CCC ALTO Fall 2025 - Championship

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47 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 16 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2413, and top seed was Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2561).

Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2561) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Eugene Perelshteyn (4.0) and Ryan Amburgy (4.0). Sonis broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Vasishta Tumuluri (1813) beat William Coe (2078), a +265-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹GMFrancesco Sonis2561

Avg top 10

2,413

Participants

Titled players · 16

GM×5

IM×5

FM×1

WGM×1

WIM×2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×39

🇮🇳India×4

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇩🇰Denmark×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
GMFrancesco Sonis
🇮🇹ITA·2561
4.5pts·2669perf+4.9
🥈
GMEugene Perelshteyn
🇺🇸USA·2471
4.0pts·2524perf+3.9
🥉
FMRyan Amburgy
🇺🇸USA·2309
4.0pts·2500perf+27.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Francesco Sonis led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Sonis4.5Prabhu4Ostrovskiy4Perelshteyn4Amburgy4Ashwin4

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Francesco Sonis held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Francesco Sonis won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sonis, FrancescoGM	2561	ITA	+45N	+10B	+14N	=3B	+13N	4.5	13.0	13.0	11.00	2669	+4.9
2	Perelshteyn, EugeneGM	2471	USA	+38N	+9B	+12N	=4B	=3N	4.0	14.5	15.5	11.50	2524	+3.9
3	Amburgy, RyanFM	2309	USA	+23B	+40N	+8B	=1N	=2B	4.0	14.5	15.5	11.25	2500	+27.4
4	Ashwin, JayaramGM	2471	IND	+20B	=5N	+21B	=2N	+10B	4.0	13.5	16.0	12.00	2463	+0.8
5	Prabhu, Naveen	2249	USA	+30N	=4B	+33N	=13B	+12N	4.0	12.0	13.5	10.00	2460	+28.4
6	Ippolito, DeanIM	2332	USA	+18N	=33B	+19N	=15B	+11N	4.0	11.5	13.0	10.75	2352	+2.0
7	Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM	2366	USA	+34N	=19B	=11N	+22B	+15N	4.0	11.0	12.5	9.75	2351	0.0
8	Rachels, StuartIM	2451	USA	+22N	=11B	−3N	+29B	+20N	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.50	2283	-7.6
9	Vigorito, DavidIM	2234	USA	+28B	−2N	+26B	=14B	+32N	3.5	11.0	13.0	7.50	2266	+4.3
10	Horobetz, Graham	2214	USA	+26B	−1N	+23B	+16N	−4N	3.0	14.0	16.0	7.50	2218	+3.6
11	Panda, Vedic	2203	USA	+35B	=8N	=7B	+21N	−6B	3.0	14.0	15.5	7.75	2285	+13.2
12	Wang, TianqiIM	2337	USA	+47B	+16N	−2B	+17N	−5B	3.0	14.0	14.0	6.00	2264	-3.3
13	Fishbein, AlexanderGM	2403	USA	+24B	=21N	+37B	=5N	−1B	3.0	13.5	15.0	7.25	2281	-6.1
14	Aagaard, JacobGM	2430	DEN	+39B	+17N	−1B	=9N	=25B	3.0	13.5	14.5	7.00	2290	-6.6
15	Kung, Thomas	2189	USA	=36N	+29B	+25B	=6N	−7B	3.0	12.5	14.0	7.25	2167	-0.6
16	Carter, Emmanuel	2069	USA	+44N	−12B	+18N	−10B	+27N	3.0	11.0	11.0	5.00	2031	-1.6
17	Belenkaya, DinaWGM	2236	ISR	+27N	−14B	+34N	−12B	+24B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.00	2149	-6.0
18	Ballal, Ishan	1798	IND	−6B	+41N	−16B	+35N	+26B	3.0	10.5	11.0	4.00	1977	+21.2
19	Fishbein, Mitch	2195	USA	+42B	=7N	−6B	−20N	+28B	2.5	12.5	13.0	4.50	2069	-12.4
20	Gvanceladze, AnnaWIM	2055	RUS	−4N	+30B	=27N	+19B	−8B	2.5	12.0	14.0	5.50	2136	+7.8
21	Crump, Alexander J	2112	USA	+31N	=13B	−4N	−11B	+33N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.00	2170	+7.2
22	Hill, Brad W	2002	USA	−8B	+35N	+28B	−7N	=23B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1993	-6.4
23	Sekar, Vignesh	1741	USA	−3N	+44B	−10N	+40B	=22N	2.5	10.5	10.5	2.25	1929	+19.6
24	McCartney, Patrick	1881	USA	−13N	+31B	=36N	+33B	−17N	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.25	2020	+14.4
25	Myers, Dominique	2001	USA	F	+46B	−15N	+36B	=14N	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.00	2170	+15.6
26	Tumuluri, Vasishta	1813	USA	−10N	+45B	−9N	+38B	−18N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1954	+13.2
27	Williams, Christopher	1759	USA	−17B	+39N	=20B	=37N	−16B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1985	+24.0
28	Bock, Dan	1731	USA	−9N	+38B	−22N	+34B	−19N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.50	1926	+20.4
29	Baliga, Zubin	1963	USA	F	−15N	+40B	−8N	+38B	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	2014	+3.6
30	Padron, Antonio	1821	USA	−5B	−20N	=41B	=42N	+44B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.50	1822	-3.0
31	Montalti, Gianluca	1729	USA	−21B	−24N	−39B	+41N	+42B	2.0	6.5	7.0	1.00	1805	+7.8
32	Duren, Andrew	2014	USA	F	−37N	+46B	+39N	−9B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	2034	+1.8
33	Rosenberg, Evan S	2042	USA	+41B	=6N	−5B	−24N	−21B	1.5	13.0	13.5	2.50	1910	-17.4
34	Laureano, Dereck	1900	USA	−7B	+42N	−17B	−28N	=35B	1.5	10.5	11.0	1.25	1808	-16.0
35	Garrison, Jay	1727	USA	−11N	−22B	+44N	−18B	=34N	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1754	+0.4
36	Rigby, Dale	1810	USA	=15B	=43N	=24B	−25N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.00	1896	+13.2
37	Michelle Catherina, PWIM	2117	IND	F	+32B	−13N	=27B	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	3.00	2059	-4.0
38	Hutton, Henry	1828	USA	−2B	−28N	+42B	−26N	−29N	1.0	10.0	10.5	0.50	1665	-22.0
39	Tisserand, Miles	1885	USA	−14N	−27B	+31N	−32B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1754	-15.8
40	Christiansen, NatashaWCM	1672	USA	+43B	−3B	−29N	−23N	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	1716	+2.2
41	Bandoly, Anthony	1719	USA	−33N	−18B	=30N	−31B	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1526	-34.8
42	Mc Intosh, Shawn	1789	USA	−19N	−34B	−38N	=30B	−31N	0.5	8.0	9.0	1.00	1527	-28.4
43	Harris, Neal	1859	USA	−40N	=36B	F	F	F	0.5	2.5	2.5	0.75	1548	-16.2
44	Phadke, Viraj Sharad	1687	USA	−16B	−23N	−35B	F	−30N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1040	-25.4
45	Coe, William	2078	USA	−1B	−26N	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1346	-36.0
46	Uthra, P.WFM	1897	IND	F	−25N	−32N	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1208	-14.0
47	Michelman, Peter	1917	USA	−12N	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1517	-1.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Prabhu, NaveenUSA
+28.4
4.0 pts · #2
2Amburgy, RyanFMUSA
+27.4
4.0 pts · #5
3Williams, ChristopherUSA
+24.0
2.0 pts · #30

Top rating losers

1Coe, WilliamUSA
-36.0
0.0 pts · #45
2Bandoly, AnthonyUSA
-34.8
0.5 pts · #42
3Mc Intosh, ShawnUSA
-28.4
0.5 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R2+265 Elo gap
Tumuluri, Vasishta1813 beat Coe, William2078
R1+187 Elo gap
WCMChristiansen, Natasha1672 beat Harris, Neal1859
R4+169 Elo gap
Bock, Dan1731 beat Laureano, Dereck1900