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 1900 Section:
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 1 | 1 | Nikhil Kalyanraman (1897 5.0) | 15 | 0 | William E Parberry (1794 5.0) |
| 84 | 10 | 0 | Spencer* Carran r/e (1828 4.5) | 12 | 1 | Augusto E Gutierrez (1813 5.0) |
| 85 | 40 | 1 | Ahan Iyer (1531 4.5) | 29 | 0 | Romel Lapay (1678 4.5) |
| 86 | 8 | 0 | John Keaton (1844 4.0) | 25 | 1 | Alok Chandan (1716 4.0) |
| 87 | 21 | 1 | Sayidamirbek Khatamov (1750 4.0) | 14 | 0 | Ekeoma Osondu (1810 4.0) |
| 88 | 26 | ½ | Varun M Senthil (1702 4.0) | 17 | ½ | Anand Vaneswaran (1781 4.0) |
| 89 | 4 | 1 | Robert W Wiedenhoeft (1886 3.5) | 44 | 0 | Oliver Tetlock (1482 3.5) |
| 90 | 33 | 1 | Kevin Zheng (1631 3.5) | 13 | 0 | Preston Ladson (1813 3.5) |
| 91 | 34 | ½ | Vanita Young (1630 3.5) | 22 | ½ | Allen Merlin Stern (1746 3.5) |
| 92 | 23 | 1 | Chris Patrick Keefe r/e (1733 3.5) | 56 | 0 | Raben Goel (1196 3.5) |
| 93 | 2 | 0 | Dennis Moore (1888 3.0) | 31 | 1 | George Davis-diver (1668 3.0) |
| 94 | 19 | 0 | Stephen J Conner (1767 3.0) | 37 | 1 | Andrew Huang (1582 3.0) |
| 95 | 27 | 1 | Ronald C Stokes (1700 3.0) | 35 | 0 | Isaac Mengyuan Wu (1597 3.0) |
| 96 | 30 | 1 | Timothy R Pelletreau (1674 3.0) | 45 | 0 | Leonhard Chang (1469 3.0) |
| 97 | 39 | 0 | Vincent Zhiwen Yu (1539 3.0) | 20 | 1 | Toma Matsunaga (1751 2.5) |
| 98 | 42 | 0 | Parth Raha (1517 2.5) | 32 | 1 | Alex Luckanish (1639 2.5) |
| 99 | 36 | 1 | Eden He (1587 2.5) | 43 | 0 | Caleb Landau (1504 2.5) |
| 100 | 54 | 1 | Robert Fanjun Wei (1325 2.5) | 38 | 0 | Sree Chetan Varma Ganapatiraju (1545 2.5) |
| 101 | 41 | 1 | Esha Desai (1526 2.5) | 51 | 0 | Elizabeth Zhou (1341 2.5) |
| 102 | 46 | ½ | Om Nangia (1469 2.5) | 9 | ½ | Austen Edward Kennedy (1839 2.0) |
| 103 | 57 | 0 | Zoe Siegelnickel ( 867 0.0) | 58 | 1 | Skyler Marks (unr. 1.5) |
| 50 | Joshua S Dong (1361 2.0) | Please wait by pairing chart for possible game! | ||||
| 7 | ½ | Eric Falco (1844 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 28 | ½ | Samuel Cheng (1691 3.5) | BYE |