Nakamura And Carlsen Both Win In Day Of Strange Openings

Nakamura And Carlsen Both Win In Day Of Strange Openings

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GM Hikaru Nakamura just keeps on winning Titled Tuesday, taking home the early tournament on October 11, his fourth straight week with at least one tournament victory. GM Magnus Carlsen finished in third place despite missing the first round, but made up for it by winning the late tournament. Throughout the day, Carlsen began nearly every game by pushing his g-pawn two squares forward, an opening ploy not recommended for anyone else in the world.


Early Tournament

As now seems inevitable when they both participate, Nakamura and Carlsen faced off directly, this time in round nine. Unlike two weeks ago, however, this game was decisive. Nakamura drew his final two games from there, which was enough to win the tournament outright.

Carlsen did not join the event until the second round, which ended up hurting him, almost as much as losing the game against Nakamura. Carlsen scored 90% (9/10) compared to 86% (9.5/11) for Nakamura, but total points are what count.

In between them in the standings was GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who had finished third in both tournaments last week and now added a second-place finish. Duda avoided Carlsen and drew Nakamura in round 10 before going on to defeat IM Renato Terry in the final round, joining a four-way tie for second place. His tiebreaks did the rest.

The list of players with nine points was rounded out by two teenagers, GM-elect Denis Lazavik and GM Daniel Dardha.

October 11 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

























Number Rk Fed Title Username Name Rating Score SB
1 1 GM @Hikaru Hikaru Nakamura 3218 9.5 61.75
2 2 GM @Polish_fighter3000 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3093 9 60.5
3 69 GM @MagnusCarlsen Magnus Carlsen 3264 9 59
4 11

IM @DenLaz Denis Lazavik 3017 9 52.75
5 59 GM @DanielDardha2005 Daniel Dardha 2830 9 50.5
6 21 GM @jcibarra José Carlos Ibarra Jerez 2953 8.5 58
7 50

GM @alexrustemov Alexander Rustemov 2867 8.5 51.5
8 108 FM @TrickyFortem Andrii Vachylia 2713 8.5 50.25
9 9 GM @mishanick Alexey Sarana 3019 8.5 49.25
10 22 GM @Alexander_Donchenko Alexander Donchenko 2909 8.5 48
11 8

GM @FairChess_on_YouTube Dmitry Andreikin 3024 8 55.5
12 3 GM @Oleksandr_Bortnyk Oleksandr Bortnyk 3065 8 52.5
12 13 IM @MITerryble Renato Terry 2967 8 52.5
14 41 GM @ActorXu Xu Yi 2873 8 50
15 5 GM @exoticprincess Baadur Jobava 3033 8 48.75
16 43 IM @Manticore17 Arystanbek Urazayev 2834 8 46.75
17 18 GM @Zkid Steven Zierk 2926 8 46
18 17 GM @Denis_Makhnyov Denis Makhnev 2958 8 45
19 45 GM @Byniolus Zbigniew Pakleza 2837 8 43.75
20 85 GM @Nikolakis2014 Stelios Halkias 2744 8 41.5
29 114

IM @Flawless_Fighter Polina Shuvalova 2726 7.5 41.75

(Full final standings here.)

Nakamura won the $1,000 first-place prize while Duda won $750 in second place. Carlsen won the $350 third-place prize as Lazavik earned $200 for fourth place and Dardha $100 for fifth. IM Polina Shuvalova earned the $100 women’s prize, finishing 29th with 7.5/11.

Late Tournament

The late tournament lost a little bit of pizzazz when then-tournament leader GM Rauf Mamedov resigned from his 10th-round game after one move and then sat out of the final round. His reasons were unclear. 

Carlsen was the beneficiary of Mamedov’s resignation, and while he is a favorite in that matchup (as he is in essentially every matchup), it certainly didn’t make things harder for him. His game in the final round against Lazavik was a little tougher, but again Carlsen won.

Yes, that’s a win for Carlsen in the Grob, as he played with all but one of his games with White throughout both tournaments (when he played 1.a4 instead). And his one-move win over Mamedov went 1.e4 g5. Carlsen’s scheme was reminiscent of GM Jorden van Foreest winning Titled Tuesday a year ago with nothing but 1.a3 or 1…a6 on move one in the final eight rounds.

Here, as in the early tournament, the winner with 9.5 points was followed by a four-way tie for second place with nine points. GM Vladimir Fedoseev finished in second place with tiebreaks so strong they would have topped Carlsen’s as well. His only blemishes were a loss to Carlsen that began 1.g4 Na6—more of that real GM-level opening play—and a couple of draws.

In third was GM Eric Hansen, who was actually the last perfect player in the late field after reaching 6/6. Of the four players who ended up tied on nine points, he was one of two to win in the last round to get there. It came against Duda, helping to break the Polish player’s streak of top-three finishes. After a “real” opening, Hansen finished off Duda with a nice rook sacrifice into checkmate.

October 11 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

























Number Rk Fed Title Username Name Rating Score SB
1 1 GM @MagnusCarlsen Magnus Carlsen 3249 9.5 62
2 13 GM @Bigfish1995 Vladimir Fedoseev 3012 9 66.25
3 37 GM @erichansen Eric Hansen 2939 9 54.75
4 7

GM @FairChess_on_YouTube Dmitry Andreikin 3055 9 53.25
5 34 GM @vugarrasulov Vugar Rasulov 2931 9 52
6 11 GM @exoticprincess Baadur Jobava 3031 8.5 54.75
7 47 IM @Manticore17 Arystanbek Urazayev 2873 8.5 47.75
8 23 GM @rasmussvane Rasmus Svane 2956 8.5 44.75
9 10

IM @DenLaz Denis Lazavik 3030 8 54.5
10 25 GM @TigrVShlyape Gata Kamsky 2940 8 50.5
11 29 GM @Alexander_Donchenko Alexander Donchenko 2920 8 50
12 44 GM @SantoBlue Vahap Sanal 2891 8 49.5
13 31 GM @Fandorine Maksim Chigaev 2905 8 48.5
14 24 GM @Zkid Steven Zierk 2932 8 46
15 30 GM @AryanTari Aryan Tari 2901 8 44
16 27 GM @GM_dmitrij Dmitrij Kollars 2931 8 41.5
17 42 GM @dretch Conrad Holt 2887 8 36.75
18 99 IM @manitodeplomo Daniel Barria 2694 8 36.5
19 9 GM @mishanick Alexey Sarana 3009 7.5 39.75
20 65 IM @DeTimmerman Mark Timmermans 2775 7.5 39.25
41 90

GM @Goryachkina Aleksandra Goryachkina 2692 7 27.5

(Full final standings here.)

Carlsen won $1,000 for first place, totaling $1,350 on the day. Fedoseev claimed the $750 second-place prize with Hansen winning $350 for third place and GM Dmitry Andreikin $200 for fourth place. The $100 prizes went to GM Vugar Rasulov in fifth place and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina in 41st as the highest-scoring woman in the field.

Titled Tuesday

Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly event for titled players. Every Tuesday there are two 11-round Swiss tournaments, which start at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/17:00 Central European and 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time/23:00 Central European.



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