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CCC ALTO Spring 2026 - Championship

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2120, and top seed was Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2558).

Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2558) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Craig Hilby (4.5) and Alexander J Crump (3.5). Sonis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Natasha Christiansen (WCM, 1702) beat Henry Hutton (1806), a +104-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹GMFrancesco Sonis2558
Avg top 10
2,120
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
GM×1
IM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
5
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Hilby4.5Sonis4.5Vigorito3.5Marsh3.5Crump3.5McCartney3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Sonis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Craig Hilby drew with GM Francesco Sonis (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Craig Hilby 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Francesco Sonis 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMCraig Hilby*
½
—
1
2GMFrancesco Sonis
½
*
1
—
3IMDavid Vigorito—
0
*—
4James J Marsh
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sonis, FrancescoGM2558ITA+22B+9N+3B+4N=2B4.514.014.512.252590+1.7
2Hilby, CraigIM2408USA+17N+16B+14N+5B=1N4.511.513.010.752500+5.7
3Crump, Alexander J2109USA+23N+6B−1N+7B=5N3.514.014.58.252128+4.8
4Vigorito, DavidIM2238USA+19B=10N+9B−1B+11N3.512.013.57.752189-0.9
5Marsh, James J2087USA+18B+24N+21B−2N=3B3.510.510.54.252189+14.0
6Ballal, Ishan1829IND+13B−3N+15B−8N+16B3.010.512.05.501931+13.4
7Allen, Garret1734USA−9B+22N+24B−3N+13B3.08.58.52.501967+28.6
8McCartney, Patrick1889USA=20B−21N+22B+6B=10N3.07.58.05.251954+8.8
9Bryant, Todd2024USA+7N−1B−4N=12B+17N2.513.014.55.501985-5.8
10Barrow, William J1942USA+12N=4BF=11N=8B2.511.011.06.502016+7.0
11Hutton, Henry1806USA−14N+18B+12N=10B−4B2.510.011.54.751881+7.6
12Bock, Dan1751USA−10B+19N−11B=9N=23B2.09.09.53.001796+5.0
13Garrison, Jay1701USA−6N+23B=16N=19B−7N2.09.09.52.001729+3.6
14Christiansen, NatashaWCM1702USA+11B+20N−2BFF2.08.08.03.502007+22.2
15Phadke, Viraj Sharad1718USA−16N+17B−6N+24B−18N2.07.57.51.501747+3.6
16Tisserand, Miles1877USA+15B−2N=13BF−6N1.511.511.53.001794-11.8
17Sekar, Vignesh1776USA−2B−15N+20B=18N−9B1.510.511.51.751743-7.2
18Mendenhall, Todd M1804USA−5N−11NF=17B+15B1.59.59.52.751760-12.8
19Rigby, Dale1831USA−4N−12B+23N=13NF1.58.08.01.501768-20.0
20Montalti, Gianluca1737USA=8N−14B−17N=22BF1.07.07.01.751607-13.4
21Baliga, Zubin2068USAF+8B−5NFF1.06.56.53.001988-4.0
22Allen, Mark1832USA−1N−7B−8N=20NF0.511.511.50.501576-50.4
23Langer, Brad1735USA−3B−13N−19BF=12N0.59.09.01.001526-40.0
24Risk, Gregory1809USAF−5B−7N−15NF0.08.58.50.001046-27.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets