Hikaru Comes Back, Shares 1st In March Titled Tuesday

NM SamCopeland

Updated: Mar 13, 2019, 6:52 AM | 5 | Chess.com News

March's Titled Tuesday event featured 396 titled players (just shy of February's 400-plus record) competing for cash and glory. The top seed was Hikaru Nakamura, the record-holder for most Titled Tuesday wins. Despite losing to a player who did not finish the tournament in round four, Nakamura was able to rebound and share first with three other players, GMs Federico Perez Ponsa, Haik Martirosyan, and IM Renato Terry Lujan.

Here is one of Nakamura's critical and exciting wins, his ninth-round defeat of GM Vugar Rasulov.

Nakamura streamed the entire Titled Tuesday on his channel. Don't miss the chance to watch Titled Tuesday from his perspective!

Watch GM Hikaru Nakamura Blitz | !upcoming | !team | !music | TITLED TUESDAY LATER TODAY AT 4PM EST from GMHikaru on www.twitch.tv

A victory from one of the other winners, Perez Ponsa, also caught our eyes, not because the game was of a high quality, but because the final blunder was simply too humorous and too human.

March Titled Tuesday | Final Standings

Place	Seed	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Score
1	21		GM	Genghis_K	Federico Perez Ponsa	8.5
2	6		GM	Micki-taryan	Haik Martirosyan	8.5
3	26		IM	renatoterrylujan	Renato Terry	8.5
4	1		GM	Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	8.5
5	48		IM	Korchmar_Vasiliy	Vasiliy Korchmar	8
6	39		GM	eljanov	Pavel Eljanov	8
7	54		GM	vuqarrasulov	Vuqar Rasulov	8
8	301		FM	ahkashefi2800	Amir Kashefi	8
9	44		GM	Alexander_Moskalenko	Александр Москаленко	8
10	5		GM	mishanick	Aleksey Sarana	7.5
11	30		FM	bascheyaro	Roman Yanchenko	7.5
12	9		IM	wonderfultime	Tuan Minh Le	7.5
13	38		GM	joppie2	Jorden van Foreest	7.5
14	7		GM	Arabicfalcon	Salem AR Saleh	7.5
15	3		GM	OparinGrigoriy	Grigoriy Oparin	7.5
16	53		IM	SaraciNderim		7.5
17	159		IM	Off-War	Emil Mirzoev	7.5
18	216		NM	b_6	Matt Zavortink	7.5
19	17		GM	GataKamsky1974	Gata Kamsky	7.5
20	76		FM	Witik		7.5
21	88		IM	KhalilMousavi77	SeyedKhalil Mousavi	7
22	62		GM	SantoBlue	Vahap Sanal	7
23	184		FM	Ar4uha	Arturs Bernotas	7
24	175		NM	wenx	Jianwen Wong	7
25	4		GM	DanielNaroditsky	Daniel Naroditsky	7
26	52		GM	Gabrielian_Artur	Artur Gabrielian	7
27	260		FM	toncanichesousmonpne	Leopold Le Ruyet	7
28	51		GM	MikaelyanArman1996	Arman Mikaelyan	7
28	115		IM	JDBryant	John Daniel Bryant	7
30	191		IM	RegZryt		7
31	36		GM	Dyadya81	Gevorg Harutjunyan	7
32	356		WIM	tilsiav	Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid	7
33	341		NM	Kirkovsky		7
34	60		GM	gmjoey1	Rogelio Jr Antonio	7
35	13		GM	ChessWarrior7197		7
36	27		IM	champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	7
37	247		IM	jflup	Jordi Fluvia Poyatos	7
37	232		FM	zadkiel27		7

For full crosstables and results, go here.

The event was streamed by GM Robert Hess, Chess.com's hardest-working commentator.

Watch Titled Tuesday chess tournament with host GM Robert Hess! from Chess on www.twitch.tv

Nakamura, Perez Ponsa, Martirosyan, and Terry Lujan each earned $325 for their shared victory. The next five players split fifth place and each earned $20: Korchmar, Eljanov, Rasulov, Kashefi, and Moskalenko.

GM Daniel Naroditsky won the Chess.com streamers' prize of $100, given as 20 gifted subs to his channel. You can watch his perspective on the event here:

Watch GM Naroditsky Blitz and Arena Kings | 3 0 from DrDragonitsky on www.twitch.tv

NM Sam Copeland

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