TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
2nd Millionaire Chess Open 2015 ()
2nd Millionaire Chess Open 2015
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 13th October 2015
Nakamura beat Le in the final 1.5-0.5. Photo © David Llada. | http://millionairechess.com/
The 2nd Millionaire Chess open took place 8th to 12th October 2015. 7 rounds of open chess followed by tie-breaks produce four players for the knock-out segment and the main prizes. Leading players: Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Yangyi Yu, Gata Kamsky, Liem Le, Luke McShane, Ray Robson, Evgeny Bareev, Evgeniy Najer, Sam Shankland, Aleksandr Shimanov, Varuzhan Akobian, Sergei Azarov, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Illya Nyzhnyk, Aleksandr Lenderman, Vasif Durarbayli, Bartlomiej Macieja, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez, Jianchou Zhou, Alejandro Ramirez, Andrey Stukopin etc Hikaru Nakamura took the $100,000 first prize by beating Quang Liem Le in the final. Nakamura didn't have it easy earlier having to go to tie-breaks to secure his place in the Semi-Finals.
Millionaire Chess 2015 (Las Vegas USA)
Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015 -
Official Site - Live
Millionaire Chess Op 2015 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:120m+30m) - Games in PGN: Games
Millionaire Chess KO 2015 (4 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: KO Final
Millionaire KO U2550 (4 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC:25m+5spm)
Millionaire TB B m 2015 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB2 B
Millionaire TB Final 2015 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TBB Final
Millionaire TB U2550 (5 players 5 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB 2550
Millionaire TB2 U2550 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB2 2550
Millionaire TB A 2015 (5 players 5 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB A
Millionaire TB B 2015 (4 players 3 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB B
Millionaire Chess Op 2015 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 120m+30m) - Games in PGN: Games
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| Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | So Wesley | USA | 2773 | 7.0 | 51.5 | 41.5 | 39.00 |
| 2 | 8 | Mcshane Luke J | ENG | 2674 | 7.0 | 50.5 | 39.5 | 38.00 |
| 3 | 2 | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2808 | 7.0 | 45.5 | 35.5 | 34.50 |
| 4 | 10 | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2658 | 7.0 | 43.0 | 33.0 | 32.50 |
| 5 | 9 | Bareev Evgeny | CAN | 2669 | 6.5 | 50.5 | 39.5 | 34.00 |
| 6 | 6 | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2691 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 38.0 | 33.25 |
| 7 | 7 | Robson Ray | USA | 2680 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 36.5 | 33.25 |
| 8 | 24 | Kaidanov Gregory S | USA | 2561 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 35.5 | 31.75 |
| 9 | 27 | Xiong Jeffery | USA | 2549 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 34.0 | 31.25 |
| 10 | 17 | Zhou Jianchao | CHN | 2606 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 32.5 | 30.00 |
| 11 | 4 | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2721 | 6.0 | 53.0 | 41.5 | 34.25 |
| 12 | 5 | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2697 | 6.0 | 52.5 | 41.5 | 31.25 |
| 13 | 11 | Shankland Samuel L | USA | 2656 | 6.0 | 48.5 | 38.0 | 32.00 |
| 14 | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2628 | 6.0 | 48.5 | 38.0 | 32.00 | |
| 15 | 19 | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2591 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 37.0 | 28.75 |
| 16 | 16 | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2615 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 37.0 | 28.25 |
| 17 | 57 | Norowitz Yaacov | USA | 2435 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 35.0 | 28.50 |
| 18 | 35 | Troff Kayden W | USA | 2528 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 34.5 | 27.25 |
| 19 | 31 | Holt Conrad | USA | 2529 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 35.0 | 25.50 |
| 20 | 38 | Pakleza Zbigniew | POL | 2520 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 33.5 | 30.00 |
| 21 | 33 | Chirila Ioan-Cristian | ROU | 2528 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 35.0 | 29.00 |
| 22 | 34 | Rombaldoni Axel | ITA | 2528 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 34.5 | 25.00 |
| 23 | 28 | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2541 | 6.0 | 43.5 | 34.0 | 28.50 |
| 24 | 12 | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2635 | 6.0 | 42.5 | 33.0 | 27.50 |
| 25 | 20 | Stukopin Andrey | RUS | 2587 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 32.0 | 26.25 |
| 26 | 43 | Fishbein Alexander | USA | 2489 | 6.0 | 40.5 | 32.0 | 23.75 |
| 27 | 1 | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2814 | 5.5 | 55.5 | 44.5 | 31.75 |
| 28 | 18 | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2593 | 5.5 | 50.5 | 39.5 | 29.25 |
| 29 | 32 | Popilski Gil | ISR | 2529 | 5.5 | 49.5 | 39.0 | 25.75 |
| 30 | 15 | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2618 | 5.5 | 48.0 | 38.0 | 25.75 |
| 31 | 46 | Kjartansson Gudmundur | ISL | 2474 | 5.5 | 48.0 | 37.5 | 27.25 |
| 32 | 22 | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2577 | 5.5 | 47.0 | 36.5 | 24.00 |
| 33 | 45 | Drozdowski Kacper | POL | 2476 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 34.0 | 22.25 |
| 34 | 52 | Gurevich Daniel | USA | 2455 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 34.5 | 23.00 |
| 35 | 13 | Zherebukh Yaroslav | USA | 2630 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 33.5 | 25.00 |
| 36 | 49 | Priyadharshan K. | IND | 2462 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 32.5 | 24.50 |
| 37 | 25 | Indjic Aleksandar | SRB | 2558 | 5.5 | 42.0 | 31.5 | 23.00 |
| 38 | 70 | Viswanadha Kesav | USA | 2371 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 31.5 | 21.25 |
| 39 | 39 | Kadric Denis | BIH | 2518 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 31.0 | 23.75 |
| 40 | 23 | Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2574 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 30.5 | 21.50 |
| 41 | 92 | Rojas Sepulveda Eduardo | CHI | 2304 | 5.0 | 48.5 | 37.5 | 25.75 |
| 42 | 80 | Mandizha Farai | ZIM | 2342 | 5.0 | 47.5 | 39.0 | 22.25 |
| 43 | 54 | Li Ruifeng | USA | 2444 | 5.0 | 47.0 | 36.0 | 24.25 |
| 44 | 66 | Meinhardt Maximilian | GER | 2381 | 5.0 | 47.0 | 36.0 | 23.75 |
| 45 | 44 | Berczes David | HUN | 2488 | 5.0 | 46.5 | 37.5 | 21.00 |
| 46 | 58 | Sheng Joshua | USA | 2429 | 5.0 | 46.0 | 35.0 | 21.00 |
| 47 | 47 | Boros Denes | HUN | 2465 | 5.0 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 24.25 |
| 48 | 55 | Quintiliano Pinto Renato R. | BRA | 2442 | 5.0 | 45.0 | 34.5 | 21.50 |
| 49 | 37 | Arun Prasad S. | IND | 2520 | 5.0 | 45.0 | 34.5 | 20.50 |
| 50 | 72 | Liang Awonder | USA | 2361 | 5.0 | 44.5 | 35.0 | 23.25 |
| 147 players | ||||||||
Millionaire KO U2550 (4 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC: 25m+5spm)
Millionaire Chess KO 2015 (4 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: KO Final
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| Millionaire Chess KO 2015 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts |
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2816 | 1 | = | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | Le, Quang Liem | GM | VIE | 2697 | 0 | = | 0.5 | ||
| 3 | Yu, Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2721 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2816 | = | = | = | 1 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Yu, Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2721 | = | = | = | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Le, Quang Liem | GM | VIE | 2697 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 players | |||||||||
Millionaire TB U2550 (5 players 5 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB 2550
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| Millionaire TB U2550 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Hernandez Carmenate, Holden | 2524 | 4 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 4.50 |
| 2 | Tazbir, Marcin | 2516 | 4 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.00 |
| 3 | Sevian, Samuel | 2556 | 4 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 2.0 | 4.75 |
| 4 | Rombaldoni, Axel | 2528 | 4 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 2.0 | 3.25 |
| 5 | Huschenbeth, Niclas | 2541 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1.0 | |
| 5 players | ||||||||||
Millionaire TB B 2015 (4 players 3 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB B
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| Millionaire TB B 2015 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2816 | 3 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.25 |
| 2 | Kamsky, Gata | 2680 | 3 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.25 |
| 3 | Azarov, Sergei | 2580 | 3 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1.0 | |
| 4 | Bareev, Evgeny | 2669 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | |
| 4 players | |||||||||
Millionaire TB Final 2015 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TBB Final
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| Millionaire TB Final 2015 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| 1 | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | USA | 2816 | = | = | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | So Wesley | GM | USA | 2760 | = | = | 0 | 1 |
| 2 players | ||||||||
Millionaire TB2 U2550 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB2 2550
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| Millionaire TB2 U2550 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Sevian Samuel | GM | USA | 2556 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Rombaldoni Axel | GM | ITA | 2528 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 players | |||||||
Millionaire TB A 2015 (5 players 5 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB A
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| Millionaire TB A 2015 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | So, Wesley | 2760 | 4 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 2 | McShane, Luke J | 2674 | 4 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.25 |
| 3 | Shimanov, Aleksandr | 2593 | 4 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.0 | 2.25 |
| 4 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | 2561 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1.0 | ||
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2796 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0.5 | ||
| 5 players | ||||||||||
Millionaire TB B m 2015 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB2 B
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| Millionaire TB B m 2015 Las Vegas USA Thu 8th Oct 2015 - Mon 12th Oct 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | USA | 2816 | 1 | = | 1.5 |
| 2 | Kamsky Gata | GM | USA | 2680 | 0 | = | 0.5 |
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