournament (Duda, 10 /11)
Late Tournament (Paravyan, 10/11)
Titled Cup Standings

Early Tournament

Participation in the early Titled Tuesday held steady, with 675 players trying their luck, up three from last week. GM Aleksandr Shimanov led midway through on a perfect 6/6, but Duda beat him in a positional masterpiece in round seven.

After that point, Duda never held less than a share of first place. After drawing with co-leader GM Denis Lazavik in the ninth round, he took care of business in the last two cycles of play against Paravyan and GM Jingyao Tin. The win against Paravyan potentially stopped a sweep.

The next win against Tin gave Duda the outright victory, but tiebreaks became relevant for second place after GM Pranesh M and IM Eray Kilic won their games in the final round to reach 9.5 points. Pranesh emerged one point ahead in the first tiebreak to take second place after his win over GM Alexander Grischuk.

There was also the matter of Kosteniuk's performance despite not beginning play until round four. "Win every game" is a strategy that more players should try, and Kosteniuk wrapped up the women's prize with her 26-move win over GM Etienne Bacrot in the final round.

April 9 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	Tiebreak 1
1	1		GM	@Polish_fighter3000	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	3182	10	73.5
2	17		GM	@artooon	Pranesh M	3059	9.5	71
3	37		IM	@DonkyDonkyDonkey	Eray Kilic	2975	9.5	70
4	14		GM	@shimastream	Aleksandr Shimanov	3060	9	74.5
5	13		GM	@AnishOnYoutube	Anish Giri	3050	9	73
6	49		FM	@snowlord	Ivan Yeletsky	2950	9	71
7	4		GM	@DenLaz	Denis Lazavik	3119	9	69.5
8	23		GM	@dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	3058	9	69
9	58		GM	@tjychess	Jingyao Tin	2941	9	68
10	114		GM	@DavidGavrilescu18	David Gavrilescu	2805	9	57
11	57		GM	@bardiya_Daneshvar	Bardiya Daneshvar	2916	8.5	72
12	55		GM	@ContrVersia	Valery Kazakouski	2928	8.5	71
13	36		GM	@jcibarra	José Carlos Ibarra Jerez	2931	8.5	70
14	66		GM	@rasmussvane	Rasmus Svane	2874	8.5	68.5
15	43		GM	@Sebastian	Leinier Dominguez Perez	2937	8.5	66.5
16	25		GM	@wonderfultime	Tuan Minh Le	2991	8.5	66
17	28		GM	@Sam_ChessMood	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan	2955	8.5	52.5
18	94		GM	@iwanyu	Alvar Alonso Rosell	2871	8	75
19	41		GM	@platy3	Alan Pichot	2907	8	73
20	11		FM	@Sina_Movahed	Sina Movahed	3013	8	71.5
38	571		GM	@ChessQueen	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2774	8	39.5

(Full final standings here.)

Duda won $1,000 for his efforts. Pranesh took home $750 and Kilic $350 in the next two spots, while Shimanov and GM Anish Giri wrapped up the top five for $200 and $100, respectively, and Kosteniuk earned $100.

Late Tournament

Paravyan got off to a relatively slow start in the late tournament, with draws in rounds two and four. He then won his last seven games and left the rest of the total field of 458 players in the dust.

But by the end of round eight, he was only in a seven-way tie for second place, and the tournament leader was none other than Duda. Duda would end up fading late, making draws in his next two games, and thus, his path with Paravyan again collided in the 11th and final round. A win for Duda would put him in at least a tie for first with a chance at the sweep, while a win for Paravyan would give him the outright tournament victory.

Ultimately, it was a game decided on the clock. Duda was one move away from completing a threefold repetition when his time expired, and there was nothing better on the board for him but the draw. With this, Paravyan claimed the outright tournament victory.

GM Jose Martinez would end up in sole second place after topping GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac in the last round, but more impressive for Martinez was his 30-move win over GM Magnus Carlsen in round eight.

Five players tied for third on nine points, but only three could place. Carlsen and GM Steven Zierk were the unlucky ones.

April 9 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	Buchholz Cut 1
1	16		GM	@dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	3058	10	62.5
2	17		GM	@Jospem	Jose Martinez	3054	9.5	67.5
3	9		GM	@FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	3077	9	77.5
4	14		GM	@LiemLe	Liem Le	3042	9	72
5	8		GM	@SpeedofLight0	Andrew Hong	3086	9	71.5
6	1		GM	@MagnusCarlsen	Magnus Carlsen	3212	9	70
7	54		GM	@Zkid	Steven Zierk	2903	9	66.5
8	6		GM	@BogdanDeac	Bogdan Daniel Deac	3093	8.5	74.5
9	3		GM	@Polish_fighter3000	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	3182	8.5	73.5
10	30		GM	@TigrVShlyape	Gata Kamsky	2948	8.5	71
11	74		GM	@AlexeiShirov	Alexei Shirov	2842	8.5	66
12	22		GM	@GMBenjaminBok	Benjamin Bok	3010	8	74
13	53		GM	@dretch	Conrad Holt	2909	8	73
14	37		GM	@Hrant_ChessMood	Hrant Melkumyan	2929	8	69.5
15	44		GM	@ViIIagra	Cristobal Henriquez	2924	8	68.5
16	18		GM	@Sanan_Sjugirov	Sanan Sjugirov	3009	8	67
17	5		GM	@Grischuk	Alexander Grischuk	3071	8	65.5
18	52		GM	@KaydenTroffChess	Kayden Troff	2876	8	63.5
19	11		GM	@mishanick	Aleksei Sarana	3025	8	63.5
20	45		GM	@AryanTari	Aryan Tari	2919	8	63
29	70		IM	@Flawless_Fighter	Polina Shuvalova	2815	7.5	62.5

(Full final standings here.)

Paravyan won $1,000 and Martinez $750. GM Dmitry Andreikin earned the $350 third place prize, GM Liem Le $200 for fourth, and GM Andrew Hong $100 for fifth. IM Polina Shuvalova scored 7.5 points and claimed the $100 women's prize.

Titled 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.

Open

#	Username	Score	Player
1	@Hikaru	186.0	GM Hikaru Nakamura
2	@Polish_fighter3000	180.5	GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda
3	@mishanick	176.0	GM Alexey Sarana
4	@Jospem	174.0	GM Jose Martinez
5	@dropstoneDP	171.0	GM David Paravyan
6	@FairChess_on_YouTube	170.5	GM Dmitry Andreikin

Women

#	Username	Score	Player
1	@Goryachkina	133.0	GM Aleksandra Goryachkina
1	@karinachess1	128.0	IM Karina Ambartsumova
3	@ChessQueen	114.5	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
4	@quattroporte300	95.0	WFM Katarzyna Dwilewicz
5	@Sanyura	93.5	IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya

Other Category Leaders

Juniors: GM Denis Lazavik (152.0 points)

Seniors: GM Gata Kamsky (160.5 points)

Girls: WCM Veronika Shubenkova (82.0 points)

The new 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.