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 2100 Section:
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 7 | ½ | Isaac Kaito Steincamp (2044 w 5.5) | 22 | ½ | Vincent Tang (1994 b 5.0) |
| 45 | 6 | ½ | Jack Lieberman (2044 w 5.0) | 39 | ½ | Denis Markov (1897 b 5.0) |
| 46 | 42 | ½ | Lilian Wang (1882 WW 5.0) | 5 | ½ | Narayan Venkatesh (2061 b 4.5) |
| 47 | 13 | 0 | Aleksey Michael Sergeev (2026 w 4.5) | 10 | 1 | Mauricio Camejo r/e (2032 B 4.5) |
| 48 | 12 | ½ | Kenneth Fernandez (2030 w 4.5) | 74 | ½ | Ved Desai (1756 w 4.5) |
| 49 | 9 | 0 | David C Miller (2040 W 4.0) | 30 | 1 | Andrew Jing (1955 b 4.5) |
| 50 | 31 | 1 | Justin R* Parsons r/e (1950 w 4.0) | 1 | 0 | Shelly Mays (2086 b 4.0) |
| 51 | 40 | 1 | Camden I Wagner (1895 w 4.0) | 15 | 0 | Franco Quintero Alejandrino (2007 B 4.0) |
| 52 | 16 | 0 | Elizabeth Moshkevich (2006 WW 4.0) | 24 | 1 | Marek A Nagrocki (1986 BB 4.0) |
| 53 | 17 | 0 | Robert J* Fischer r/e (2000 w 4.0) | 36 | 1 | Emar Ephraim Edwards (1900 b 4.0) |
| 54 | 81 | 0 | Alice Chovanec (1726 W 4.0) | 21 | 1 | Bobby Qian (1995 b 4.0) |
| 55 | 20 | 1 | Leroy Hill (1999 w 3.5) | 87 | 0 | Stephen Cowpar (1700 b 4.0) |
| 56 | 62 | ½ | Alan Ju (1804 w 3.5) | 14 | ½ | Nick Failon (2020 b 3.5) |
| 57 | 25 | 1 | Ilya Levkov (1978 WW 3.5) | 54 | 0 | Vihaan Saxena (1836 b 3.5) |
| 58 | 70 | 1 | Michael Stefanello (1772 WW 3.5) | 33 | 0 | Jeffery W Johnson (1942 b 3.5) |
| 59 | 44 | ½ | Corin Gartenlaub (1858 w 3.5) | 67 | ½ | Pranay Siddharth Govindarajula (1794 B 3.5) |
| 60 | 61 | 0 | Benjamin Gu Lin (1805 w 3.5) | 46 | 1 | Rees Josep Thomas (1853 BB 3.5) |
| 61 | 85 | 1 | Maahir M Patel (1704 w 3.5) | 34 | 0 | Edmund G Kline (1933 b 3.0) |
| 62 | 63 | 1 | Mark Dubnoff (1803 b 3.0) | 8 | 0 | Michael Andrew Clark (2043 b 3.0) |
| 63 | 38 | ½ | Ryan Keiper (1898 w 3.0) | 69 | ½ | Aiden Kennedy (1776 b 3.0) |
| 64 | 72 | ½ | Aimee Yang (1769 WW 3.0) | 41 | ½ | Nune Khachatryan (1885 b 3.0) |
| 65 | 91 | 1 | Kevin Zhao (1692 w 3.0) | 45 | 0 | Jones Gillman (1854 BB 3.0) |
| 66 | 48 | 1 | Jacob Kelly (1852 w 3.0) | 68 | 0 | Bohan Wang (1785 b 3.0) |
| 67 | 50 | 1 | Fang Sun (1846 w 3.0) | 90 | 0 | Mahati B Kashyap (1699 b 3.0) |
| 68 | 100 | 0 | Thomas Monahon (1493 W 3.0) | 60 | 1 | Graeme Sargent (1809 b 3.0) |
| 69 | 29 | 0 | Timothy L Hanke (1969 w 2.5) | 80 | 1 | Lev Shangin (1727 BB 2.5) |
| 70 | 84 | 0 | Kanishk Mahesh (1710 b 2.5) | 51 | 1 | Jack Cameron Leitzell (1839 b 2.5) |
| 71 | 88 | 0 | Manish B Kashyap (1700 b 2.5) | 52 | 1 | Chris Spencer (1838 BB 2.5) |
| 72 | 82 | 1 | David Zhang (1723 w 2.5) | 59 | 0 | Ariv Debmisra (1812 B 2.5) |
| 73 | 86 | 1 | David Yuan (1703 b 2.5) | 73 | 0 | Ken Wakida (1764 BB 2.5) |
| 74 | 93 | 0 | Rishi Madiraju (1663 w 2.5) | 75 | 1 | Oliv Spohngellert (1748 b 2.5) |
| 75 | 95 | 1 | Grant A Weyman (1649 w 2.5) | 27 | 0 | Vitaliy Marchenko (1973 BB 2.0) |
| 76 | 97 | 0 | Krishna Narayanan (1620 w 2.0) | 57 | 1 | Florina Zhu (1818 BB 2.0) |
| 77 | 58 | 0 | Eden You (1815 w 2.0) | 92 | 1 | Sujia Diao (1676 b 2.0) |
| 78 | 78 | 1 | Kathan Desai (1734 w 2.0) | 105 | 0 | Kumar Mithilesh (unr. BB 2.0) |
| 79 | 101 | 0 | Isaac Hart Statz (1447 WW 1.0) | 2 | 1 | Gregory Matthew Nolan (2066 w 1.5) |
| 80 | 96 | 1 | Audrey Keyan Li (1629 WW 1.5) | 104 | 0 | Yashaswini Ayithi (1177 b 1.0) |
| 81 | 65 | 0 | Alan Frank Mcmichael (1798 WW 0.0) | 94 | 1 | Cayden Jackson (1658 w 1.5) |
| 53 | 0 | Joel Marcus (1837 b 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 71 | ½ | Arabella Fang (1769 w 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 99 | ½ | Stanley Ren (1531 W 1.5) | BYE | |||
| 35 | ½ | Kevin Wang (1927 b 4.5) | BYE | |||
| 83 | ½ | Christopher J Williams (1718 b 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 28 | ½ | Kevin Dresher (1969 BB 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 66 | ½ | Samuel Waranch (1798 WW 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 76 | ½ | Angelina Verma (1741 w 2.0) | BYE |