GM David Brodsky finishes first at the Charlotte Chess Open 2024

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The Charlotte Chess Open 2024 was held from 12-15 January in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was a 6-round tournament with 8 categories: Champ, U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500, U1300, U1100, and U900.

The field of the main Champ event gathered 62 players, including GM Daniel Naroditsky, GM Julio Sadorra, GM Emilio Cordova, and other world-known grandmasters. After 6 played rounds, GM David Brodsky emerged as the sole Winner of the event with the score of 5.5 points, and won the money prize of $2.000. GM Emilio Cordova finished second, while as many as seven players tied for the third scoring 4.5 points, each.

Charlotte Chess Open 2024 final standings:

#	Name	Rating	St	Total	Prize
1	GM David Brodsky	2584	NY	5.5	$2000 + Plaque
2	GM Emilio Cordova	2649	MO	5	$1,000
3	GM Daniel Naroditsky	2702	NC	4.5	$185.71
4	GM Jianchao Zhou	2662	MA	4.5	$185.71
5	GM Julio Sadorra	2651	TX	4.5	$185.71
6	GM Gergely Kantor	2596	MO	4.5	$185.71
7	GM Cristhian Cruz	2574	PER	4.5	$185.71
8	GM Kayden Troff	2569	UT	4.5	$185.71
9	GM Jesse Kraai	2451	MD	4.5	$185.71
10	GM Alonso Zapata	2420	GA	4
11	Deepak Aaron	2393	GA	4	$180 / U2400
12	FM Vishnu Vanapalli	2387	NC	4	$180 / U2400
13	IM David Vigorito	2339	MA	4	$180 / U2400
14	Naveen Prabhu	2323	NC	4	$180 / U2400
15	Andrew Jiang	2304	GA	4	$180 / U2400
16	IM Nico Chasin	2499	NY	3.5
17	Graham Horobetz	2407	TN	3.5
18	WGM Tatev Abrahamyan	2398	MO	3.5
19	Andrew Titus	2343	MN	3.5
20	Jonathan Kogen	2341	IL	3.5
21	WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor	2314	NC	3.5
22	Matthew Wofford	2171	CO	3.5	$600 / U2250
23	FM Alexander King	2399	TN	3
24	Thomas Kung	2330	TX	3
25	Julian Proleiko	2314	MO	3
26	Matias Shundi	2306	NC	3
27	James Nguyen	2272	TN	3
28	Alexander Rutten	2268	GA	3
29	Tyson Brady	2250	VA	3
30	Advaith Karthik	2220	NC	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
31	John Ligotti	2219	FL	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
32	Sreekar Gangavarapu	2202	IL	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
33	Carter Peatman	2183	GA	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
34	Thomas Fang	2179	NC	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
35	Jacorey Bynum	2135	FL	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
36	Anthony Parker	2105	TX	3	$42.86 / 2nd U2250
37	WGM Dina Belenkaya	2310	ISR	2.5
38	Dominique Myers	2211	NC	2.5
39	William Wu	2174	FL	2.5
40	Hugo Nam	2061	MI	2.5
41	Charles Troutman	2056	GA	2.5
42	William Fox	2015	AL	2.5
43	IM Dean Ippolito	2476	NC	2
44	Aaron Decord	2135	AL	2
45	Adharsh Rajagopal	2135	NC	2
46	Ethan Liu	2117	NC	2
47	Andrew Wu	2096	NC	2
48	Jonath Joseph	2092	ON	2
49	Cole Rice	2083	MD	2
50	Sanjay Kumar	2033	GA	2
51	Vidyuth Kamesh	2030	MO	2
52	Benjamin Shoykhet	2016	MD	2
53	Smayan Ammasani	2008	NC	2
54	Sid Pickard	2088	TN	1.5
55	Rahul Ramesh	2026	NC	1.5
56	Benjamin Yan	2246	NC	1
57	Puwit Moerlien	2055	KS	1
58	Nirav Natha	2025	NC	1
59	David Schmitz	2075	GA	0.5
60	Andrew Wu*	2096	NC	0
61	James Altucher*	2025	GA	0
62	James Altucher	2025	GA	0