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 Major Section!:
Pairings for Round 7. CCA_LBO26: Major Section!
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | ½ | IM Evan Park (2505 5.0) | 1 | ½ | GM Jianchao Zhou (2659 5.5) |
| 2 | 10 | 0 | IM Kevin George (2428 5.0) | 2 | 1 | GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (2570 5.5) |
| 3 | 18 | 0 | FM William Graif (2328 5.0) | 15 | 1 | Ansh Milinkumar Shah (2359 5.0) |
| 4 | 3 | ½ | GM Alexander Stripunsky (2568 4.5) | 25 | ½ | CM Jamison Edrich Kao (2270 5.0) |
| 5 | 31 | 1 | Aktilek Teiitbaev (2247 4.5) | 7 | 0 | FM Danila Poliannikov (2459 4.5) |
| 6 | 9 | ½ | IM Alexander Ross Katz (2444 4.5) | 45 | ½ | Kevin Wang (2179 4.5) |
| 7 | 70 | 0 | Mr. Nivaan Shrivastava (2089 4.5) | 11 | 1 | IM Tejas Rama (2388 4.0) |
| 8 | 12 | 1 | FM Aditeya Das (2385 4.0) | 46 | 0 | Wesley Luo (2178 4.0) |
| 9 | 51 | 0 | Rocky Wang (2152 4.0) | 20 | 1 | WFM Martyna Starosta (2309 4.0) |
| 10 | 21 | 1 | CM Tariq Yue (2298 4.0) | 53 | 0 | Vedansh Kumbharathi (2145 4.0) |
| 11 | 23 | 1 | IM Jay Richard Bonin (2291 4.0) | 71 | 0 | WIM Sahana Aravindakshan (2084 4.0) |
| 12 | 68 | ½ | Alexander Golosovker (2092 4.0) | 24 | ½ | Nikhil Kalghatgi (2272 4.0) |
| 13 | 101 | 0 | Theodore Bernstein (2017 4.0) | 33 | 1 | Leo Xiaohang Shen (2235 4.0) |
| 14 | 35 | ½ | FM Dirk Troltenier (2229 4.0) | 72 | ½ | Mark Leo Kogan (2081 4.0) |
| 15 | 107 | ½ | Nathan Max Peyton (2005 4.0) | 40 | ½ | FM Karl Dehmelt (2200 4.0) |
| 16 | 43 | ½ | Jeffrey L Quirke (2184 4.0) | 118 | ½ | Raben Goel (1961 4.0) |
| 17 | 89 | 0 | Anson Leong (2046 3.5) | 22 | 1 | Jordan Groff (2295 3.5) |
| 18 | 86 | ½ | Viyaan Krishna Doddapaneni (2052 3.5) | 27 | ½ | FM Nelson Castaneda (2268 3.5) |
| 19 | 28 | 1 | Santhosh Ayyappan (2262 3.5) | 54 | 0 | Pranav Shankar (2139 3.5) |
| 20 | 36 | ½ | Pardhav Chakka (2224 3.5) | 57 | ½ | CM Aiden Linyuan Li (2131 3.5) |
| 21 | 39 | 1 | Sho Glashausser (2202 3.5) | 78 | 0 | Ethan J Klein (2072 3.5) |
| 22 | 113 | 1 | Aaryan Mummidi (1974 3.5) | 48 | 0 | Aahan Sharma (2165 3.5) |
| 23 | 52 | ½ | Lacey Wang (2151 3.5) | 139 | ½ | Jayden Li (1924 3.5) |
| 24 | 26 | 1 | Maxim Farberov (2269 3.0) | 73 | 0 | Rohan Lee (2080 3.0) |
| 25 | 75 | 0 | Kimani A Stancil (2076 3.0) | 32 | 1 | WFM Aimee Yang (2242 3.0) |
| 26 | 77 | 0 | Rishith Bhoopathi (2073 3.0) | 34 | 1 | Roman Rychkov (2233 3.0) |
| 27 | 80 | 0 | Aayansh Pramanik (2067 3.0) | 42 | 1 | FM Norman Rogers (2200 3.0) |
| 28 | 49 | ½ | CM Rachel Miller (2158 3.0) | 95 | ½ | Phineas Hugo Weingarten (2037 3.0) |
| 29 | 56 | ½ | Mason Jin Li (2132 3.0) | 97 | ½ | Charles Martin Fromm (2030 3.0) |
| 30 | 58 | 1 | Anvith Reddy Marri (2118 3.0) | 102 | 0 | Yang Yu (2017 3.0) |
| 31 | 91 | ½ | Samanyu Alluri (2044 3.0) | 60 | ½ | Robert Li (2111 3.0) |
| 32 | 92 | ½ | WFM Jessica Shor Regam (2044 3.0) | 65 | ½ | Luke Shin (2099 3.0) |
| 33 | 134 | 0 | Michael Kang (1932 3.0) | 67 | 1 | Lucas Lu (2096 3.0) |
| 34 | 69 | 0 | Aayansh Samanta (2092 3.0) | 153 | 1 | Leon Chu (1875 3.0) |
| 35 | 61 | ½ | Benjamin Gu Lin (2104 2.5) | 136 | ½ | Jin Ma (1929 3.0) |
| 36 | 81 | 1 | Leon Shevelenko (2066 2.5) | 131 | 0 | Adam Gordon (1935 2.5) |
| 37 | 82 | ½ | Vincent Yu (2065 2.5) | 132 | ½ | Akram Shehata (1935 2.5) |
| 38 | 130 | ½ | Samant Robert Sen (1936 2.5) | 84 | ½ | Thomas Holder (2059 2.5) |
| 39 | 87 | 1 | Zhuoyuan Ryan Xu (2052 2.5) | 127 | 0 | Kevin Hemingway (1941 2.5) |
| 40 | 146 | ½ | Rohan Guduru (1903 2.5) | 98 | ½ | Marcus Farzaneh-far (2027 2.5) |
| 41 | 151 | ½ | Ryan Chen (1898 2.5) | 106 | ½ | WFM Manuela Hernandez Bermudez (2007 2.5) |
| 42 | 121 | 0 | Elizabeth Zhou (1955 2.5) | 148 | 1 | Lucas Xiong (1903 2.5) |
| 43 | 117 | 0 | Nicholas Brinkmann (1961 2.0) | 85 | 1 | WCM Stella Xin (2053 2.0) |
| 44 | 103 | 0 | David Zhang (2014 2.0) | 120 | 1 | Grayson Xiang (1957 2.0) |
| 45 | 125 | 1 | Manish B Kashyap (1945 2.0) | 108 | 0 | Jacob Green (1996 2.0) |
| 46 | 133 | 0 | Elizabeth Moshkevich (1933 2.0) | 109 | 1 | Pranav Reddy Marri (1992 2.0) |
| 47 | 145 | 1 | Ishaan Rajendran (1906 2.0) | 110 | 0 | Kirby Lin (1991 2.0) |
| 48 | 141 | 0 | Anushka Ayyappan (1919 2.0) | 112 | 1 | Vincent Gao (1974 2.0) |
| 49 | 114 | 1 | Darsh Shetty (1969 2.0) | 150 | 0 | Siddharth Bose (1899 2.0) |
| 50 | 100 | ½ | Yegna Sairam Jandhyala (2023 1.5) | 158 | ½ | Charles B Bernstein (1814 2.0) |
| 51 | 135 | ½ | Jacob Kelly (1932 1.5) | 123 | ½ | Claire Cheng (1945 1.5) |
| 52 | 124 | ½ | Leqi Han (1945 1.5) | 138 | ½ | Devansh Vellanki (1928 1.5) |
| 53 | 137 | 1 | Pranav Prasanna (1929 1.0) | 154 | 0 | Miles Wang (1865 1.5) |
| 54 | 155 | 1 | Warren Liang (1843 1.0) | 147 | 0 | Leon Lee (1903 1.0) |
| 140 | Vedh Vinayak (1920 1.0) | Please wait by pairing chart | ||||
| 64 | ½ | Marzouq Chowdhury (2100 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 4 | ½ | IM Jason S Liang (2532 4.0) | BYE | |||
| 76 | 0 | WCM Alice Chovanec (2075 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 142 | ½ | Freya Austin (1916 2.0) | BYE | |||
| 90 | ½ | Y Luke Ji (2045 2.0) | BYE | |||
| 74 | ½ | WFM Sophie Li (2076 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 99 | ½ | Royce Zhang (2026 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 79 | ½ | Rishi Kolli (2072 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 152 | ½ | Albert Li (1890 1.5) | BYE | |||
| 94 | ½ | Jack Boyer-olson (2041 3.5) | BYE |