Grandmaster Haik Martirosyan ne 14 April ko apna pehla Titled Tuesday khitab jeeta, jisme unhone 9/9 ki shuruat ke baad 11 mein se 10 ank hasil kiye. GM Sina Movahed ne 9.5 ankon ke saath dusra sthan prapt kiya aur spring split standing mein apni badhat banaye rakhi. Is event mein Chess.com par top titled khiladiyon ke beech kadak mukable dekhne ko mile.
Martirosyan ne tournament mein majboot shuruat ki aur pehle break ke baad GM Jose Martinez, FM Havard Haug aur CM Vladimir Mikhailovsky ke sath 5/5 par pahunch gaye. Chhathe round mein, unhone White mohron ke sath Mikhailovsky ko haraya, jabki Martinez ne Haug ko mat di. Unke satvein round ke mukable mein Martirosyan ne ek extra exchange aur ek passed pawn hasil karke jeet darj ki, aur baki khiladiyon ke draw hone par wo akele 6.5/7 ke score par aage nikal gaye. Agle round mein GM Parham Maghsoodloo ne unhe chunauti di, lekin Martirosyan ne time scramble mein jeet hasil karke 8/8 ka score chhua. Break ke baad, unhone nauvein round mein GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ke khilaf Alekhine's gun banayi aur perfection se do ank door rahe. 10vein round mein, 149-chalon ke ek romanchak mukable ke baad, jisme dono khiladiyon ko mauke mile aur ant mein time scramble hua, Martirosyan aur Movahed ke beech match draw raha. GM Arjun Erigaisi ne GM Amin Tabatabaei ke khilaf jaldi jeet darj ki aur 9/9 ke sath Martirosyan ki barabari kar li. Antim round mein dono leaders ka amna-samna hua: Arjun ke Greek Gift sacrifice se ek extra pawn mila, lekin Martirosyan ne rook endgame mein counterattack karke aur apne pratidwandi ko flag karke tournament jeet liya. Movahed ne GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda ko harakar dusra sthan prapt kiya, jabki Arjun tiebreaks par GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov se aage rehkar teesre sthan par rahe. Martirosyan ki is jeet ne unhe $1,000 aur CCT spring split standings mein nauva sthan dilaya, jahan Movahed, GM Nihal Sarin se 10 ank aage chalkar pehle sthan par hain. Top chhah mein GM Aravindh Chithambaram aur Tabatabaei shamil rahe, jabki IM Polina Shuvalova ne mahilaon ka prize jeeta.
