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The 7th Annual Carolinas Chess Classic starts in Charlotte

by L'immortale

The 7th Annual Carolinas Classic features an increased $15,000 guaranteed prize fund in 10 sections and a $1,000 Blitz Tournament for all participants. The tournaments will be played at the Hilton Charlotte University Place, in Charlotte, USA.

In addition to the main events and side events, participants may engage with special guest GM Sam Shankland who will lead Q&A’s, blitz challenges, game analysis, and more throughout the event! Former World Champion, GM Veselin Topalov, and world-renowned trainer GM Jacob Aagaard will also be present and hold a book signing/autograph session on Sunday of the event. 

The main event – Championship section (for players rated 2000+) will be held from 9-11 June with $4,800 in prizes and $1,600 reserved for the Winner of the event. The tournament is played in 5 rounds, swiss system, with a time control of 115 minutes + 5 seconds increment. The top seeds are GM Yasser Quesada Perez, GM Tuan Minh Le, and GM Giorgi Margvelashvili.

Detailed information and the time schedule can be found on the official website of the event.

The 7th annual Carolinas Chess Classic – Championship section starting list: of players

 NameRating
1GM YASSER QUESADA PEREZ2684
2GM TUAN MINH LE2669
3GM GIORGI MARGVELASHVILI2591
4GM FIDEL CORRALES JIMENEZ2587
5GM ALEXANDER SHABALOV2554
6GM MAGESH PANCHANATHAN2552
7GM DARCY LIMA2544
8IM LEVAN BREGADZE2511
9IM DEAN IPPOLITO2487
10GM JESSE KRAAI2459
11WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN2393
12FM RYAN AMBURGY2374
13IM JUSTIN SARKAR2360
14SUDARSHAN SRINIAIYER2324
15BENJAMIN YAN2309
16AVI KAPLAN2307
17NAVEEN PRABHU2303
18JAMES NGUYEN2252
19EMMANUEL CARTER2245
20ADVAITH KARTHIK2237
21JAMES CHIRILOV2231
22ESHAAN HEBBAR2218
23CARTER PEATMAN2210
24NEAL HARRIS2200
25REECE THOMPSON2169
26SIHAN TAO2165
27JULIAN COLVILLE2137
28ETHAN LIU2121
29RONAK HIWALE2121
30SREEKAR GANGAVARAPU2119
31YOGESHWAR YEHAMANDRAM2117
32JACK HELLER2111
33KRISHNA RALLABANDI2109
34BRIAN TAY2100
35DANIL MCQUILLIN2097
36SRITEJ SATTARU2091
37CHLOE GAW2089
38ANDREW WU2086
39MARIUS CUTITARU2043
40MAXWELL BARNES2039
41EVAN KOEHL2037
42ARAV PATEL2032
43NIRAV NATHA2016
44AARON MARIAN2016
45SHAWN MCINTOSH2015
46OWEN LEVINE2006
47KEVIN SUN2004

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