[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":182},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorBio":7,"authorPhoto":7,"authorRole":7,"body":8,"categories":147,"categoryNames":149,"date":151,"dateModified":7,"description":152,"extension":153,"faq":154,"image":164,"meta":165,"navigation":166,"path":167,"seo":168,"seoTitle":169,"slug":170,"stem":171,"tags":172,"video":178,"videoDuration":179,"videoPoster":180,"wpId":7,"__hash__":181},"news/news/titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura.md","Artemiev wins Titled Tuesday: last-round win over record-setting Nakamura","Akram Herrak",null,{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":138},"minimark",[11,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,47,50,53,56,59,62,65,68,71,75,78,81,89,93,109,113,116,119,123,126,129],[12,13,14,15,23],"p",{},"The last round decided the title. Vladislav Artemiev won Titled Tuesday on October 6, 2026, by beating Hikaru Nakamura in the final game, as ",[16,17,22],"a",{"href":18,"rel":19,"target":21},"https://www.chess.com/news/view/artemiev-wins-titled-tuesday-october-6-2026",[20],"nofollow","_blank","Chess.com"," reported. Nakamura still left with a new site rating record of 3503.",[12,25,26],{},"Artemiev, a grandmaster, finished on 9.5/11. GMs Alexander Grischuk and Alexey Sarana reached the same score but ranked second and third once tiebreaks were applied.",[12,28,29],{},"Nakamura had become the first Chess.com Blitz player ever rated 3500 one day earlier, on October 5. Streaming the October 6 event live from Sithonia, Greece, he lifted that mark to 3503.",[12,31,32],{},"The defeat against Artemiev pushed the American grandmaster down to ninth place. That finish still earned a prize, although with one round to go he had looked set for first, the report noted.",[12,34,35],{},"\"I view this as very much a one-time thing and that's also why I made it a big point to go for it yesterday,\" Nakamura told Chess.com's Tarjei Svensen before the event.",[12,37,38],{},"During a break, Nakamura took questions from the live audience and put the theoretical ceiling for a Chess.com rating at roughly 3550.",[12,40,41],{},"\"I am basically handicapped unless I were to stop streaming or playing Titled Tuesday, which I won't do for obvious reasons,\" Nakamura told Chess.com when asked whether 3600 could be reached.",[43,44,46],"h2",{"id":45},"how-the-final-rounds-played-out","How the final rounds played out",[12,48,49],{},"A total of 17 players opened with 4/4, Artemiev among them, along with GM Wesley So, the winner a week earlier. Nakamura missed that group after a draw in round four.",[12,51,52],{},"Artemiev's clean start ended in round five with a loss to GM Sina Movahed. In round seven, Nakamura beat Sarana, while GM Liem Le needed only 26 moves to defeat FM Dincer Tasdogen.",[12,54,55],{},"Le then reached 8/8 by beating Nakamura, his first loss of the evening. GM Dmitrij Kollars ended Le's streak in round nine.",[12,57,58],{},"In that same round, Nakamura turned around his game against GM Vincent Keymer while both players were short on time.",[12,60,61],{},"Grischuk beat Le in round 10 with a queen sacrifice that Chess.com called strong. Kollars drew with Sarana and led on 9/10, with Artemiev, Nakamura, Grischuk and GM Ihor Samunenkov on 8.5/10.",[12,63,64],{},"For the last round, Nakamura got Black against Artemiev for a second game running, while Kollars met Grischuk. On tiebreaks, wins by both Nakamura and Grischuk would have given Nakamura first place.",[12,66,67],{},"Instead, Nakamura made an incorrect capture that turned a small edge into equality, according to the report. Artemiev exploited a further mistake and soon forced resignation.",[12,69,70],{},"Grischuk did beat Kollars, which meant the Artemiev against Nakamura game decided the winner.",[43,72,74],{"id":73},"artemievs-first-win-since-2021","Artemiev's first win since 2021",[12,76,77],{},"The victory was Artemiev's first Titled Tuesday win since early 2021, when he took three of four events between February 16 and March 9 that year.",[12,79,80],{},"Before the start, Nakamura said he wanted to stay competitive and avoid early losses because spectators were watching in person.",[12,82,83,84,88],{},"\"First and foremost, because there are actually people watching ",[85,86,87],"span",{},"in person",", I'd like to be competitive where I'm not losing a bunch of games early,\" Nakamura told Chess.com.",[43,90,92],{"id":91},"final-standings","Final standings",[94,95,96,100,103,106],"ol",{},[97,98,99],"li",{},"Vladislav Artemiev, GM, 9.5",[97,101,102],{},"Alexander Grischuk, GM, 9.5",[97,104,105],{},"Alexey Sarana, GM, 9.5",[97,107,108],{},"Dmitrij Kollars, GM, 9",[43,110,112],{"id":111},"what-comes-next-for-nakamura","What comes next for Nakamura",[12,114,115],{},"Nakamura has made clear he will keep streaming and playing Titled Tuesday, which he believes keeps his rating from climbing much further.",[12,117,118],{},"Since nobody stayed perfect, next week's bounty for a perfect score will be $5,000, equal to the first three prizes put together, Chess.com said.",[43,120,122],{"id":121},"train-with-chessiverse-bots","Train with Chessiverse bots",[12,124,125],{},"Nakamura's title chance slipped away through one wrong capture in a tense finish, a reminder of how fast a good position can turn in blitz.",[12,127,128],{},"Chessiverse has more than 1,100 bots, with an opponent at every rating from beginner to 3000+.",[12,130,131,132,137],{},"Pick ",[16,133,136],{"href":134,"rel":135},"https://chessiverse.com/explore",[20],"a bot near your level"," and practice converting small advantages when the clock gets low.",{"title":139,"searchDepth":140,"depth":140,"links":141},"",2,[142,143,144,145,146],{"id":45,"depth":140,"text":46},{"id":73,"depth":140,"text":74},{"id":91,"depth":140,"text":92},{"id":111,"depth":140,"text":112},{"id":121,"depth":140,"text":122},[148],"news",[150],"News","2026-10-09","Vladislav Artemiev won Titled Tuesday on October 6, 2026, beating Hikaru Nakamura in the last round as Nakamura raised his Chess.com blitz record to 3503.","md",[155,158,161],{"question":156,"answer":157},"Who won Titled Tuesday on October 6, 2026?","GM Vladislav Artemiev won with 9.5/11 after beating Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. Alexander Grischuk and Alexey Sarana finished with the same score but ranked behind him on tiebreaks, in second and third.",{"question":159,"answer":160},"What is Hikaru Nakamura's Chess.com blitz rating record?","Nakamura raised his record to 3503 during Titled Tuesday on October 6, 2026, one day after becoming the first Chess.com Blitz player to reach 3500.",{"question":162,"answer":163},"Where did Nakamura finish in Titled Tuesday on October 6, 2026?","He finished ninth after losing his last-round game to Artemiev, a place that still earned prize money.","/static/img/blog/titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura.webp",{},true,"/news/titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura",{"title":5,"description":152},"Titled Tuesday October 6, 2026 winner | Chessiverse","titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura","news/titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura",[173,174,175,176,177],"titled tuesday","vladislav artemiev","hikaru nakamura","chess.com","blitz","https://storage.googleapis.com/chessiverse1/social/news-articles/titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura/video.mp4",21,"https://storage.googleapis.com/chessiverse1/social/news-articles/titled-tuesday-october-6-2026-artemiev-nakamura/video-poster.jpg","mHwtO2WPPV-TIIUkHOcNr6oaa7UYOvoIcix4snsM4rg",1791556310718]