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 1900 Section:
SwissSys Standings. CCA_LBO26: Under 1900 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 | Bryan James Loayza Rivera | 31302481 | 1868 | NJ | W31 (w) | L41 (b) | W84 (w) | W12 (b) | W17 (w) | X20 | W13 (b) | 6.0 | 1150.00 | |
| 2 | Ekeoma Osondu | 15744324 | 1842 | RYEOSO | NJ | W47 (b) | W34 (w) | W22 (b) | W11 (w) | D6 (b) | D3 (b) | W7 (w) | 6.0 | 1150.00 | |
| 3 | 3-6 | Finn Belew | 15220601 | 1892 | CHOBEL | ID | W27 (w) | D38 (b) | W66 (b) | W8 (w) | W4 (b) | D2 (w) | D6 (b) | 5.5 | 250.00 |
| 4 | Logan White | 15580358 | 1846 | KY | W52 (w) | D76 (b) | W40 (w) | W24 (b) | L3 (w) | W9 (b) | W14 (w) | 5.5 | 250.00 | ||
| 5 | Markian Peter Zabihaylo | 30679934 | 1831 | NJ | W82 (b) | D37 (w) | L49 (b) | W55 (w) | W18 (b) | W38 (w) | W16 (b) | 5.5 | 250.00 | ||
| 6 | Alex D'amico | 13850172 | 1792 | NJ | W68 (w) | W77 (b) | W20 (w) | W14 (b) | D2 (w) | D7 (b) | D3 (w) | 5.5 | 250.00 | ||
| 7 | 7-12 | Elijah Ali Chirico | 16253650 | 1874 | YOUCHI | PA | W28 (b) | D12 (w) | W42 (b) | W38 (w) | W37 (b) | D6 (w) | L2 (b) | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Daniel Mason Li | 15865560 | 1819 | PA | W54 (w) | W78 (b) | H--- | L3 (b) | W34 (w) | W24 (b) | D12 (w) | 5.0 | |||
| 9 | Eric* Ren r/e | 16753438 | 1817 | CT | W29 (w) | W23 (b) | W13 (b) | L37 (w) | W21 (b) | L4 (w) | W22 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 10 | Adam Samuel Darack | 31645016 | 1802 | NJ | W53 (b) | L13 (w) | L37 (b) | W80 (w) | W60 (b) | W30 (w) | W21 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 11 | Stephen P Badger | 12986968 | 1801 | MD | W48 (w) | W71 (b) | W32 (w) | L2 (b) | L20 (w) | W27 (b) | W25 (w) | 5.0 | |||
| 12 | Lamont Rogers | 12874258 | 1751 | PA | W86 (b) | D7 (b) | W65 (w) | L1 (w) | W67 (b) | W37 (w) | D8 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 13 | 13-19 | Gowtham Karaka | 31036768 | 1862 | MD | W25 (w) | W10 (b) | L9 (w) | W49 (w) | W35 (b) | D14 (b) | L1 (w) | 4.5 | ||
| 14 | Malysheva Valeria | 16939817 | 1814 | NY | W44 (b) | W19 (w) | W41 (b) | L6 (w) | W22 (b) | D13 (w) | L4 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 15 | Ibrahim Shakarim | 32218320 | 1801 | PA | W73 (b) | L66 (w) | W56 (b) | D60 (w) | W43 (b) | L16 (w) | W41 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 16 | Christopher Romeril | 31239603 | 1760 | PA | L77 (w) | W73 (b) | W78 (w) | D32 (b) | W54 (w) | W15 (b) | L5 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 17 | Vanita Young | 13835092 | 1754 | YOUCHI | PA | H--- | W58 (w) | D59 (b) | W66 (w) | L1 (b) | D33 (w) | W42 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 18 | Stephen J Conner | 12477485 | 1747 | RAJCON | PA | L71 (w) | D54 (b) | W83 (w) | W75 (b) | L5 (w) | W61 (b) | W45 (w) | 4.5 | ||
| 19 | Benjamin Nunez | 30021753 | 1710 | NJ | W79 (b) | L14 (b) | W71 (w) | L22 (w) | W58 (b) | D41 (w) | W38 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 20 | 20-34 | Victor Antonio Olveira Sanchez | 32817889 | 1850 | 28 | W33 (b) | W56 (w) | L6 (b) | W46 (w) | W11 (b) | F1 | U--- | 4.0 | ||
| 21 | Arthur S Antler | 10639212 | 1800 | NJ | L76 (w) | W52 (b) | W77 (w) | W59 (b) | L9 (w) | W28 (b) | L10 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 22 | Charan S Perumalla | 31615447 | 1768 | PA | W84 (w) | W63 (b) | L2 (w) | W19 (b) | L14 (w) | W31 (b) | L9 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 23 | Nasir A Rasheed | 14567797 | 1767 | NY | W61 (w) | L9 (w) | L29 (b) | W82 (b) | D45 (w) | W47 (b) | D32 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 24 | Cassie Parent | 13591356 | 1761 | PARKAL | MA | W62 (b) | D67 (b) | W76 (w) | L4 (w) | W29 (b) | L8 (w) | D33 (b) | 4.0 | ||
| 25 | Samuel Le | 30555418 | 1754 | PA | L13 (b) | W53 (w) | W80 (b) | D29 (w) | H--- | W51 (w) | L11 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 26 | Anish Saravanan | 16732165 | 1751 | MA | H--- | L65 (b) | W47 (w) | W57 (w) | W49 (b) | D35 (w) | U--- | 4.0 | |||
| 27 | William E Parberry | 10160758 | 1738 | PA | L3 (b) | L60 (w) | W86 (b) | W70 (w) | W46 (b) | L11 (w) | W59 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 28 | Aidan Daniel Elhyani | 17072530 | 1723 | PA | L7 (w) | W48 (b) | X63 | L35 (w) | W55 (b) | L21 (w) | W64 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 29 | William Lan | 30789361 | 1718 | PA | L9 (b) | W61 (w) | W23 (w) | D25 (b) | L24 (w) | D54 (b) | W57 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 30 | Sebastian Koh Hemlock | 30025346 | 1716 | CHAHEM | NY | H--- | L35 (b) | W69 (w) | D65 (b) | W71 (w) | L10 (b) | W54 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 31 | Gene L Millard | 10676932 | 1709 | NY | L1 (b) | W86 (w) | L34 (b) | W64 (w) | W62 (b) | L22 (w) | W65 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 32 | Dillan Hobby | 30339896 | 1705 | PA | W87 (b) | W72 (w) | L11 (b) | D16 (w) | L38 (b) | W60 (w) | D23 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 33 | Charles J Green | 12441356 | 1665 | VA | L20 (w) | W36 (b) | H--- | H--- | W40 (w) | D17 (b) | D24 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 34 | Caroline Chu | 30081896 | 1377 | NY | B--- | L2 (b) | W31 (w) | W41 (w) | L8 (b) | D42 (w) | D36 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 35 | 35-48 | Christopher Keefe | 13490842 | 1811 | NY | H--- | W30 (w) | H--- | W28 (b) | L13 (w) | D26 (b) | U--- | 3.5 | ||
| 36 | Paul B Zelinski | 10155061 | 1804 | PA | L56 (b) | L33 (w) | L52 (b) | W68 (w) | W84 (b) | W66 (w) | D34 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 37 | Kaue* Leal r/e | 31213436 | 1800 | MA | W55 (w) | D5 (b) | W10 (w) | W9 (b) | L7 (w) | L12 (b) | U--- | 3.5 | |||
| 38 | Armaan Chainani | 16544026 | 1787 | RACCHA | NJ | W60 (b) | D3 (w) | W57 (b) | L7 (b) | W32 (w) | L5 (b) | L19 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 39 | Qixin Lin | 30757702 | 1758 | PA | L78 (w) | D47 (b) | L54 (w) | W79 (b) | W75 (w) | D57 (b) | D48 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 40 | Siddharth Keshav Tripathy | 17069673 | 1751 | NJ | H--- | W75 (w) | L4 (b) | D58 (w) | L33 (b) | W62 (w) | D46 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 41 | Kelvin Mcalister | 12519171 | 1743 | IL | W64 (b) | W1 (w) | L14 (w) | L34 (b) | W76 (w) | D19 (b) | L15 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 42 | William S Johns | 12518410 | 1741 | PA | D65 (w) | W83 (b) | L7 (w) | D76 (b) | W59 (w) | D34 (b) | L17 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 43 | Vihaan Parikh | 31423099 | 1723 | NY | L63 (w) | W68 (b) | W79 (w) | D67 (b) | L15 (w) | H--- | H--- | 3.5 | |||
| 44 | Tyler Wang | 31500003 | 1700 | PA | L14 (w) | L62 (b) | W73 (w) | W84 (b) | W50 (w) | U--- | H--- | 3.5 | |||
| 45 | Eeshan Kumbharathi | 30260472 | 1692 | PA | L72 (b) | W87 (w) | D70 (b) | D62 (w) | D23 (b) | W49 (w) | L18 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 46 | Azim Ahmad Julkipli | 16868068 | 1640 | PA | H--- | W88 (b) | D67 (w) | L20 (b) | L27 (w) | W77 (b) | D40 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 47 | Jack Chen-kurmann | 17038266 | 1628 | PA | L2 (w) | D39 (w) | L26 (b) | W69 (b) | W70 (w) | L23 (w) | W71 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 48 | Arav Sandeep Kumar | 31425499 | 1617 | NJ | L11 (b) | L28 (w) | L51 (b) | W73 (w) | W80 (b) | W63 (w) | D39 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 49 | 49-66 | Alok Chandan r/e | 14926708 | 1788 | PA | D74 (b) | W80 (w) | W5 (w) | L13 (b) | L26 (w) | L45 (b) | D61 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 50 | Nolan William Dawes Wilson | 30237084 | 1771 | NJ | D57 (b) | D70 (w) | L60 (b) | W63 (w) | L44 (b) | L59 (w) | W75 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 51 | Laron Mcbryde | 12935570 | 1706 | NY | L67 (w) | L84 (b) | W48 (w) | W77 (b) | W65 (w) | L25 (b) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 52 | Dena N Wang | 30043285 | 1665 | WANWAN | NY | L4 (b) | L21 (w) | W36 (w) | D78 (b) | L61 (b) | W69 (w) | D60 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 53 | Amir Monir | 30569451 | 1647 | NY | L10 (w) | L25 (b) | L61 (b) | W74 (w) | L64 (b) | W83 (b) | W77 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 54 | Pavana Rajeev | 30715417 | 1628 | RAJCON | PA | L8 (b) | D18 (w) | W39 (b) | W72 (w) | L16 (b) | D29 (w) | L30 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 55 | Jeffrey Yang | 17278871 | 1628 | NJ | L37 (b) | W82 (w) | W81 (w) | L5 (b) | L28 (w) | D71 (b) | D66 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 56 | Akhil Nadiminti | 16859718 | 1617 | NJ | W36 (w) | L20 (b) | L15 (w) | L71 (b) | L77 (w) | W82 (b) | W78 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 57 | Brandon Li | 31418015 | 1598 | NY | D50 (w) | W69 (b) | L38 (w) | L26 (b) | W78 (w) | D39 (w) | L29 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 58 | Sathvik Birudavolu | 17230292 | 1584 | NJ | D88 (w) | L17 (b) | W89 (w) | D40 (b) | L19 (w) | L65 (b) | W79 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 59 | Raymond Ouyang | 30136126 | 1558 | NJ | H--- | W89 (b) | D17 (w) | L21 (w) | L42 (b) | W50 (b) | L27 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 60 | Sohail Aji | 31482242 | 1542 | PA | L38 (w) | W27 (b) | W50 (w) | D15 (b) | L10 (w) | L32 (b) | D52 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 61 | Shawn Epelbaum | 16736153 | 1539 | NY | L23 (b) | L29 (b) | W53 (w) | D81 (b) | W52 (w) | L18 (w) | D49 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 62 | Aravind Velraj | 30128284 | 1535 | VELVEL | PA | L24 (w) | W44 (w) | D72 (b) | D45 (b) | L31 (w) | L40 (b) | W90 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 63 | Kenzo Phillips | 30063627 | 1487 | NY | W43 (b) | L22 (w) | F28 | L50 (b) | W82 (w) | L48 (b) | W73 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 64 | Sai Avantika Chandar | 17208152 | 1468 | CHAGEO | NJ | L41 (w) | H--- | H--- | L31 (b) | W53 (w) | W76 (b) | L28 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 65 | Kellan Adam Colby | 30353630 | 1443 | PA | D42 (b) | W26 (w) | L12 (b) | D30 (w) | L51 (b) | W58 (w) | L31 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 66 | Aadarsh Kalyan | 31182917 | 1280 | NJ | W91 (w) | W15 (b) | L3 (w) | L17 (b) | D72 (w) | L36 (b) | D55 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 67 | 67-71 | Augusto E Gutierrez | 13564905 | 1868 | NJ | W51 (b) | D24 (w) | D46 (b) | D43 (w) | L12 (w) | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | ||
| 68 | Wyelin Olufemi Newell | 16348128 | 1599 | CT | L6 (b) | L43 (w) | H--- | L36 (b) | W79 (w) | W84 (b) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 69 | Oliver Hy Lam | 17131014 | 1520 | NY | H--- | L57 (w) | L30 (b) | L47 (w) | W86 (b) | L52 (b) | W82 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 70 | Greg Rubinshteyn | 31036959 | 1515 | NJ | D89 (w) | D50 (b) | D45 (w) | L27 (b) | L47 (b) | B--- | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 71 | David Caseiro | 31481952 | 1481 | PA | W18 (b) | L11 (w) | L19 (b) | W56 (w) | L30 (b) | D55 (w) | L47 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 72 | 72-80 | Raymond Liu | 15974801 | 1806 | PA | W45 (w) | L32 (b) | D62 (w) | L54 (b) | D66 (b) | U--- | U--- | 2.0 | ||
| 73 | Chase Yichen Liu | 31661911 | 1612 | NJ | L15 (w) | L16 (w) | L44 (b) | L48 (b) | B--- | W74 (w) | L63 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 74 | Samuel Xing | 30175551 | 1578 | PA | D49 (w) | L81 (b) | L82 (w) | L53 (b) | D83 (w) | L73 (b) | W84 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 75 | Vihaan Jambudi | 30035506 | 1572 | NJ | H--- | L40 (b) | W88 (w) | L18 (w) | L39 (b) | D78 (b) | L50 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 76 | Haley Cope | 14620637 | 1562 | COPGRO | MA | W21 (b) | D4 (w) | L24 (b) | D42 (w) | L41 (b) | L64 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | ||
| 77 | Jordan Kim | 30387069 | 1521 | NY | W16 (b) | L6 (w) | L21 (b) | L51 (w) | W56 (b) | L46 (w) | L53 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 78 | Sarayu Thalapaneni | 31520236 | 1508 | THOVEL | TX | W39 (b) | L8 (w) | L16 (b) | D52 (w) | L57 (b) | D75 (w) | L56 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 79 | Olivia Raczko | 30016045 | 1347 | RACCHA | VA | L19 (w) | B--- | L43 (b) | L39 (w) | L68 (b) | W86 (w) | L58 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 80 | Aadvik Iyer | 31465705 | 1254 | NJ | W81 (w) | L49 (b) | L25 (w) | L10 (b) | L48 (w) | H--- | H--- | 2.0 | |||
| 81 | 81 | Steven Campagna r/e | 12684153 | 1759 | NJ | L80 (b) | W74 (w) | L55 (b) | D61 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | ||
| 82 | 82-86 | Brandon J Carter | 12916399 | 1747 | PA | L5 (w) | L55 (b) | W74 (b) | L23 (w) | L63 (b) | L56 (w) | L69 (b) | 1.0 | ||
| 83 | Varunshankar Mutukulloju | 30133556 | 1557 | NJ | H--- | L42 (w) | L18 (b) | U--- | D74 (b) | L53 (w) | F86 | 1.0 | |||
| 84 | Arthit Dasgupta | 31736303 | 1555 | PA | L22 (b) | W51 (w) | L1 (b) | L44 (w) | L36 (w) | L68 (w) | L74 (b) | 1.0 | |||
| 85 | Lamar Warren | 15043258 | 1509 | UT | U--- | U--- | U--- | W86 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 86 | Mira Karell | 12514880 | 1500 | KARKAR | MD | L12 (w) | L31 (b) | L27 (w) | L85 (b) | L69 (w) | L79 (b) | X83 | 1.0 | ||
| 87 | 87-89 | Eric Ren | 16753438 | 1817 | CT | L32 (w) | L45 (b) | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | ||
| 88 | Kaue Leal | 31213436 | 1800 | MA | D58 (b) | L46 (w) | L75 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | |||
| 89 | Steven* Campagna | 12684153 | 1759 | NJ | D70 (b) | L59 (w) | L58 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | |||
| 90 | 90-91 | Jeffrey Ian Gugliotta | 15295830 | 1534 | PA | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | L62 (b) | 0.0 | ||
| 91 | Arhaan Rao | 17336702 | 972 | NJ | L66 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |