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 Major Section!:
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | ½ | FM William Graif (2330 WW 5.0) | 3 | ½ | GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez (2588 b 5.0) |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | GM Jianchao Zhou (2638 w 5.0) | 4 | 0 | GM Mackenzie S Molner (2524 w 4.5) |
| 3 | 5 | ½ | FM Terry Luo (2369 w 4.5) | 13 | ½ | Daniel Girsh (2275 w 4.5) |
| 4 | 17 | 0 | WFM Iris Mou (2226 WW 4.5) | 8 | 1 | John Lodger Hughes (2319 b 4.5) |
| 5 | 10 | ½ | Bijan Tahmassebi (2303 w 4.5) | 11 | ½ | Ansh Milinkumar Shah (2297 b 4.5) |
| 6 | 27 | ½ | Qi Pang (2160 WW 4.5) | 7 | ½ | Erick Gumersindo Garcia (2326 w 4.0) |
| 7 | 24 | 0 | Mardon Yakubov (2196 w 4.0) | 2 | 1 | GM Alexander Stripunsky (2599 b 4.0) |
| 8 | 21 | 0 | Yefim Treger (2203 W 4.0) | 40 | 1 | Roman P Malyshev (2110 B 4.0) |
| 9 | 45 | 1 | Kamran Rawshani (2106 W 4.0) | 12 | 0 | Matthew J O'Brien (2296 w 3.5) |
| 10 | 16 | 1 | Marius Gramb (2256 w 3.5) | 46 | 0 | Maxim Farberov (2096 B 3.5) |
| 11 | 23 | 1 | Lorand Bela Kis (2200 w 3.5) | 77 | 0 | Dattasai Kilari (1938 b 3.5) |
| 12 | 31 | 1 | Alan Jegan (2137 w 3.5) | 25 | 0 | Kelsey Liu (2184 b 3.5) |
| 13 | 26 | 0 | Jeffrey L Quirke (2167 w 3.5) | 34 | 1 | Sounak Bagchi (2120 b 3.5) |
| 14 | 37 | 0 | Michael P Carey (2112 w 3.5) | 28 | 1 | Bilgen Sazci (2157 b 3.5) |
| 15 | 82 | 0 | Linxi Zhu (1908 b 3.5) | 29 | 1 | Kevin Su (2156 b 3.5) |
| 16 | 22 | ½ | Sho Glashausser (2201 b 3.0) | 88 | ½ | Tariq Yue (1890 B 3.5) |
| 17 | 60 | 1 | Robert Forney (2030 b 3.0) | 35 | 0 | Arthur D Mitchell (2117 BB 3.0) |
| 18 | 36 | 0 | Adam H Serota (2114 w 3.0) | 58 | 1 | Ryan Zhu (2038 B 3.0) |
| 19 | 39 | 1 | Igor Yeliseyev (2111 b 3.0) | 62 | 0 | Nitesh Cherukuri (2023 B 3.0) |
| 20 | 42 | ½ | Jasmine Zhixin Su (2109 b 3.0) | 74 | ½ | Anni Guo (1959 BB 3.0) |
| 21 | 79 | ½ | Samuel He (1932 w 3.0) | 49 | ½ | Nicole Zlotchevsky (2083 BB 3.0) |
| 22 | 54 | ½ | Kyle Qiyu Dong (2064 W 3.0) | 80 | ½ | Michael Opaska (1930 b 3.0) |
| 23 | 55 | 1 | Edward Thorpe Dean (2052 w 3.0) | 85 | 0 | Nicholas Belenky (1900 B 3.0) |
| 24 | 47 | 1 | WFM Jessica Regam (2094 w 2.5) | 61 | 0 | Eric Levin (2025 b 2.5) |
| 25 | 48 | ½ | Kevin Chen (2089 w 2.5) | 75 | ½ | Sahana Aravindakshan (1946 B 2.5) |
| 26 | 51 | 1 | Brian Tay (2073 W 2.5) | 81 | 0 | Jimmy Christensen (1925 b 2.5) |
| 27 | 91 | ½ | Loukas Konistis (unr. w 2.5) | 56 | ½ | Luca Dona (2052 b 2.5) |
| 28 | 33 | 1 | Benjamin Johnson (2121 W 2.0) | 65 | 0 | Chenxuan Ling (1999 w 2.0) |
| 29 | 84 | 0 | Luke Leon Robin Anatol (1902 w 2.0) | 44 | 1 | Roger Zhang (2107 B 2.0) |
| 30 | 89 | 0 | Jack Nathaniel Yang (1858 W 2.0) | 57 | 1 | Gregory Gicquiaud (2050 b 2.0) |
| 31 | 64 | 1 | Micah Simon Dubnoff (2011 w 2.0) | 70 | 0 | Justin Y Li (1975 BB 2.0) |
| 32 | 68 | ½ | Michael Li (1991 b 1.5) | 69 | ½ | Jerry Jin (1976 B 1.5) |
| 86 | Pietro De Lellis (1900 b 1.5) | Please wait by pairing chart for possible game! | ||||
| 18 | ½ | Jesse Ren (2213 w 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 20 | ½ | Ryan Cheung (2204 b 4.5) | BYE | |||
| 32 | ½ | Sam Luger (2124 w 4.0) | BYE | |||
| 41 | ½ | Luc William Crim Hoffman (2109 b 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 9 | ½ | WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor (2303 b 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 76 | ½ | Brent Logan Mccreesh (1944 w 1.5) | BYE | |||
| 72 | ½ | Max Chang (1971 W 2.0) | BYE | |||
| 83 | ½ | Y Luke Ji (1907 w 1.5) | BYE | |||
| 78 | ½ | Daniel He (1937 W 2.0) | BYE |