With lots of usual suspects playing (such as GM Alexander Grischuk, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Vidit Gujrathi) it was GM Shant Sargsyan who finished in clear first place. The 18-year-old Armenian grandmaster scored 8.5/9 in April's third Titled Tuesday.
With another $1600 on the line, the April 21 Titled Tuesday tournament on Chess.com once again attracted over a thousand titled players. The top seed was Nakamura, followed by Grischuk and another Russian grandmaster, Vladimir Fedoseev.
Grischuk was the only player to reach 7/7, which he did with the following win against Iranian GM Homayoon Toufighi. Although Black had been under pressure throughout the game, it was only decided after several mistakes in huge time trouble:
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