Abdusattorov Wins June 1 Titled Tuesday

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the 16-year-old rising star from Uzbekistan, won Titled Tuesday on June 1 with a score of 10/11 after defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. Nakamura finished in second place on tiebreaks with a score of 9.5/11, ahead of third-place GM Alexander Moskalenko and fourth-place GM Steven Zierk.

636 titled players participated in this week’s Titled Tuesday tournament. As usual, the tournament was an 11-round Swiss with a 3+1 time control.

The live broadcast of the tournament, hosted this week by WCM Rebecca Selkirk.

Entering the final round, Nakamura was not only looking to win the tournament but could also have become the first player to ever score 10.5 points in Titled Tuesday. Abdusattorov let neither outcome happen and took the tournament victory for himself.

The players entered a known drawing line of the Ruy Lopez, but Abdusattorov, who finished fourth last week, went for the win and kept Nakamura’s king in the center long enough for a series of decisive tactical blows.

Moskalenko was also in the running for a 10.5/11 score with two rounds remaining before Nakamura defeated him with the Polish Opening in the 10th round.

Moskalenko recovered in round 11, defeating GM Giga Qupardze, to finish third.

June 1 Titled Tuesday | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	12		GM	@ChessWarrior7197	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2994	10	70.5
2	1		GM	@Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3201	9.5	68.25
3	67		GM	@Alexander_Moskalenko	Alexander Moskalenko	2882	9.5	63.25
4	52		GM	@Zkid	Steven Zierk	2867	9.5	52.75
5	45		IM	@DenLaz	Denis Lazavik	2869	9	58.5
6	20		GM	@dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	2930	9	58
7	8		GM	@FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	2989	9	53.5
8	98		GM	@MirMan90	Emre Can	2674	9	49
9	3		GM	@OparinGrigoriy	Grigoriy Oparin	2999	8.5	55.25
10	6		GM	@Bigfish1995	Vladimir Fedoseev	2998	8.5	53.5
11	35		GM	@GigaQuparadze	Giga Quparadze	2871	8.5	53
12	86		IM	@Manticore17	Arystanbek Urazayev	2799	8.5	50.25
13	55		IM	@swimmerchess	Siva Mahadevan	2827	8.5	48
14	61		FM	@snowlord	Ivan Yeletsky	2842	8.5	47
15	142		GM	@Goryachkina	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2692	8.5	43.75
16	89		IM	@Kezin_Roman	Kezin Roman	2829	8	57
17	88		FM	@Babageldi	Babageldi Annaberdiyev	2755	8	55.5
18	25		GM	@vladislavkovalev	Vladislav Kovalev	2895	8	54.25
19	28		GM	@erichansen	Eric Hansen	2887	8	51.5
20	71		GM	@Igor_Lysyj	Igor Lysyj	2793	8	50

(Full final standings here.)

Abdusattorov won $750 for first place, Nakamura $400 for second, Moskalenko $150 for third, and Zierk $100 for fourth. The $100 prize for the top female player went to GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, who finished in 15th place with 8.5/11 including a win over last week’s Titled Tuesday winner GM Jeffery Xiong.

Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly tournament for titled players. It starts each Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific time/18:00 Central European.