Sviridov Wins November 30 Titled Tuesday

There was a four-way tie at the top of the Titled Tuesday leaderboard on November 30, with NM Valery Sviridov winning on the tiebreak system. He was joined on 9.5/11 by GM Baadur Jobava in second place, FM Khazar Babazada in third, and GM Mustafa Yilmaz in fourth place.

509 titled players joined this Tuesday’s tournament, the fourth consecutive week with at least 500 participants. It was the typical 11-round Swiss tournament at a 3+1 time control.

The live broadcast of this week’s tournament, hosted by WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili.

Sviridov has been a prominent player in Titled Tuesday for some time. His situation was discussed a couple of weeks ago: Of grandmaster strength, whether looking at his 2500+ FIDE rating or 3000 Chess.com Blitz rating, Sviridov could certainly attain FIDE titles if desired.

This week, Sviridov had his Titled Tuesday run threatened late by GM Hikaru Nakamura. Svidirov entered round 10 in the sole lead and left it in a seven-way tie for first, with Nakamura joining the seven.

But the final round turned things around. Sviridov toppled GM Alan Pichot in a classic King’s Indian Attack and stayed at the front of a crowded tournament pack.

Meanwhile, Nakamura was knocked into seventh place by Jobava, who took second.

This week’s last perfect player was GM Vladimir Onischuk on 7/7. His first loss was delivered by Sviridov, and Onischuk also, unfortunately, dropped his games in the final two rounds to finish 16th.

November 30 Titled Tuesday | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	6		NM	@Sviridov_Valery	Valery Sviridov	3016	9.5	68.25
2	29		GM	@exoticprincess	Baadur Jobava	2918	9.5	62.75
3	36		FM	@KhazarBabazada007	Khazar Babazada	2909	9.5	59.25
4	10		GM	@Chopper1905	Mustafa Yilmaz	2995	9.5	53
5	14		GM	@Zhigalko_Sergei	Sergei Zhigalko	2971	9	56.5
6	8		GM	@FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	2991	8.5	58.75
7	1		GM	@Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	3240	8.5	56.25
8	32		GM	@platy3	Alan Pichot	2894	8.5	55
9	21		FM	@Vugar_Manafov	Vugar Manafov	2918	8.5	52.25
10	39		GM	@vugarrasulov	Vugar Rasulov	2889	8.5	51.25
11	17		GM	@BogdanDeac	Bogdan Daniel Deac	2920	8.5	49
11	73		IM	@BahadirOzen	Bahadir Ozen	2786	8.5	49
13	12		GM	@GM_dmitrij	Dmitrij Kollars	2951	8.5	48.75
14	11		GM	@champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	2964	8.5	47
15	125		IM	@GianmarcoVaR	Gianmarco Leiva	2697	8.5	45.5
16	47		GM	@Onischuk_V	Vladimir Onischuk	2870	8	58.5
17	27		GM	@Genghis_K	Federico Perez Ponsa	2890	8	55
18	233		IM	@PourAghaBala_Amirreza	Amirreza Pour Agha Bala	2949	8	52.75
19	71		GM	@Alexander_Donchenko	Alexander Donchenko	2816	8	51.25
20	5		IM	@wonderfultime	Tuan Minh Le	3034	8	50
20	16		GM	@Anton_Demchenko	Anton Demchenko	2921	8	50
61	294		WCM	@Kurkusha	Ekaterina Nasyrova	2490	7	34.5

(Full final standings here.)

Sviridov earned $750 for his victory with Jobava taking home $400 for second place. Babazada won $150 for third, Yilmaz $100 for fourth, and WCM Ekaterina Nasyrova was the top female finisher to win that $100 prize.

Chess.com hosts Titled Tuesday, a Swiss tournament for titled players, every Tuesday starting at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time/19:00 Central European.