Nakamura Sets New Chess.com Rating Record As Artemiev Pulls Out Last-Second Win
A day after becoming the first 3500-rated Chess.com Blitz player in site history, GM Hikaru Nakamura upped his record to 3503 while streaming Titled Tuesday live from Sithonia, Greece, on October 6. Unfortunately for Nakamura, he did not ultimately win the tournament, an honor which went to GM Vladislav...
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