10/10 Was The Date, 10/11 Were The Scores

The victors of Titled Tuesday on October 10 were a long-time contender and a first-time winner: GM Dmitry Andreikin took home his 16th victory in the early tournament while GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, who made waves earlier this year by reaching Division I of the Aimchess Rapid, won his first Titled Tuesday in this week’s late event.

Both scored 10 points out of 11, although only Andreikin won outright as GM Jose Martinez took a tough-luck second-place finish in the late event.

Early Tournament

One of the favorites in the field of 577 was knocked out of contention early on, when GM Alireza Firouzja faced IM Levy Rozman and lost his second game of the first five rounds. (No bonus points were awarded for all four knights occupying all four central squares.)

Meanwhile, one of the other favorites, GM Magnus Carlsen, started out 7/7. However, he lost in two of the next three rounds and the 10th round game against Andreikin ended up effectively deciding the tournament.

In the final round, Andreikin and GM Anton Demchenko made a six-move draw to lock up the top two spots, while Carlsen recovered in just 82 seconds of clock time to grab third place with the best tiebreaks among seven players on nine points.

October 10 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	Tiebreak 1
1	13		GM	@FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	3088	10	73
2	17		GM	@Anton_Demchenko	Anton Demchenko	3030	9.5	69
3	1		GM	@MagnusCarlsen	Magnus Carlsen	3271	9	79
4	4		GM	@Jospem	Jose Martinez	3108	9	78
5	7		GM	@mishanick	Aleksei Sarana	3086	9	68
6	63		GM	@MikaelyanArman	Arman Mikaelyan	2869	9	63.5
7	34		GM	@Fandorine	Maksim Chigaev	2928	9	62
8	51		GM	@FGHSMN	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2885	9	61.5
9	55		IM	@Rsnr	Arsene Kukhmazov	2873	9	59
10	24		GM	@shimastream	Aleksandr Shimanov	3001	8.5	74
11	9		GM	@dropstoneDP	David Paravyan	3075	8.5	72
12	60		GM	@DrVelja	Velimir Ivic	2855	8.5	66.5
13	12		GM	@Oleksandr_Bortnyk	Oleksandr Bortnyk	3049	8.5	66
14	87		GM	@krzyzan94	Marcin Krzyżanowski	2791	8	69
15	109		GM	@ActorXu	Xu Yi	2773	8	68.5
16	232		IM	@TatjanaVasilevich	Tatjana Vasilevich	2642	8	68
17	8		GM	@DenLaz	Denis Lazavik	3049	8	65.5
18	67		GM	@Alexander_Donchenko	Alexander Donchenko	2861	8	65.5
19	44		GM	@K_A_S_T_O_R	Rodrigo Vasquez	2900	8	65.5
20	14		GM	@rasmussvane	Rasmus Svane	2996	8	64.5

(Full final standings here.)

Andreikin won $1,000, Demchenko $750, and Carlsen $350 for their finishes. Rounding out the top five were Martinez in fourth place for $200 and GM Alexey Sarana in fifth for $100. IM Tatjana Vasilevich finished in 16th place on eight points to claim the $100 women’s prize.

Late Tournament

In the late field of 429, Iturrizaga and Martinez quickly emerged as the top two contenders. After six rounds, they were the last players on perfect scores. Naturally, they faced each other in the seventh round, where it was Martinez who won in a game that got fairly tactical quite early.

Iturrizaga would end up winning all of his last four games, quickly closing the gap with Martinez. Martinez could only make draws in the very next rounds, splitting the point with GM Daniel Naroditsky in the eighth round and GM Nihal Sarin in the ninth.

Iturrizaga would beat both of them, which effectively ended up being the difference in the tournament. His victim was Naroditsky in round nine, and then Nihal in round 11:

Martinez also won in the last two rounds, including against early winner Andreikin in the final round, keeping the tie going. Unfortunately for Martinez, head-to-head is only the fourth Swiss tiebreak, and Iturrizaga edged him out by a point in the first tiebreak.

October 10 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number Rk Fed Title Username Name Rating Score Tiebreak 1

1 19 GM @iturrizaga Eduardo Iturrizaga 3044 10 75.5

2 3 GM @Jospem Jose Martinez 3147 10 74.5

3 10 GM @Msb2 Matthias Bluebaum 3056 9 74

4 26 GM @h4parah5 Jaime Santos Latasa 2963 9 61.5

5 36 GM @Zhigalko_Sergei Sergei Zhigalko 2930 9 58

6 2 GM @nihalsarin Nihal Sarin 3118 8.5 76.5

7 1 GM @DanielNaroditsky Daniel Naroditsky 3172 8.5 75

8 5 GM @mishanick Aleksei Sarana 3091 8.5 70.5

9 44 GM @tptagain David Anton Guijarro 2899 8.5 63

10 15 GM @BogdanDeac Bogdan Daniel Deac 3014 8.5 62.5

11 120 FM @NFChess13 Noah Fecker 2685 8.5 56

12 4 GM @FairChess_on_YouTube Dmitry Andreikin 3090 8 74.5

13 22
GM @Grischuk Alexander Grischuk 2982 8 72.5

14 41 GM @frederiksvane Frederik Svane 2904 8 71

15 29 GM @Hrant_ChessMood Hrant Melkumyan 2945 8 70

16 11 GM @Baku_Boulevard Rauf Mamedov 3039 8 70

17 8 GM @Polish_fighter3000 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3050 8 70

18 53 GM @Cayse Martyn Kravtsiv 2889 8 65.5

19 12 GM @ChristopherYoo Christopher Woojin Yoo 3021 8 64.5

20 71 FM @IlanSchnaider Ilan Schnaider 2807 8 62.5

67 136
IM @karinachess1 Karina Ambartsumova 2574 6.5 55.5

(Full final standings here.)

Iturrizaga won $1,000 for his victory while Martinez earned $750 in second place, which on top of his fourth-place prize earlier gave him $950 total. GM Matthias Bluebaum finished third for $350, GM Jaime Santos fourth for $200, and GM Sergei Zhigalko fifth, claiming $100. IM Karina Ambartsumova won the $100 women’s prize with a 6.5/11 score.

Chess.com hosts Titled Tuesday every week as two 11-round Swiss tournaments. Open only to titled players, the first Tuesday tournament begins at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Standard Time, and the other at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Standard Time (next day).