Hikaru Nakamura vinner Titled Tuesday på Chess.com

Stormester Hikaru Nakamura sikret sin 94. Titled Tuesday-tittel den 5. mai. Seieren markerte hans første seier i det ukentlige Chess.com-arrangementet siden november 2025. Han endte med 10 av 11 mulige poeng.

Nakamura overvant et tidlig tap i fjerde runde og vant turneringen med et helt poengs margin. Stormester Sina Movahed tok andreplassen etter å ha beseiret stormester Jose Martinez i den siste runden. Nakamura hadde ledet knapt etter 10. runde og trengte bare remis i det siste partiet for å sikre en klar seier mot stormester Amin Tabatabaei.

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