With a perfect 5/5 score, GM Francesco Sonis swept last weekend's Charlotte February Open, winning the event's top prize of $1,000. The tournament took place at the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn, welcoming 144 players for the classical portion, plus...
With five victories and a half-point bye in six rounds, GM Awonder Liang has topped yet another Charlotte Chess Center event, placing clear first at the 2026 Charlotte Open. A flawless tournament for Charlotte Open champion GM Awonder Liang. ...
The first edition of a brand new CCC event, the Charlotte Winter Classic, took place last weekend at the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn! A total of 246 players participated in the tournament, including three GMs, a WGM, four FMs, and numerous NMs and...
Trailing by half a point entering the last day of the US Masters in Charlotte, Grandmaster Awonder Liang won both of his games to vault himself into a tie for first, before taking down GM Andrew Hong in a crazy tiebreak playoff. The win clinched L...
With only two rounds left at the annual US Masters tournament in Charlotte, three GMs stand tied atop the standings with 6/7. But with a whopping nine players on 5.5 behind them, there are plenty of players left in contention for the tournament's ...
The annual US Masters tournament is well underway in Charlotte, and one player still has a perfect score through five rounds! With wins over two GMs and two IMs in his last four games, GM Andrew Hong stands alone atop the standings, with three oth...
Through three rounds at the annual US Masters tournament in Charlotte, only nine perfect scorers remain. Thanksgiving Thursday saw quite a few upsets, as even top-seeded GM Awonder Liang ceded a draw, and several other pre-tournament favorites eit...
The strongest open chess tournament in the United States, the US Masters, kicked off on Wednesday at the Hilton Charlotte University Place! The US Masters is hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, and follows the recently-completed Fall Nor...
This past week, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted a Fall Norm Invitational tournament for players seeking IM and GM norms. Two participants emerged with their first-ever IM norms: 11-year-old FM Linxi Zhu and 13-year-old FM Andrew Jing! The pl...
The North American Corporate Chess League's twelfth regular season has come to a conclusion, giving us eight teams for Thursday evening's knockout tournament! Margins were slim, as the eighth and final playoff spot came down to tiebreaks, while on...
There is only one week remaining in the North American Chess League's regular season, and stakes are high. Only the top eight companies in the final standings will qualify for the November 13 knockout tournament, so this upcoming week is the last ...
Last weekend, the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn played host to the latest edition of one of the Charlotte Chess Center’s flagship events: the ALTO! ALTO stands for At Least Twenty One, meaning only adults 21 and older are eligible to play. Thi...
With only two weeks left in the North American Corporate Chess League's regular season, there's not much time remaining for teams to clinch one of the league's eight playoff spots. The playoff line currently ends at eighth-ranked AFS, with 32.5 po...
We have reached the halfway point of the North American Corporate Chess League's regular season! Competition is fierce, as the league's 38 teams compete for eight spots in the one-day knockout tournament scheduled for November 13. The North Amer...
Through two weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League's twelfth season, not much is decided, but much has happened! Two frontrunners have emerged in the form of Capital One and Databricks, each posting 20 out of a possible 24 points, but ...
Season number twelve of the North American Corporate Chess League is now underway! A total of 38 teams participated in Thursday evening's opening rounds, playing three games of rapid chess right here on chess.com. The North American Corporate Ch...
Over the past two weekends, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted the 2025 Charlotte Fall Open at the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn. Over 200 players participated in at least one of the event's five sections, with the U1800, U1500, and U1200 held from S...
It was a chess-filled Labor Day weekend here in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the Charlotte Chess Center hosted two FIDE-rated events: the Southeastern FIDE Championship and the Labor Day Norm Invitational! Both tournaments took place at the Sou...
Last weekend, the Charlotte Chess Center's annual Charlotte Summer Open took place at the Southpark Hilton Garden Inn, welcoming over 150 players across four sections! The tournament featured five games of USCF standard-rated chess, with the top t...
The ninth annual edition of the Carolinas Classic, one of the Charlotte Chess Center's flagship events, took place last weekend at the Hilton Charlotte University Place! The Carolinas Classic wasn't just a standalone chess tournament - it was a ...
The regular season of the North American Corporate Chess League is over, and we now know all eight teams that will participate in the knockout playoff on Thursday, as well as the winners of individual and team awards! The North American Corporat...
With one week remaining in the North American Corporate Chess League regular season, the playoff race is heating up! Out of the 45 total teams in the NACCL, seventeen are within three points of the playoff line, each vying for a top eight spot and...
After taking a narrow lead last week in the North American Corporate Chess League, Symetra Financial made big strides this past Thursday and is now all but assured a spot in the knockout playoff scheduled for June 12th. The team's two GMs, Andrey ...
Through three weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League season, Symetra Financial has emerged as the clear leader with a total of 30 points. Having been tied for the lead after last week's set of games, Symetra's two Grandmasters each wen...
Through two weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League's new season, very little is decided. Out of the 45 teams participating, almost half the field is within three points of first place! Meta and Symetra are currently tied for first at 1...
