Liberty Bell Open 2026
January 16, 2026 - January 19, 2026
Thank You, Everyone, for joining us in a record turnout (with 55 Mixed Doubles Teams!) in Philadelphia for the 58th Edition of the Liberty Bell Open!
To contact Continental Chess, please email: director@chess.us (at least one hour before your game).
When your game is over, please confirm the result with your opponent by signing each other's notation sheets.
After you have done this, please also write the result of your game on the yellow pairing sheet in the hall.
If your result is not reported correctly, this may affect your pairings, rating and possible prize.
Thank You!
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for Under 1200 Section:
Pairings for Round 7. CCA_LBO26: Under 1200 Section
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 12 | ½ | Thomas Nordeman (1123 2.0) | 62 | ½ | Rahul Nikhil Thaker ( 729 2.5) |
| 248 | 21 | ½ | Sam Brueningsen (1020 5.5) | 30 | ½ | Joshua Mercedes Garcia ( 968 5.0) |
| 249 | 17 | 1 | Patrick William Penrod (1094 5.0) | 4 | 0 | Manvit Sai Vunnam (1170 5.0) |
| 250 | 55 | 0 | Chandar Munikrishnan ( 815 5.0) | 7 | 1 | Finnegan Crawford (1156 4.5) |
| 251 | 18 | ½ | Zicheng Zhong (1056 4.5) | 5 | ½ | Kishore Rainer-pradhan (1165 4.5) |
| 252 | 2 | 1 | Swanik Gandhe (1193 4.0) | 26 | 0 | John R Vollbrecht ( 985 4.5) |
| 253 | 28 | 1 X | Benjamin Zheng ( 972 4.0) | 6 | 0 F | Alexander Vadim Romanov (1165 4.0) |
| 254 | 50 | 1 | Spencer Axelrod ( 860 4.0) | 8 | 0 | Pavan Gupta Sivakoti (1136 4.0) |
| 255 | 29 | ½ | Leo Henry Verbuch ( 970 4.0) | 10 | ½ | Rachitha Sai Chandar (1128 4.0) |
| 256 | 23 | 0 | Jason Eric Sperling (1011 4.0) | 44 | 1 | Chase Daniel Heaton ( 891 4.0) |
| 257 | 27 | 0 | Sheryl Lu ( 978 4.0) | 59 | 1 | Amelito R. Calimlim ( 776 4.0) |
| 258 | 19 | 0 | Elliot David Bergmann (1033 3.5) | 1 | 1 | Spencer Frusciante (1195 3.5) |
| 259 | 9 | 1 | Sathvik Reddy Gaddam (1133 3.5) | 25 | 0 | William Hoffman ( 999 3.5) |
| 260 | 11 | 1 | Harshith Kaparthi (1125 3.5) | 35 | 0 | Nicholas Hoffman ( 941 3.5) |
| 261 | 15 | 1 | Yaniv Reichfeld (1097 3.5) | 34 | 0 | Srishti Jain ( 947 3.5) |
| 262 | 16 | 1 | Anay Kapoor (1094 3.0) | 56 | 0 | Ryan F Medizad ( 805 3.5) |
| 263 | 53 | ½ | Grayson Wright ( 818 3.0) | 20 | ½ | Khelankumar Tellamekala (1032 3.0) |
| 264 | 22 | 0 | Oscar Zhang (1017 3.0) | 60 | 1 | Riyan Gandhi ( 767 3.0) |
| 265 | 57 | ½ | Zishun Zhong ( 805 3.0) | 38 | ½ | Nina Yang ( 924 3.0) |
| 266 | 41 | 1 | Sophia R Zammillo ( 905 3.0) | 64 | 0 | Helen Sdao ( 681 3.0) |
| 267 | 42 | 1 | Shreyansh Paudel ( 899 3.0) | 76 | 0 | Illan Halpern (unr. 3.0) |
| 268 | 3 | 1 | Parthav Poosarla (1182 2.5) | 52 | 0 | Harry D Shapiro ( 827 2.5) |
| 269 | 13 | 1 | Siddharth N Malapaka (1115 2.5) | 51 | 0 | Shervin N Medizad ( 835 2.5) |
| 270 | 36 | 1 | Ayaan Namdeo ( 932 2.5) | 63 | 0 | Roshini Sadhu Venkata ( 717 2.5) |
| 271 | 65 | 0 | Kshithij Nallam ( 664 2.0) | 24 | 1 | Sunil Kumar Kottha (1003 2.0) |
| 272 | 33 | 1 | David Cartagena ( 953 2.0) | 66 | 0 | Conan Zhang ( 648 2.0) |
| 273 | 67 | ½ | Devadeep Lingutla ( 567 2.0) | 43 | ½ | Lusheng Zhong ( 895 2.0) |
| 274 | 58 | 1 | Reyansh Dash ( 790 2.0) | 68 | 0 | Nathan Spivak-koz ( 408 2.0) |
| 275 | 72 | ½ | Mazzie Notash ( 337 2.0) | 45 | ½ | Lucas* Liu r/e ( 887 1.5) |
| 276 | 73 | 0 | Philip-mitchell Luk ( 323 1.0) | 61 | 1 | Matthew Zheng ( 760 1.0) |
| 277 | 69 | ½ | Erin Zhang ( 391 1.0) | 74 | ½ | Joey M Carlson ( 159 1.0) |
| 70 | Evelyn Goroza ( 359 2.0) | Please wait by pairing chart | ||||
| 48 | ½ | Rahul Alvarez ( 881 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 71 | ½ | Ziggy George ( 345 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 75 | 0 | Seth Bergmann (unr. 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 32 | ½ | Megan Ryerson ( 955 3.5) | BYE |