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Tournament

2026 Charlotte February Open

Date

February 20-22, 2026

Location

Hilton Garden Inn - SouthPark

Standings

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 GM Francesco Sonis 2635 W35 W10 W17 W13 W6 5.0 $1000 + Plaque
2 GM Sergey Erenburg 2532 W26 W11 W18 D3 W8 4.5 $700
3 GM Elshan Moradiabadi 2563 W25 W15 D12 D2 W14 4.0 $200
4 Naveen Prabhu 2386 W36 L17 W21 W24 W15 4.0 $200
5 FM James Chirilov 2359 W37 W22 L13 D16 W20 3.5  
6 GM Alonso Zapata 2344 D28 W24 W20 W9 L1 3.5  
7 Thomas Kung 2339 D47 W49 D19 W17 D13 3.5  
8 Vishnusankar Jonnalagadda 2209 D29 W28 W30 W12 L2 3.5  
9 Zubin Baliga 2191 H--- W47 W46 L6 W21 3.5 $80 / U2200
10 Sritej Sattaru 2183 W43 L1 D25 W18 W31 3.5 $80 / U2200
11 Vihaan Pendse 2129 W56 L2 D36 W28 W30 3.5 $80 / U2200
12 David Katsman 2125 W44 W14 D3 L8 W32 3.5 $80 / U2200
13 FM Levi Fogo Esquivel 2084 W55 W32 W5 L1 D7 3.5 $80 / U2200
14 Alexander Crump 2298 W38 L12 W34 W29 L3 3.0  
15 Andrew Wu 2258 W40 L3 W26 W19 L4 3.0  
16 FM Alex Chu 2189 W41 H--- D29 D5 H--- 3.0  
17 Aldiyar Zhandaulet 2178 W50 W4 L1 L7 W34 3.0  
18 Shriyan Vuyyuru 2113 W27 W33 L2 L10 W36 3.0  
19 Kishan Karthigeyan 2099 W31 H--- D7 L15 W40 3.0  
20 Tanay Sanghani 2112 H--- W48 L6 W37 L5 2.5  
21 Alan Chen 2109 W39 D46 L4 W47 L9 2.5  
22 Celine Atassi 2083 W53 L5 D32 D36 D29 2.5  
23 Ruben Quintans 2059 H--- L30 W41 L31 W47 2.5  
24 Patrick McCartney 2047 W54 L6 W40 L4 D26 2.5  
25 Veronique Joseph 2027 L3 W50 D10 L32 W48 2.5  
26 Dhruv Vivek 2027 L2 W43 L15 W51 D24 2.5  
27 Marius Cutitaru 2025 L18 D42 D49 W53 H--- 2.5  
28 Cuihan Ma 2007 D6 L8 W48 L11 W46 2.5  
29 Naitik Rathi 1961 D8 W35 D16 L14 D22 2.5  
30 Siddharth Basavaraju 1925 H--- W23 L8 W46 L11 2.5  
31 Samuel Paukovitz 1905 L19 D38 W35 W23 L10 2.5  
32 Eshwar Kothapalli 1894 W34 L13 D22 W25 L12 2.5  
33 Harshil Jagga 2078 W42 L18 L39 L40 W51 2.0  
34 WFM Jessica Regam 2046 L32 W55 L14 W42 L17 2.0  
35 Krishna Rallabandi 2040 L1 L29 L31 W55 W53 2.0  
36 Arav Srivastava 2025 L4 W44 D11 D22 L18 2.0  
37 Brian Zhang 2012 L5 W52 D45 L20 D41 2.0  
38 Advaith Kollipara 2000 L14 D31 D42 W49 U--- 2.0  
39 Arya Sharma 1989 L21 W51 W33 U--- U--- 2.0  
40 Celine Chen 1981 L15 W53 L24 W33 L19 2.0  
41 Todd Mendenhall 1959 L16 D54 L23 W50 D37 2.0  
42 Isabella Yan 1952 L33 D27 D38 L34 W52 2.0  
43 Neil Harit 1944 L10 L26 W44 L48 W54 2.0  
44 Aadhav Nr 1917 L12 L36 L43 B--- W49 2.0  
45 Miles Tisserand 2121 W52 U--- D37 U--- U--- 1.5  
46 Landon Meadors 2061 W51 D21 L9 L30 L28 1.5  
47 Allen Li 2001 D7 L9 W54 L21 L23 1.5  
48 Freya Austin 1960 H--- L20 L28 W43 L25 1.5  
49 Musa Naushad 1980 H--- L7 D27 L38 L44 1.0  
50 Charles Craigmile 1929 L17 L25 D52 L41 H--- 1.0  
51 David Katz 1923 L46 L39 W55 L26 L33 1.0  
52 Trishona Vinodh Kumar 1916 L45 L37 D50 D54 L42 1.0  
53 Vasishta Tumuluri 1883 L22 L40 B--- L27 L35 1.0  
54 Ayush Murthy 1841 L24 D41 L47 D52 L43 1.0  
55 Christopher Williams 1952 L13 L34 L51 L35 U--- 0.0  
56 David Katz* 1923 L11 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0