GM Hikaru Nakamura won his third straight Titled Tuesday on October 4 with the rare score of 10.5/11, then nearly swept the event for the second straight week with a second-place finish in the late event. Instead, it was won by GM Matthias Bluebaum on tiebreaks. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda also had a successful day, finishing …
Sometimes arenas can be cruel. The second place score in Saturday’s Bullet Titled Arena would have been enough to win June’s bullet arena by 19 points. Instead, it was enough to lose to IM Minh Le by 24 points. Minh was absolutely dominant, starting out by winning an incredible 22 games in a row. From …
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Sometimes arenas can be cruel. The second place score in Saturday’s Bullet Titled Arena would have been enough to win June’s bullet arena by 19 points. Instead, it was enough to lose to IM Minh Le by 24 points. Minh was absolutely dominant, starting out by winning an incredible 22 games in a row. From …
A first time Grandmaster Titled Arena winner and Nakamura’s forbidden platform. Read More »
The Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase entered its 22nd week on Sunday and was won by a rampant GM Hikaru Nakamura who toppled GM Fabiano Caruana after winning all of his games en route to his seventh knockout victory. A generational square-off took place in the semifinals with the elder players winning their encounters …
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