.jpg){kind=link}
GM
Alireza Firouzja
won
Titled Tuesday
on November 3 outright with an undefeated score of 10/11, moving into second place in the
2026-27 CCT Standings
. Eight players officially qualified today for the
just-announced Speed Chess Championship
via their performance in Titled Tuesday since September 1: GMs
Hikaru Nakamura
—who scored 9.5/11 today to finish second outright—Firouzja,
Sina Movahed
,
Hans Niemann
,
Dmitry Andreikin
,
Wesley So
,
Denis Lazavik
, and
Vladislav Artemiev
.
CCT Standings
Broadcast
Recap
Tournament Standings
Prize Table
Game And Move Of The Day
CCT Standings
The top eight qualified for Speed Chess Championship XI. Lower-ranked players might still have chances to play based on additional invitations and withdrawals in the final 16-player field.
Rank
Title
Player
Points
1
GM
Hikaru Nakamura
36
2
GM
Alireza Firouzja
21
3
GM
Sina Movahed
20
4
GM
Hans Moke Niemann
19
5
GM
Dmitry Andreikin
19
6
GM
Wesley So
18
7
GM
Denis Lazavik
18
8
GM
Vladislav Artemiev
17
9
GM
Vincent Keymer
16
10
GM
Fabiano Caruana
14
11
GM
Alexey Sarana
14
12
GM
Liem Le
12
13
GM
Andy Woodward
12
14
GM
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
11
15
GM
Arjun Erigaisi
8
16
GM
Ian Nepomniachtchi
8
Broadcast
In case you missed it, here's this week's broadcast with GM
Robert Hess
:
Recap
Three Americans and an Iranian represented the last four perfect players after six rounds: Nakamura, Niemann, GM
Fabiano Caruana
, and Movahed. After seven rounds, however, there was just one: Niemann and Nakamura made a draw, but Caruana defeated Movahed to reach 7/7. After 64 moves, Caruana was down an exchange... but had five, count 'em, pawns for it. He won soon after.
Caruana's lead and perfection didn't last, as he lost in the next round to Nakamura, who became sole leader after Niemann and Firouzja drew. If anyone was pressing for the win for most of the game it was Caruana, but the game suddenly turned near the end, and now the bounty for a perfect 11/11 score moves to an even $6,000 next week.
Nakamura was able to retain his lead for one more round despite struggling for much of his game against GM
Arjun Erigaisi
, before Arjun blundered the game back. Niemann, Caruana, and Firouzja were able to keep within a half-point of Nakamura by defeating Movahed, GM
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
, and GM
Minh Le
, respectively.
In the 10th-round encounter between Nakamura and Firouzja, Firouzja gradually began to take control around move 20 after an early mutual tactical hiccup, and he never let go from there on his way to taking the lead away from Nakamura.
At the same time, Caruana benefited from a sudden endgame turnaround to beat Niemann and keep up with Firouzja, setting up a final-round clash to determine the tournament winner. The last game proved somewhat anticlimactic, with Firouzja winning easily.
Nakamura defeated GM
Maxim Matlakov
to take sole second, while Niemann was able to move into third place with a win over IM
Aleksandr Usov
, and Caruana settled for fourth.
Tournament Standings
Rank
Seed
Fed
Title
Username
Name
Rating
Score
1st Tiebreak
1
8
GM
@Firouzja2003
Alireza Firouzja
3331
10
71
2
1
GM
@Hikaru
Hikaru Nakamura
3466
9.5
78
3
12
GM
@HansOnTwitch
Hans Niemann
3293
9
81
4
16
GM
@FabianoCaruana
Fabiano Caruana
3283
9
75
5
4
GM
@Polish_fighter3000
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
3317
9
73
6
86
FM
@Hamidrezatahmasebii
Hamidreza Tahmasebi
3080
9
63.5
7
82
GM
@Durarbayli
Vasif Durarbayli
3063
9
61
8
14
GM
@dropstoneDP
David Paravyan
3273
8.5
79.5
9
3
GM
@GHANDEEVAM2003
Arjun Erigaisi
3315
8.5
74
10
20
GM
@jefferyx
Jeffery Xiong
3245
8.5
73.5
11
68
GM
@WhiteKnight2612
Rohith Krishna
3098
8.5
71
12
26
GM
@BillieKimbah
Maxim Matlakov
3224
8.5
71
13
7
GM
@FairChess_on_YouTube
Dmitry Andreikin
3296
8.5
70
14
15
GM
@Grischuk
Alexander Grischuk
3242
8.5
68.5
15
11
GM
@Sibelephant
Vladislav Artemiev
3264
8.5
68.5
16
33
FM
@artin10862
Artin Ashraf
3192
8.5
68
17
94
GM
@Sychev_Klementy
Klementy Sychev
3050
8.5
65
18
48
GM
@aquarium76
Nodirbek Yakubboev
3138
8.5
59
19
17
GM
@Msb2
Matthias Bluebaum
3250
8
77.5
20
18
GM
@Konavets
Sam Sevian
3247
8
73.5
21
22
GM
@wonderfultime
Tuan Minh Le
3234
8
70.5
22
19
GM
@mishanick
Alexey Sarana
3230
8
70
23
49
IM
@Dolphin_2010
Aleksandr Usov
3142
8
68.5
24
100
IM
@SeyedAM2010
Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar
3014
8
64.5
25
53
GM
@klimkoj
Jan Klimkowski
3104
8
62
Full final standings
.
Prize Table
Prize
Winner
Amount
Perfect Score Bounty
n/a*
$5,750*
1st
GM Alireza Firouzja
$2,500
2nd
GM Hikaru Nakamura
$1,500
3rd
GM Hans Niemann
$1,000
4th
GM Fabiano Caruana
$700
5th
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda
$400
6th
FM Hamidreza Tahmasebi
$400
7th
GM Vasif Durarbayli
$250
8th
GM David Paravyan
$250
9th
GM Arjun Erigaisi
$250
10th
GM Jeffery Xiong
$250
Top Woman
WFM Veronika Shubenkova (67th)
$250
Top Senior (50+)
GM Rodrigo Vasquez (76th)
$250
Top Youth (U16)
IM Aleksandr Usov
$250
Top Girl (U16)
WIM Melika Mohammadi (112th)
$250
Top non-GM
FM Artin Ashraf
$250
Top non-IM
FM Maksim Volkov (29th)
$250
Best Debut or Return
FM Jason Morefield (56th)
$250
Move of the Week
TBD
$100
Game of the Week
TBD
$100
Streamer 1st
CM Vahan Nalbandyan
$100
Streamer 2nd
IM Kirill Klukin
$100
Woman Streamer
WGM Adriana Nikolova
$100
*Bounty grows by $250 per week without a perfect score, and resets once a perfect score has been achieved.
Game And Move Of The Day
These winners are announced by Thursday each week. If you would like to nominate a game or a move (including your own) in this or future weeks,
click here
!
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly tournament for titled players. It begins at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time/17:00 Central European Time/20:30 Indian Standard Time.