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b'Perpetual Chess returns for the second edition of what will be an occasional series, Perpetual Tournament Reports. (First edition here). For this episode, two guests join me to share their respective experiences at ALTO (\\u201cAt Least Twenty One\\u201d), which was a tournament that took place in early September, and was hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center. ALTO is a semi-annual tournament that has quickly gained a loyal roster of attendees, due to the unique opportunity it presents to compete against and socialize with other adult chess players.\\xa0 My guests are 1) Returning guest, data scientist, blogger and Chessable Author, FM Nate Solon. Nate hasn\\u2019t been competing OTB much lately, in part due to the arrival of his first baby at home, but somehow he won the open section of the tournament! Despite this incredible success, Nate feels he has plenty of chess to work on, and he shares reflections from his games and away-from-the-board experiences in Charlotte. 2) James Braindmair got into chess via The Queen\\u2019s Gambit and is already quite active in his chess community in Columbia, South Carolina. In addition to a busy work and family life, James is President of the Columbia Chess Club. With so many responsibilities, James doesn\\u2019t get much time to study, but he and some local chess friends all made the trip to play and compete. James reflects on the chess and non-chess lessons he has recently learned. Timestamps of guests and topics discussed can be found below.\\xa0\\n\\nPrior tournament report podcast-\\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2023/6/30/f82nnc8zc3crw6pxaprlkd5rgil5a7\\n\\nhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2Hmf19bVCz3WiwqFTmuHAE?si=8eedbfe0a6154989\\n\\n\\nIf you are rated below 1300 Chess.com or lower (approximately,)\\xa0 and would like to send me games for my forthcoming Chessable course, please email Ben at perpetualchesspod.com\\xa0\\n\\n\\n4:45- FM Nate Solon joins the pod! Was he surprised that he won the tournament? What were the key moments?\\xa0\\nMentioned:\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/100-repertoires-reti-1nf3/course/170854/\\n\\nEpisode 346 with NM Todd Bryant\\xa0\\n\\nLiChess study with most of Nate\\u2019s games\\xa0\\n\\nEpisode 307 with IM Dean Ippolito\\xa0\\n\\nNate\\u2019s post on Time Management-\\nhttps://zwischenzug.substack.com/p/time-management\\n\\n16:00- Nate describes his mindset going into his final-round game against IM Dina Belenkaya.\\xa0\\nMentioned: GM Eugene Perelshteyn\\xa0\\n\\n21:00- Nate just hit a new rating high at age 38- How is he able to defy chess gravity?\\xa0\\n\\n23:00- What was ALTO like away from the board?\\n\\n26:00- How is the 1. Nf3 repertoire from Nate\\u2019s Chessable course working out?\\xa0\\n\\n30:00- How did Nate\\u2019s new openings as Black work out?\\nMentioned: King\\u2019s Kalashnikov Sicilian, Shankland\\u2019s Semi-Slav\\xa0\\n\\n38:00- What are Nate\\u2019s chess takeaways from the tournament?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Check Nate\\u2019s video recap of his White games here:\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd6niI6KllI\\n\\n45:00- James Brandmair joins the pod! He begins by discussing how he recently got into tournament chess.\\xa0\\nMentioned: Paul Copeland, NM Sam Copeland\\u2019s YouTube Channel\\xa0\\n\\n48:00- What were James\\u2019 goals going into the tournament?\\xa0\\nMentioned: Hanlon-Brandmair 2023, IM Dina Belenkaya, JJ Lang, IM David Vigorito\\xa0\\n\\n54:00- What has James learned from reviewing the games?\\xa0\\nMentioned: GM John Shaw\\u2019s King\\u2019s Gambit, Godly Gambit\\xa0\\n\\n1:00:00- What are the goals for the Columbia Chess Club?\\xa0\\nMentioned: Is James\\u2019 wife supportive of chess weekends?\\xa0\\n\\n1:05:00- Did the tournament have a different feeling dur to the absence oft kids in the competition?\\xa0\\n\\nThanks to James for joining! You can email him at Jamesbrandmair at gmail dot com\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'