Denis Lazavik, Volodar Murzin, and Yoseph Taher each won their respective 3 0 Thursday tournaments on July 2 without needing tiebreaks. All three claimed outright victories, a clean sweep that speaks to decisive chess under time pressure.
Lazavik took the opening tournament, finishing ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Jan-Krzysztof Duda among others. The win puts Lazavik in strong form heading into the next rapid cycle.
Murzin dominated his section with similar authority. The young Russian continues to prove he belongs in the highest company, demonstrating the rapid chess consistency that marks top-tier blitz and bullet players.
Taher's victory in the third tournament shows the strength running through the rapid circuit right now. The Israeli IM played clean chess when it mattered most.
Three 0 tournament outright wins on a single day is notable. No drawn games forced into arbitrary tiebreak territory, no shared prizes. These players simply outplayed their fields across 180-second games. In rapid formats where preparation matters less and pure calculation takes over, this kind of decisive dominance tells you everything about the level these three brought to the board.