GMs Jose Martinez and Aryan Tari won Titled Tuesday on March 1. They both held off GM Hikaru Nakamura, who finished third in the early tournament and second in the late event while streaming for 12 hours to support Ukraine. GM Raunak Sadhwani finished second in the early tournament while Martinez tacked on a fifth-place finish in the late event.

Instead of a Chess.com broadcast, viewers were encouraged to tune into Nakamura’s charity stream, to which Chess.com donated $25,000 and which raised $132,724 in total.

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Early Tournament

Martinez went undefeated as 418 players participated in the early (8 a.m. Pacific) tournament. He finished on 10/11, drawing in round eight against Sadhwani and in the final round against GM Fabiano Caruana, who finished fourth. IM Denis Lazavik rounded out the top five.

Entering the final round, Martinez was in the sole lead on 9.5/10 with Sadhwani being the only player within half a point. A win for Caruana would have tied him with Martinez in the standings, so they played a real game, but it was drawn in 34 moves. Meanwhile, Lazavik toppled Sadhwani, who held on to second place despite the defeat. 

Martinez largely earned his victory in the penultimate round, with a 105-move marathon win in round 10 against GM David Paravyan.

Sadhwani’s key game was a win over Nakamura in the ninth round, snapping a 25-game winless streak for the Indian against the American. 

A tough-luck sixth-place finish went to GM Grigoriy Oparin, who tied 2nd-5th place with nine points but had the worst tiebreak score.

March 1 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score
1	19		GM	@Jospem	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2960	10
2	9		GM	@champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	3001	9
3	1		GM	@Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3162	9
4	7		GM	@FabianoCaruana	Fabiano Caruana	2990	9
5	11		IM	@DenLaz	Denis Lazavik	2972	9
6	4		GM	@OparinGrigoriy	Grigoriy Oparin	2917	9
7	21		GM	@Beca95	Aleksandar Indjic	2921	8.5
8	8		GM	@mishanick	Alexey Sarana	2972	8.5
9	6		GM	@dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	2988	8.5
9	60		GM	@Masmos97	Masoud Mosadeghpour	2926	8.5
11	28		GM	@Infernal_XaM	Pavel Ponkratov	2891	8.5
12	10		GM	@Oleksandr_Bortnyk	Oleksandr Bortnyk	2967	8.5
13	30		GM	@Jumbo	Rinat Jumabayev	2876	8.5
14	22		GM	@AryanTari	Aryan Tari	2903	8
15	25		GM	@VerdeNotte	Gawain Jones	2896	8
16	52		GM	@GMNeiksans	Arturs Neiksans	2807	8
17	14		GM	@Denis_Makhnyov	Denis Makhnev	2943	8
18	124		IM	@Agibileg	Uurtsaikh Agibileg	2668	8
19	70		NM	@MightyGMpretender	Antonio KozaK	2789	8
20	26		GM	@Zkid	Steven Zierk	2892	8
44	103		GM	@Vanina1989	Valentina Gunina	2712	7

(Full final standings here.)

Martinez won the $1,000 prize for first place. Sadhwani took home $750, Nakamura $300, Caruana $150, and Lazavik earned $100. The $100 prize for highest-scoring female player was won by GM Valentina Gunina.

Late Tournament

There were 288 players in the late (2 p.m. Pacific) tournament and it ended with Tari’s first win ever in Titled Tuesday. He had to fight for it, winning his last five games for a half-point final margin over three players: Nakamura, GM Daniil Dubov, and GM Timur Gareyev.

Tari’s key win, like Martinez’s hours before, came in round 10. There, Tari defeated Sadhwani, who finished seventh in the late tournament after his second-place showing early.

After a 3/5 start, Nakamura won his last six games to reach second place, but not quite the pinnacle. In round 10, he defeated Gareyev, who had been tournament leader on 7/7 before finishing in fourth.

March 1 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	19		GM	@AryanTari	Aryan Tari	2939	9.5	60.75
2	1		GM	@Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3146	9	63
3	3		GM	@Duhless	Daniil Dubov	2997	9	56
4	75		GM	@TimurGareyev	Timur Gareyev	2845	9	44
5	10		GM	@Jospem	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2966	8.5	55.25
6	7		GM	@mishanick	Alexey Sarana	2986	8.5	54.25
7	2		GM	@champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	3014	8.5	53.75
8	15		GM	@Beca95	Aleksandar Indjic	2928	8.5	52.75
9	9		GM	@Oleksandr_Bortnyk	Oleksandr Bortnyk	2966	8	56
10	4		GM	@FabianoCaruana	Fabiano Caruana	2985	8	50.5
11	52		IM	@kleinebeer98	Thomas Beerdsen	2802	8	49.5
12	39		GM	@Riazantsev	Alexander Riazantsev	2842	8	49.25
13	60		IM	@Houdinovic	Shiyam Thavandiran	2781	8	48.5
14	28		GM	@kuli4ik	Mikhail Demidov	2883	8	46.75
15	46		GM	@alexrustemov	Alexander Rustemov	2795	8	44
16	63		IM	@mbojan	Bojan Maksimović	2748	8	41.5
17	6		GM	@joppie2	Jorden van Foreest	2968	8	34
18	36		GM	@dretch	Conrad Holt	2826	7.5	41.25
18	90		WGM	@Flawless_Fighter	Polina Shuvalova	2678	7.5	41.25
20	25		GM	@XDPS	Pablo Salinas Herrera	2864	7.5	41

(Full final standings here.)

Tari earned $1,000 for his victory. Nakamura won $750 for second place, totaling $1,050 on the day including his early performance. Dubov’s third-place finish was worth $300 as Gareyev won $150 for fourth place. Martinez tacked on $100 for fifth place for a total of $1,100 after counting his early tournament win. The $100 prize for top-scoring woman was earned by WGM Polina Shuvalova.

Titled Tuesday is a weekly tournament hosted by Chess.com, with two events every Tuesday. They are Swiss tournaments beginning at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/17:00 Central European and 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time/23:00 Central European.