Liberty Bell Open 2023
January 13, 2023 - January 16, 2023
478 entries(!) including 97 partial entries, @ (70)% (4 GMs + 14 re-entries + 79 Under 1000 section entries)
= 448.90 total net adjusted paid entries ≈ 128.26% of 350 projected paid entries--
ALL PRIZES RAISED ≈ 28.26%!!
Major Section
1st - $3,206 - and 24 Grand Prix Points!
2nd - $1,924 - and 20 Grand Prix Points!
3rd - $1,283 - and 17 Grand Prix Points!
4th - $ 898 - and 14 Grand Prix Points!
5th - $ 641 - and 11 Grand Prix Points!
MAJOR SECTION FIRST PLACE BONUS PRIZE - $128!
(Open Section First Place Ties Broken by Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, Then Opponents' Cumulative Tiebreaks)
Top Scorer, Under 2300 - $1,539
Second Place, Under 2300 - $770
Under 2100 Section
1st - $1,539 2nd - $898 3rd - $641 4th - $385 5th - $257
Under 1900 Section (No unrated may win over $500)
1st - $1,539 2nd - $898 3rd - $641 4th - $385 5th - $257
Under 1700 Section (No unrated may win over $400)
1st - $1,283 2nd - $770 3rd - $513 4th - $385 5th - $257
Under 1500 Section (No unrated may win over $300)
1st - $1,283 2nd - $770 3rd - $513 4th - $385 5th - $257
Under 1300 Section (No unrated may win over $200)
1st - $1,154 2nd - $770 3rd - $513 4th - $385 5th - $257
Under 1000 Section (No unrated may win over $100)
1st - $898 2nd - $513 3rd - $385 4th - $257 5th - $128
Prize limits: If Online Regular Official Rating is more than 50 points over section or prize maximum, prize limit $300 (prize limits do not include Mixed Doubles prizes). The balance of any limited prizes goes to the next eligible player(s).
Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes!
1st Team $1,283 2nd Team $770 3rd Team $513
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for Under 1300 Section:
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | 5 | 1 | William Lyon Auerbacher (1236 5.5) | 6 | 0 | Onyedikachi Osondu (1227 5.0) |
| 150 | 22 | 1 | Farhan Alam (1053 5.0) | 43 | 0 | Lane Mergler ( 579 5.5) |
| 151 | 35 | 1 | George Cui ( 831 4.5) | 30 | 0 | Zachary Pepsin (1012 4.5) |
| 152 | 1 | 1 | Ephraim Schafli (1295 4.0) | 16 | 0 | Dustin Young (1119 4.0) |
| 153 | 18 | 0 | Logan White (1107 4.0) | 9 | 1 | Howard S Serota (1200 4.0) |
| 154 | 10 | 0 | Greg Yardley (1188 4.0) | 29 | 1 | Andrew Yao (1020 4.0) |
| 155 | 14 | 0 | Atharva Sheernally (1128 3.5) | 31 | 1 | Jatan Bhatt (1003 4.0) |
| 156 | 17 | 0 | Sathiesh Arunagiri (1109 3.5) | 23 | 1 | Manvith Thavutam (1052 3.5) |
| 157 | 28 | 1 | Caleb Yuen (1036 3.5) | 34 | 0 | Morgan Wang ( 984 3.5) |
| 158 | 27 | 0 | Dylan Guo (1038 3.0) | 2 | 1 | Timothy Han (1257 3.0) |
| 159 | 33 | 1 | Charles Chengyu Hu (1000 3.0) | 3 | 0 | Collin Reiland (1251 3.0) |
| 160 | 4 | 1 | Samanyu Alluri (1238 3.0) | 39 | 0 | Tushar Mahajan ( 771 3.0) |
| 161 | 42 | 0 | Kyle Lu ( 594 3.0) | 21 | 1 | Sathvik Birudavolu (1065 3.0) |
| 162 | 11 | 0 | Ali Hawkes (1174 2.5) | 12 | 1 | Alex Glashausser (1161 2.0) |
| 163 | 50 | 1 | Shantanu Shukla (unr. 2.5) | 13 | 0 | David Melnikov (1156 2.0) |
| 164 | 25 | 1 | Darryl Clear (1044 2.0) | 15 | 0 | Kavin Chandar Sathiesh (1123 2.0) |
| 165 | 37 | 1 | Christian Ryerson ( 814 2.0) | 20 | 0 | Paul Hart (1078 2.0) |
| 166 | 36 | ½ | Atharv Nunemunthala ( 819 2.0) | 41 | ½ | Brandon Howard Schell ( 657 2.0) |
| 167 | 40 | ½ | Raghav Sambyal ( 706 0.0) | 38 | ½ | James Lao ( 810 2.0) |
| 168 | 45 | 1 | Taran Ranga Kesharaju ( 535 2.0) | 52 | 0 | Shivani Sathiesh ( 314 0.0) |
| 7 | ½ | Hrtha Rajiv (1214 3.0) | BYE |