The primary Titled Tuesdays of Might went to GMs Magnus Carlsen and Javokhir Sindarov. Carlsen scored 10 factors in his victory and Sindarov scored 9.5, however each wanted tiebreaks, Carlsen over GM Bharath Subramaniyam and Sindarov forward of final week’s late winner, GM Hans Niemann. The win was Carlsen’s sixth of the 12 months (and his fourth in six weeks), extending his lead for essentially the most wins this 12 months, and Sindarov’s second, following one on March 25.
Congratulations to Javokhir Sindarov for successful the late #TitledTuesday, by tiebreaks over Hans Niemann! pic.twitter.com/aKRHV0ICKB
— chess24 (@chess24com) Might 7, 2025
Early Event
Carlsen and his archnemesis, GM Hikaru Nakamura, had been the final of 596 gamers to threaten an ideal rating, reaching 8/8 earlier than drawing one another. A number of gamers staying at a 100% rating for therefore lengthy is uncommon, nevertheless it’s no shock that when it did occur right here, it was with these two gamers. Sadly for Nakamura, nevertheless, the half-point in spherical 9 was his final of the day.
Carlsen, in the meantime, wanted simply 31 strikes to win in spherical 10 towards GM Frederik Svane, giving him the only lead with only one spherical left, after Svane ended the theoretical a part of proceedings with a direct mistake.
GM Christopher Yoo, who defeated Nakamura within the tenth spherical, would maintain Carlsen to a draw within the eleventh and find yourself in fourth place. That draw gave Bharath an opportunity to catch as much as Carlsen within the standings together with his personal win towards Nakamura, which took a 94-move slog.
Carlsen’s tiebreaks had been insane, nevertheless, clearing Bharath’s by 15.5 factors. The one blemish on Bharath’s report had come towards Carlsen himself, with the everyday matchup between eventual top-two finishers taking place sooner than common, on spherical 4. Carlsen and Bharath slugged it out with neither participant gaining a big benefit for almost 50 strikes, however Bharath lastly dedicated a pair errors and ran out of time on transfer 60.
Different prize winners had been GM Aleksandr Shimanov in third, GM Arjun Erigaisi in fifth, and IM Karina Ambartsumova along with her second consecutive ladies’s prize.
Might 6 Titled Tuesday | Early | Ultimate Standings (Prime 20)
| Rank | Seed | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Score | Rating | 1st Tiebreak |
| 1 | 2 | GM | @MagnusCarlsen | Magnus Carlsen | 3262 | 10 | 85 | |
| 2 | 40 | GM | @FGHSMN | Bharath Subramaniyam | 3073 | 10 | 69.5 | |
| 3 | 31 | GM | @shimastream | Aleksandr Shimanov | 3094 | 9.5 | 70.5 | |
| 4 | 24 | GM | @ChristopherYoo | Christopher Woojin Yoo | 3065 | 9.5 | 68 | |
| 5 | 13 | GM | @GHANDEEVAM2003 | Arjun Erigaisi | 3132 | 9 | 79.5 | |
| 6 | 32 | GM | @wonderfultime | Tuan Minh Le | 3077 | 9 | 70.5 | |
| 7 | 28 | GM | @frederiksvane | Frederik Svane | 3107 | 9 | 70 | |
| 8 | 11 | GM | @VincentKeymer | Vincent Keymer | 3143 | 9 | 66.5 | |
| 9 | 9 | GM | @Javokhir_Sindarov05 | Javokhir Sindarov | 3178 | 9 | 66 | |
| 10 | 16 | GM | @mishanick | Aleksei Sarana | 3084 | 9 | 65 | |
| 11 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3334 | 8.5 | 88 | |
| 12 | 25 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 3063 | 8.5 | 69.5 | |
| 13 | 14 | GM | @AnishGiri | Anish Giri | 3115 | 8.5 | 65 | |
| 14 | 20 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3066 | 8.5 | 56.5 | |
| 15 | 23 | GM | @gurelediz | Ediz Gürel | 3104 | 8 | 77 | |
| 16 | 36 | GM | @DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3078 | 8 | 72 | |
| 17 | 18 | GM | @Parhamov | Parham Maghsoodloo | 3121 | 8 | 71.5 | |
| 18 | 5 | GM | @HansOnTwitch | Hans Niemann | 3189 | 8 | 68.5 | |
| 19 | 99 | IM | @PiliposyanRobertChess | Robert Piliposyan | 2846 | 8 | 67.5 | |
| 20 | 87 | GM | @Miguelito | Miguel Santos Ruiz | 2858 | 8 | 67 | |
| 79 | 131 | IM | @karinachess1 | Karina Ambartsumova | 2702 | 7 | 54 |
Prizes: Carlsen $1,000, Bharath $750, Shimanov $350, Yoo $200, Arjun $100, Ambartsumova $100.
Late Event
Whereas the earlier occasion had two gamers on 8/8, this one had a single participant on 7/7, though GM Aravindh Chithambaram would solely find yourself in nineteenth place. Niemann was the participant to knock him off his perch in spherical eight, and wanted simply 26 strikes with Black to do it, though Aravindh additionally missed a singular second the place he might have taken the sting himself.
The win put Niemann in sole first, however solely briefly, as Sindarov instantly took him down in a fair shorter sport—simply 17 strikes! Niemann wanted to interrupt a pin to save lots of a pawn, however selected the incorrect choice, shedding a bit to a deflection tactic.
Now Sindarov and GM Parham Maghsoodloo shared the lead on 8/9. Of their ensuing matchup, Sindarov floor out a win after Maghsoodloo dropped an change within the first 20 strikes and was unable to get better regardless of no catastrophic errors.
Sindarov was now in the identical place as Carlsen earlier: up by half some extent over a two-way tie in second with one spherical left, and going through certainly one of them, having already crushed the opposite. Sindarov held the draw towards Nakamura regardless of being down a bit in a pawnless endgame. Rook-knight-and-king towards rook-and-king is often a draw with finest play, and Sindarov by no means made a shedding transfer based on the tablebase earlier than the 50-move rule kicked in.
As a substitute, Nakamura’s probability at taking out Sindarov got here simply earlier than, when an additional set of items was nonetheless on the board. When Nakamura eradicated the ultimate pawn on transfer 65, Sindarov wanted to search out 66.Rh1. None of Nakamura’s successful responses moved the rook, which is what he did, and there was no win available thereafter. (You’ll be able to comply with the entire tablebase evaluation right here.) In fact, with lower than 5 seconds in your clock as each gamers had, you mainly must be a pc to work out any of this.
Whereas Sindarov held off Nakamura, Niemann would meet up with the chief after successful his final-round sport, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient, by a margin of 1.5 tiebreak factors. Niemann’s 33-move win towards GM Yagiz Erdogmus and his Scandinavian Protection nonetheless assured second place.
The remainder of the highest 5 completed on 9 factors, half some extent forward of sixth. After tiebreaks, the order went GM Jose Martinez third, Maghsoodloo fourth, and Nakamura fifth. WFM Veronika Shubenkova received the ladies’s prize.
Lastly, if you’re simply as bored as these gamers apparently had been, you’ll be able to play by this 428-move sport from the ultimate spherical.
Might 6 Titled Tuesday | Late | Ultimate Standings (Prime 20)
| Rank | Seed | Fed | Title | Username | Identify | Score | Rating | 1st Tiebreak |
| 1 | 5 | GM | @Javokhir_Sindarov05 | Javokhir Sindarov | 3181 | 9.5 | 75 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | @HansOnTwitch | Hans Niemann | 3189 | 9.5 | 73.5 | |
| 3 | 14 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3087 | 9 | 70 | |
| 4 | 10 | GM | @Parhamov | Parham Maghsoodloo | 3121 | 9 | 68 | |
| 5 | 1 | GM | @Hikaru | Hikaru Nakamura | 3331 | 9 | 67 | |
| 6 | 9 | GM | @Sina-Movahed | Sina Movahed | 3125 | 8.5 | 70.5 | |
| 7 | 2 | GM | @MagnusCarlsen | Magnus Carlsen | 3262 | 8.5 | 67.5 | |
| 8 | 73 | IM | @I_am_Javi | Ernesto Fernandez | 2854 | 8.5 | 59.5 | |
| 9 | 7 | GM | @legendisback1 | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 3131 | 8 | 72.5 | |
| 10 | 12 | GM | @Sargsyan_Shant | Shant Sargsyan | 3094 | 8 | 69 | |
| 11 | 98 | GM | @AngeloGM | Kevin Cori | 2760 | 8 | 68.5 | |
| 12 | 6 | GM | @GHANDEEVAM2003 | Arjun Erigaisi | 3132 | 8 | 67 | |
| 13 | 87 | GM | @Evgeny81 | Evgeny Postny | 2785 | 8 | 66.5 | |
| 14 | 34 | IM | @MatthewG-p4p | Matvey Galchenko | 2976 | 8 | 63 | |
| 15 | 44 | GM | @PeacefulWarrior888 | Arman Mikaelyan | 2941 | 8 | 62.5 | |
| 16 | 16 | GM | @Annawel | Jules Moussard | 3068 | 8 | 60.5 | |
| 17 | 30 | IM | @scarabee43 | Marco Materia | 2969 | 8 | 56 | |
| 18 | 17 | GM | @penguingm1 | Andrew Tang | 3075 | 8 | 55.5 | |
| 19 | 33 | GM | @Vaathi_Coming | Aravindh Chithambaram | 2988 | 7.5 | 76 | |
| 20 | 13 | GM | @DanielNaroditsky | Daniel Naroditsky | 3061 | 7.5 | 75.5 | |
| 45 | 149 | WFM | @Lady_Nika | Veronika Shubenkova | 2623 | 7 | 56.5 |
Prizes: Sindarov $1,000, Niemann $750, Martinez $350, Maghsoodloo $200, Nakamura $100, Shubenkova $100.
Grand Prix Standings
Time is working out within the Titled Tuesday Grand Prix, with now simply three weeks and 6 tournaments left for gamers to qualify for the 2025 Pace Chess Championship. This week, Niemann moved into the highest eight, displacing GM Oleksandr Bortnyk. Bortnyk and GM Minh Le are presently out on tiebreaks, with GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda half some extent out, so there may be nonetheless a whole lot of jostling that might occur in three weeks.
| Rk | Username | Rating | Title | Identify |
| 1 | @MagnusCarlsen | 97.5 | GM | Magnus Carlsen |
| 2 | @Hikaru | 95.0 | GM | Hikaru Nakamura |
| 3 | @DenLaz | 92.5 | GM | Denis Lazavik |
| 4 | @LiemLe | 92.0 | GM | Liem Le |
| 5 | @Jospem | 92.0 | GM | Jose Martinez |
| 6 | @Msb2 | 91.5 | GM | Matthias Bluebaum |
| 7 | @GHANDEEVAM2003 | 91.5 | GM | Oleksandr Bortnyk |
| 8 | @HansOnTwitch | 91.0 | GM | Arjun Erigaisi |
The record of eight ladies in line to qualify for the Girls’s Pace Chess Championship has remained extra static of late, and IM Anastasia Avramidou is the one participant inside some extent of constructing the record.
| Rk | Username | Rating | Title | Identify |
| 1 | @ChessQueen | 74.0 | GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
| 2 | @Flawless_Fighter | 72.0 | IM | Polina Shuvalova |
| 3 | @karinachess1 | 70.5 | IM | Karina Ambartsumova |
| 4 | @Goryachkina | 69.5 | GM | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| 5 | @Meri-Arabidze | 68.5 | IM | Meri Arabidze |
| 6 | @Sanyura | 67.5 | WGM | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya |
| 7 | @jinbojinbo | 66.5 | GM | Jiner Zhu |
| 8 | @Fh2411 | 66.5 | IM | Le Thao Nguyen Pham |
Seniors (born 1975 or earlier), juniors (born 2009 or later), and ladies (born 2005 or later) do not need SCC locations on the road, however there will likely be money prizes in every of those classes. The present leaders are:
Seniors: GM Alexei Shirov (@AlexeiShirov), 83.0 factors
Youth: GM Andy Woodward (@Philippians46), 86.5 factors
Ladies: WFM Kalyani Sirin (@rollercoaster29), 64.0 factors
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com’s weekly event for titled gamers, with two tournaments held every Tuesday. The primary event begins at 11:00 a.m. Jap Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Commonplace Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Jap Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Commonplace Time (subsequent day).
