With wins in both of his games on Sunday, Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana has won the strongest open tournament in the United States, the US Masters, with an 8/9 score. Caruana's loss to GM Nikolas Theodorou in round six put him half a point out of ...
In a major upset with potential FIDE Candidates circuit ramifications, GM Nikolas Theodorou (2612 FIDE) took down super-GM Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces, putting himself in sole possession of first place entering the last day of play at th...
We are now past the halfway point of the US Masters tournament, and GMs Fabiano Caruana and Nikolas Theodorou are the only two players on a perfect 5/5 heading into Saturday's rounds. The US Masters is the strongest open tournament in the United S...
Rounds two and three of the strongest open chess tournament in the United States, the US Masters, took place yesterday on Thanksgiving day. This tournament, hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, is a nine round open event hosting 264 total players...
The strongest open tournament in the United States, the US Masters, is now underway! Over 200 titled chess players, including 47 Grandmasters, have gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina for nine rounds of long time control chess, fun side events, ...
This past weekend, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted our fall 2024 ALTO tournament at the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn. ALTO stands for At Least Twenty-One, meaning that all participants in the tournament needed to be at least twenty-one years old!...
Last weekend, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted a special event at the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn: the Charlotte Doubles Championship! This event provided a break from the monotony of "everyone-for-themselves" tournament chess. Participants reg...
On July 19-21, 2024, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted the 2024 Charlotte Summer Open at the Southpark Hilton Garden Inn. A total of 160 players, hailing from nine states, competed in five rounds of classical chess for a total guaranteed prize fun...
Over Memorial Day weekend, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted its official Club Championship at the CCC's Main/South location. The event consisted of a standard tournament (g80+10) held on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a rapid and blitz tournamen...
One of the Charlotte Chess Center's signature events, the ALTO tournament, took place at the Southpark Hilton Garden Inn from April 19-21, 2024. ALTO stands for At Least Twenty-One, so only players 21 years of age or older were eligible to play...
