Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina organized three ALTO (At Least Twenty-One) chess tournaments played in 5 rounds from April 29 – May 1 with a total prize fund of 5.500$.
The main tournament gathered 25 players including 3 grandmasters, while the U1800 and U1400 tournaments brought together more than 80 players.
GM Elshan Moradiabadi and GM Magesh Panchanathan scored 4/5 points to tie for the first place in the main championship. Moradiabadi had better tiebreaks but the two players shared the trophy and the prize.
Final rankings – ALTO chess tournament:
1
GM Elshan Moradiabadi
2608
4.0
2
GM Magesh Panchanathan
2552
4.0
3
Tianqi Wang
2429
3.5
4
GM Benjamin Finegold
2515
3.5
5
Dominique Myers
2202
3.5
6
WIM Luciana Morales
2175
3.0
7
Patrick McCartney
1967
3.0
8
Emmanuel Carter
2200
3.0
9
John Timmel
2070
3.0
10
WFM Uthra Pakkirisamy
2009
3.0
11
Noah Hamilton
1766
3.0
12
Benjamin Snodgrass
2210
2.5
13
Juan Almaguer
2164
2.5
14
Anthony Parker
2141
2.5
15
Dereck Laureano
2056
2.0
16
Henry Hasman
1988
2.0
17
Ali Shirzad
1755
2.0
18
Paul King
1800
2.0
19
Neil Luo
1839
2.0
20
Garret Allen
1882
1.5
21
Solomon Pointer
1929
1.5
22
Robert Fischer
2051
1.0
23
Noshir Patel
1761
1.0
24
Gary Cote
1800
1.0
25
Gregory Risk
1877
0.5