GM Elshan Moradiabadi triumphs at ALTO tournament in Charlotte

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