Hikaru Nakamura Wins January 25 Titled Tuesday

GM Hikaru Nakamura won Titled Tuesday on January 25 with a score of 10/11 after winning a better rook endgame in the final round against GM Bogdan Daniel Deac. GM Dmitry Andreikin and GM Jose Alcantara finished in second and third, respectively, with 9.5/11 while GM Vahap Sanal took fourth place on tiebreaks with nine points.

599 players played this Titled Tuesday, which was the usual 11-round Swiss with a 3+1 time control.

Nakamura put on a brilliant display in this tournament. Especially notable was his bold king walk and excellent defense in the following game:

NM Valery Sviridov was fighting with the top and came only one point away from winning with a strong nine-point score. I would think 2562 FIDE would be enough to get at least FM? Maybe Valery doesn’t feel that FIDE titles are worth claiming. I especially enjoyed his win against GM Alexander Lenderman.

Given that Hikaru edged the field out by half a point, his last-round win in a rook and pawn endgame was crucial:

January 25 Titled Tuesday | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	1		GM	Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3208	10	68.75
2	10		GM	FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	3024	9.5	71.25
3	12		GM	Jospem	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	3002	9.5	55.75
4	16		GM	SantoBlue	Vahap Sanal	2963	9	65.5
5	31		GM	kpio91	Kacper Piorun	2904	9	56.5
6	4		GM	howitzer14	David Howell	3018	9	54.5
7	15		NM	Sviridov_Valery	Валерий Свиридов	2980	9	46.75
8	8		GM	champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	2999	8.5	59
9	56		FM	frederiksvane	Frederik Svane	2825	8.5	55.5
10	41		GM	VerdeNotte	Gawain Jones	2870	8.5	54.25
11	13		GM	Sanan_Sjugirov	Sanan Sjugirov	2992	8.5	53.75
12	14		GM	kirillshevchenko	Kirill Shevchenko	2984	8.5	52.25
13	9		GM	BogdanDeac	Bogdan Daniel Deac	3018	8.5	50.75
14	207		FM	MustafayevFarid2004	Farid Mustafayev	2612	8.5	49.75
15	28		GM	Arseniy_Nesterov	Arseniy Nesterov	2898	8.5	47.25
16	2		GM	mishanick	Alexey Sarana	3092	8	54.5
17	87		GM	Alexander_Donchenko	Alexander Donchenko	2755	8	51.5
18	7		IM	wonderfultime	Tuan Minh Le	2995	8	50.75
19	35		FM	JonahWillow	Jonah Willow	2874	8	49.75
20	18		FM	KhazarBabazada007	Khazar Babazada	2929	8	48
40	125		GM	Goryachkina	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2690	7.5	42.25

(Full final standings here.)

Nakamura won the $750 first-place prize with Andreikin winning $400 for second. GM Jose Alcantara won $150 for his third-place finish while GM Vahap Sanal claimed $100 for fourth. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina won $100 as the highest-scoring female player.

Titled Tuesday is a twice-weekly Swiss tournament held by Chess.com for titled players. Beginning next week on February 1, there will be two tournaments held each Tuesday. The first starts at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/17:00 Central European with the second beginning at 2:00 p.m. Pacific/23:00 Central European.