Bortnyk Wins Week 20 Swiss Heading Into Knockout: Summary Report

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This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday’s knockout tournament.

GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won week 20 of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, starting the tournament with a 5-0 winning streak.

Participating in the event were 45 competitors—now open to all GMs as well as the top-10 women, top-10 juniors, as well as 10 wildcards. The knockout takes place on July 10, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CEST.

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Bortnyk clinched clear first with seven points, including victories against three tournament favorites, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. There was a four-way tie for second place among Fedoseev, GMs Wesley So, David Paravyan, and Abhimanyu Puranik, each with 6.5 points. Nakamura, GM Daniil Dubov, and GM Benjamin Bok claimed the last three qualification spots, tying for sixth to eighth with six points.

Saturday Swiss | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	14		GM	Oleksandr_Bortnyk	Oleksandr Bortnyk	2673	7	35
2	4		GM	GMWSO	Wesley So	2739	6.5	32.25
3	10		GM	dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	2663	6.5	31
4	3		GM	Bigfish1995	Vladimir Fedoseev	2757	6.5	27
5	18		GM	abhidabhi	Abhimanyu Puranik	2653	6.5	25.75
6	7		GM	Duhless	Daniil Dubov	2693	6	29.5
6	24		GM	GMBenjaminBok	Benjamin Bok	2597	6	29.5
8	1		GM	Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	2817	6	27.5
9	37		GM	Hrant_ChessMood	Hrant Melkumyan	2505	6	25
10	5		GM	mishanick	Alexey Sarana	2701	5.5	25
11	9		GM	ChessWarrior7197	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2667	5.5	24.25
12	26		GM	Jumbo	Rinat Jumabayev	2537	5.5	19.5
13	6		GM	viditchess	Vidit Gujrathi	2685	5.5	18.5
14	15		GM	Jospem	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2629	5	21.5
15	2		GM	FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	2767	5	17.5
16	31		GM	Njal28	Aram Hakobyan	2519	5	16.25
17	13		GM	ChessLover0108	Mahammad Muradli	2592	4.5	21
18	45		GM	TregubovP	Pavel Tregubov	2334	4.5	13.75
19	33		GM	ActorXu	Xu Yi	2439	4.5	11
20	40		GM	rookoco	Gil Popilski	2506	4	20.5
21	12		GM	Shield12	Shamsiddin Vokhidov	2604	4	16.75
22	27		GM	Sychev_Klementy	Klementy Sychev	2518	4	16.25
23	29		GM	Anton_Demchenko	Anton Demchenko	2505	4	7.75

(Full final standings here.)

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