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.
Standings for Under 1200 Section:
SwissSys Standings. CCA_LBO26: Under 1200 Section
| # | Place | Name | ID | Rating | Team | St | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-2 | Patrick William Penrod | 32355398 | 1094 | PA | W40 (w) | W38 (b) | W4 (w) | W3 (b) | L2 (b) | W20 (w) | W6 (w) | 6.0 | 650.00 | |
| 2 | Sam Brueningsen | 32191890 | 1020 | VT | W66 (b) | W14 (b) | D3 (w) | W17 (b) | W1 (w) | W6 (b) | D4 (w) | 6.0 | 650.00 | ||
| 3 | 3-4 | Finnegan Crawford | 17268194 | 1156 | PA | W58 (b) | W64 (w) | D2 (b) | L1 (w) | W34 (b) | W17 (w) | W12 (b) | 5.5 | 125.00 | |
| 4 | Joshua Mercedes Garcia | 32109050 | 968 | PA | W49 (b) | W52 (w) | L1 (b) | W39 (w) | W22 (w) | W16 (b) | D2 (b) | 5.5 | 125.00 | ||
| 5 | 5-13 | Swanik Gandhe | 30841459 | 1193 | PA | D56 (w) | W55 (b) | L20 (w) | W70 (b) | D35 (w) | W40 (b) | W19 (w) | 5.0 | ||
| 6 | Manvit Sai Vunnam | 30664700 | 1170 | NY | W27 (b) | W9 (w) | W32 (b) | W16 (w) | W24 (b) | L2 (w) | L1 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 7 | Kishore Rainer-pradhan | 31482115 | 1165 | PA | W74 (w) | L34 (b) | W38 (w) | D12 (b) | W55 (w) | W10 (w) | D8 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 8 | Zicheng Zhong | 32060273 | 1056 | NJ | W70 (w) | W37 (b) | L24 (w) | W20 (b) | W48 (w) | D19 (b) | D7 (w) | 5.0 | |||
| 9 | Benjamin Zheng | 31481948 | 972 | PA | W61 (w) | L6 (b) | W60 (w) | L48 (b) | W39 (w) | W41 (b) | X21 | 5.0 | |||
| 10 | Chase Daniel Heaton | 32146491 | 891 | DE | W21 (w) | L16 (b) | W30 (b) | W32 (w) | W23 (w) | L7 (b) | W24 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 11 | Spencer Axelrod | 31669642 | 860 | NJ | W33 (w) | L24 (b) | W37 (w) | W25 (w) | L16 (b) | W23 (b) | W22 (w) | 5.0 | |||
| 12 | Chandar Munikrishnan | 31309821 | 815 | CHAMUN | NJ | W18 (w) | D23 (b) | W26 (b) | D7 (w) | W42 (b) | W24 (w) | L3 (w) | 5.0 | ||
| 13 | Amelito R. Calimlim | 31690316 | 776 | NY | H--- | W45 (b) | D23 (w) | W64 (b) | L19 (w) | W42 (w) | W25 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 14 | 14-20 | Spencer Frusciante | 32240634 | 1195 | PA | W36 (b) | L2 (w) | L27 (b) | W67 (w) | D37 (b) | W59 (w) | W32 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 15 | Sathvik Reddy Gaddam | 31534127 | 1133 | NY | L59 (w) | D40 (b) | W45 (w) | D26 (b) | W64 (w) | D35 (b) | W34 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 16 | Rachitha Sai Chandar | 30507432 | 1128 | CHAMUN | NJ | X76 | W10 (w) | W34 (b) | L6 (b) | W11 (w) | L4 (w) | D20 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 17 | Harshith Kaparthi | 30917712 | 1125 | NY | W39 (b) | W35 (w) | D19 (b) | L2 (w) | W59 (b) | L3 (b) | W36 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 18 | Yaniv Reichfeld | 32622863 | 1097 | PA | L12 (b) | W46 (w) | L39 (b) | W62 (w) | D36 (b) | W37 (w) | W35 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 19 | John R Vollbrecht | 31735088 | 985 | PA | W51 (b) | W67 (w) | D17 (w) | H--- | W13 (b) | D8 (w) | L5 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 20 | Leo Henry Verbuch | 16871427 | 970 | PA | W69 (b) | W31 (w) | W5 (b) | L8 (w) | W21 (w) | L1 (b) | D16 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 21 | 21-29 | Alexander Vadim Romanov | 15246741 | 1165 | NJ | L10 (b) | W51 (w) | W58 (b) | W36 (w) | L20 (b) | W28 (w) | F9 | 4.0 | ||
| 22 | Pavan Gupta Sivakoti | 30919631 | 1136 | NY | W28 (b) | W25 (w) | W42 (b) | L24 (w) | L4 (b) | W27 (w) | L11 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 23 | Anay Kapoor | 17186804 | 1094 | NJ | W46 (b) | D12 (w) | D13 (b) | W27 (w) | L10 (b) | L11 (w) | W40 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 24 | Jason Eric Sperling | 15701045 | 1011 | PA | W47 (b) | W11 (w) | W8 (b) | W22 (b) | L6 (w) | L12 (b) | L10 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 25 | Sheryl Lu | 16817166 | 978 | LUSLUE | NY | W68 (w) | L22 (b) | W41 (w) | L11 (b) | W58 (w) | W48 (b) | L13 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 26 | Megan Ryerson | 17115501 | 955 | RYELIV | PA | W72 (b) | H--- | L12 (w) | D15 (w) | W52 (b) | D32 (w) | H--- | 4.0 | ||
| 27 | Sophia R Zammillo | 30644739 | 905 | NY | L6 (w) | W61 (b) | W14 (w) | L23 (b) | W33 (w) | L22 (b) | W48 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 28 | Shreyansh Paudel | 30837388 | 899 | VA | L22 (w) | W68 (b) | W33 (w) | L42 (w) | W43 (b) | L21 (b) | W51 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 29 | Riyan Gandhi | 32566562 | 767 | PA | L32 (b) | L43 (w) | D63 (b) | D45 (w) | W71 (b) | W44 (w) | W42 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 30 | 30-41 | Parthav Poosarla | 30919717 | 1182 | NY | L38 (w) | W60 (b) | L10 (w) | L40 (b) | W61 (w) | D58 (b) | W59 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 31 | Siddharth N Malapaka | 30181674 | 1115 | NY | W57 (w) | L20 (b) | D70 (w) | L55 (b) | L41 (w) | W65 (b) | W58 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 32 | Elliot David Bergmann | 30568604 | 1033 | PA | W29 (w) | W59 (b) | L6 (w) | L10 (b) | W38 (w) | D26 (b) | L14 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 33 | Khelankumar Tellamekala | 31940261 | 1032 | GARTEL | NJ | L11 (b) | W50 (w) | L28 (b) | W56 (w) | L27 (b) | W67 (w) | D39 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 34 | William Hoffman | 31129912 | 999 | HOFHOF | PA | W48 (b) | W7 (w) | L16 (w) | D59 (b) | L3 (w) | W47 (w) | L15 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 35 | Srishti Jain | 16513347 | 947 | JAIDAS | NJ | W63 (w) | L17 (b) | W49 (w) | H--- | D5 (b) | D15 (w) | L18 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 36 | Nicholas Hoffman | 31129904 | 941 | PA | L14 (w) | W66 (b) | W72 (w) | L21 (b) | D18 (w) | X53 | L17 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 37 | Ayaan Namdeo | 32533493 | 932 | NJ | W71 (w) | L8 (w) | L11 (b) | W68 (b) | D14 (w) | L18 (b) | W60 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 38 | Nina Yang | 32127064 | 924 | YANTRA | PA | W30 (b) | L1 (w) | L7 (b) | W51 (w) | L32 (b) | W62 (w) | D41 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 39 | Grayson Wright | 31702767 | 818 | PA | L17 (w) | W63 (b) | W18 (w) | L4 (b) | L9 (b) | W52 (w) | D33 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 40 | Ryan F Medizad | 31523269 | 805 | PA | L1 (b) | D15 (w) | W75 (b) | W30 (w) | W53 (b) | L5 (w) | L23 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 41 | Zishun Zhong | 32060156 | 805 | NJ | L42 (b) | W71 (w) | L25 (b) | W73 (w) | W31 (b) | L9 (w) | D38 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 42 | 42-51 | Oscar Zhang | 31537182 | 1017 | PA | W41 (w) | W73 (b) | L22 (w) | W28 (b) | L12 (w) | L13 (b) | L29 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 43 | Sunil Kumar Kottha | 31861961 | 1003 | KOTKOT | PA | L60 (w) | W29 (b) | L48 (w) | W61 (b) | L28 (w) | L51 (b) | W67 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 44 | David Cartagena | 17136005 | 953 | NY | H--- | H--- | W73 (w) | U--- | U--- | L29 (b) | W68 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 45 | Rahul Alvarez | 16832534 | 881 | ALVALV | FL | H--- | L13 (w) | L15 (b) | D29 (b) | W49 (w) | D60 (b) | H--- | 3.0 | ||
| 46 | Reyansh Dash | 30239971 | 790 | JAIDAS | NJ | L23 (w) | L18 (b) | L61 (w) | X75 | H--- | D57 (b) | W69 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 47 | Rahul Nikhil Thaker | 32235244 | 729 | PA | L24 (w) | D57 (b) | L56 (b) | W65 (w) | W70 (w) | L34 (b) | D52 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 48 | Helen Sdao | 32250618 | 681 | SDATSE | PA | L34 (w) | W74 (b) | W43 (b) | W9 (w) | L8 (b) | L25 (w) | L27 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 49 | Evelyn Goroza | 32588332 | 359 | GORTOW | MA | L4 (w) | W75 (b) | L35 (b) | L58 (w) | L45 (b) | W64 (b) | B--- | 3.0 | ||
| 50 | Ziggy George | 32402226 | 345 | PA | D55 (w) | L33 (b) | W57 (w) | L53 (w) | L56 (b) | W66 (b) | H--- | 3.0 | |||
| 51 | Illan Halpern | 32818033 | unr. | PA | L19 (w) | L21 (b) | W66 (w) | L38 (b) | W68 (w) | W43 (w) | L28 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 52 | 52-63 | Thomas Nordeman | 13068000 | 1123 | NY | W75 (w) | L4 (b) | L59 (w) | W60 (b) | L26 (w) | L39 (b) | D47 (w) | 2.5 | ||
| 53 | Gregory J Terruso | 30361071 | 1105 | PA | D65 (b) | W56 (w) | L54 (w) | W50 (b) | L40 (w) | F36 | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 54 | Daniel Liu | 31456458 | 925 | MD | H--- | W65 (w) | W53 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 55 | Arhan A Sheth | 30427538 | 920 | PA | D50 (b) | L5 (w) | X65 | W31 (w) | L7 (b) | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 56 | Justin Starcher | 30242612 | 907 | PA | D5 (b) | L53 (b) | W47 (w) | L33 (b) | W50 (w) | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 57 | Lusheng Zhong | 32701199 | 895 | NJ | L31 (b) | D47 (w) | L50 (b) | W71 (b) | L63 (w) | D46 (w) | D61 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 58 | Shervin N Medizad | 31523272 | 835 | PA | L3 (w) | W62 (b) | L21 (w) | W49 (b) | L25 (b) | D30 (w) | L31 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 59 | Harry D Shapiro | 32172554 | 827 | PA | W15 (b) | L32 (w) | W52 (b) | D34 (w) | L17 (w) | L14 (b) | L30 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 60 | Roshini Sadhu Venkata | 31248466 | 717 | VENSHA | PA | W43 (b) | L30 (w) | L9 (b) | L52 (w) | W73 (b) | D45 (w) | L37 (b) | 2.5 | ||
| 61 | Devadeep Lingutla | 32613486 | 567 | PA | L9 (b) | L27 (w) | W46 (b) | L43 (w) | L30 (b) | W71 (w) | D57 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 62 | Mazzie Notash | 31704955 | 337 | PA | L64 (b) | L58 (w) | B--- | L18 (b) | W66 (w) | L38 (b) | D65 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 63 | Seth Bergmann | 32803506 | unr. | NJ | L35 (b) | L39 (w) | D29 (w) | W72 (b) | W57 (b) | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 64 | 64-69 | Aayan Bhowmik | 32009965 | 961 | NATBHO | PA | W62 (w) | L3 (b) | W67 (b) | L13 (w) | L15 (b) | L49 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | |
| 65 | Lucas* Liu r/e | 32128823 | 887 | DE | D53 (w) | L54 (b) | F55 | L47 (b) | B--- | L31 (w) | D62 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 66 | Matthew Zheng | 31688305 | 760 | PA | L2 (w) | L36 (w) | L51 (b) | B--- | L62 (b) | L50 (w) | W73 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 67 | Kshithij Nallam | 32100220 | 664 | DE | B--- | L19 (b) | L64 (w) | L14 (b) | W72 (w) | L33 (b) | L43 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 68 | Conan Zhang | 32547641 | 648 | ZHAZHA | PA | L25 (b) | L28 (w) | W69 (b) | L37 (w) | L51 (b) | W73 (w) | L44 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 69 | Nathan Spivak-koz | 31311666 | 408 | NJ | L20 (w) | L70 (b) | L68 (w) | B--- | U--- | W72 (b) | L46 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 70 | 70-72 | John Akerson | 30242604 | 881 | PA | L8 (b) | W69 (w) | D31 (b) | L5 (w) | L47 (b) | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | ||
| 71 | Erin Zhang | 32547675 | 391 | ZHAZHA | PA | L37 (b) | L41 (b) | B--- | L57 (w) | L29 (w) | L61 (b) | D72 (w) | 1.5 | ||
| 72 | Joey M Carlson | 31265552 | 159 | MD | L26 (w) | B--- | L36 (b) | L63 (w) | L67 (b) | L69 (w) | D71 (b) | 1.5 | |||
| 73 | 73 | Philip-mitchell Luk | 32644502 | 323 | PA | B--- | L42 (w) | L44 (b) | L41 (b) | L60 (w) | L68 (b) | L66 (w) | 1.0 | ||
| 74 | 74-75 | Lucas Liu | 32128823 | 887 | DE | L7 (b) | L48 (w) | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | ||
| 75 | Vineet Madduru | 14188902 | 817 | PA | L52 (b) | L49 (w) | L40 (w) | F46 | H--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | |||
| 76 | 76 | Alfred Andrew Fry | 31872785 | 866 | PA | F16 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |