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 2100 Section:
SwissSys Standings. CCA_LBO26: Under 2100 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 | Arturo Florentino Ruiz Mautino | 16967633 | 2045 | PA | W40 (b) | W45 (w) | W24 (b) | L2 (w) | W27 (b) | W32 (w) | W11 (w) | 6.0 | 1350.00 | |
| 2 | William Cige | 15068656 | 1943 | BORCIG | NJ | W44 (w) | W89 (b) | W62 (w) | W1 (b) | W6 (w) | D12 (w) | D4 (b) | 6.0 | 1350.00 | |
| 3 | 3-7 | Andres Castaneda | 12909500 | 2088 | NJ | W29 (w) | W22 (b) | L10 (w) | W79 (b) | D31 (w) | W28 (b) | W25 (b) | 5.5 | 200.00 | |
| 4 | Daniel Yassky | 14138715 | 2080 | NY | W58 (b) | W18 (w) | H--- | D31 (b) | W19 (w) | W10 (b) | D2 (w) | 5.5 | 200.00 | ||
| 5 | Roman Alexander Cano | 13412803 | 2066 | PA | W59 (w) | W55 (b) | L27 (w) | W62 (b) | H--- | W16 (w) | W12 (b) | 5.5 | 200.00 | ||
| 6 | Tanay Parripati | 16775795 | 2009 | VENPAR | PA | W93 (b) | W82 (w) | W32 (b) | W27 (w) | L2 (b) | D25 (w) | W23 (w) | 5.5 | 200.00 | |
| 7 | Srikar Kandikayala | 16803213 | 2005 | TX | H--- | W77 (w) | W61 (b) | W21 (w) | D25 (b) | W31 (b) | H--- | 5.5 | 200.00 | ||
| 8 | 8-12 | Daniel G Pomerantz | 12592338 | 2080 | QC | W33 (w) | D25 (b) | D48 (b) | L32 (w) | W85 (b) | W50 (w) | W29 (b) | 5.0 | ||
| 9 | Vikas Rama | 15213714 | 1993 | NJ | W64 (w) | D94 (b) | L25 (w) | W75 (b) | W30 (w) | D20 (b) | W27 (w) | 5.0 | |||
| 10 | Anthony Kozikowski | 12793987 | 1930 | NJ | W79 (w) | W83 (b) | W3 (b) | L11 (w) | W24 (b) | L4 (w) | W32 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 11 | Jacob Goldman | 16230807 | 1860 | CA | W95 (w) | D74 (b) | W22 (w) | W10 (b) | H--- | W14 (w) | L1 (b) | 5.0 | |||
| 12 | Calvin Jiarui Wang | 30757348 | 1759 | RANWAN | PA | W101 (b) | D21 (w) | W91 (w) | W28 (b) | W23 (w) | D2 (b) | L5 (w) | 5.0 | ||
| 13 | 13-25 | Surya Suresh | 32215714 | 2006 | PA | W63 (w) | L31 (b) | W90 (w) | D59 (b) | L21 (w) | W77 (b) | W34 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 14 | David C Miller | 12831386 | 2002 | PA | W60 (w) | W46 (b) | L31 (w) | W45 (b) | W55 (w) | L11 (b) | D19 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 15 | Jude Bae* Torrens r/e | 16034000 | 2000 | RAJTOR | PA | F83 | W95 (b) | W74 (w) | W29 (b) | D20 (w) | L23 (b) | W43 (w) | 4.5 | ||
| 16 | Abigail* Zhou r/e | 30290965 | 1955 | NY | W43 (b) | W73 (w) | H--- | L23 (b) | W59 (w) | L5 (b) | W45 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 17 | Anthony Li | 17295978 | 1930 | NY | D35 (b) | D49 (w) | L45 (b) | W84 (w) | W76 (w) | W44 (b) | D20 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 18 | WCM Lilian Wang | 15607273 | 1919 | PA | W66 (b) | L4 (b) | W76 (w) | W48 (w) | L32 (b) | W58 (w) | D24 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 19 | Lucas Fugate | 30670466 | 1907 | NY | W36 (w) | L62 (b) | W67 (w) | W71 (b) | L4 (b) | W61 (w) | D14 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 20 | Leo Paas | 30337747 | 1878 | NY | W69 (b) | L48 (w) | W49 (b) | W68 (w) | D15 (b) | D9 (w) | D17 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 21 | Thomas Egelhof | 30224545 | 1877 | NY | W78 (w) | D12 (b) | W94 (w) | L7 (b) | W13 (b) | H--- | H--- | 4.5 | |||
| 22 | Ricky Li | 31132112 | 1876 | PA | W72 (b) | L3 (w) | L11 (b) | W74 (w) | D36 (b) | W38 (w) | W48 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 23 | Matthew Sammons | 16398906 | 1851 | VA | W98 (w) | W68 (b) | H--- | W16 (w) | L12 (b) | W15 (w) | L6 (b) | 4.5 | |||
| 24 | Jaron Bernard | 13556911 | 1849 | NJ | W70 (b) | W50 (w) | L1 (w) | W89 (b) | L10 (w) | W26 (b) | D18 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 25 | Ronan Mcdermott | 14255627 | 1834 | NY | W71 (w) | D8 (w) | W9 (b) | W26 (b) | D7 (w) | D6 (b) | L3 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 26 | 26-38 | Ramin Farzaneh-far | 13794896 | 1924 | MA | H--- | W86 (b) | W88 (w) | L25 (w) | D33 (b) | L24 (w) | W63 (b) | 4.0 | ||
| 27 | Nicolas Marchese | 30517850 | 1903 | NY | W38 (b) | W85 (w) | W5 (b) | L6 (b) | L1 (w) | W33 (w) | L9 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 28 | Caleb Landau | 17091147 | 1885 | PA | H--- | W37 (w) | W42 (b) | L12 (w) | W48 (b) | L3 (w) | D35 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 29 | Vaisali Garnepudi | 31390759 | 1851 | GARTEL | NJ | L3 (b) | W72 (w) | W47 (b) | L15 (w) | W67 (w) | W51 (b) | L8 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 30 | Liam Siu | 30022059 | 1842 | NY | D49 (b) | L61 (w) | W65 (b) | W46 (w) | L9 (b) | W66 (w) | D36 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 31 | Agustya Adhyam | 30038167 | 1834 | NJ | W103 (b) | W13 (w) | W14 (b) | D4 (w) | D3 (b) | L7 (w) | U--- | 4.0 | |||
| 32 | Jesse Hoffman | 14804351 | 1826 | NY | W100 (w) | W52 (b) | L6 (w) | W8 (b) | W18 (w) | L1 (b) | L10 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 33 | Pallavi Rajeev | 30715420 | 1800 | RAJTOW | PA | L8 (b) | W70 (w) | D81 (w) | W90 (b) | D26 (w) | L27 (b) | W68 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 34 | Kritarth Acharya | 31079746 | 1769 | PA | L52 (w) | W99 (b) | D92 (w) | D53 (b) | W89 (w) | W55 (b) | L13 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 35 | Darren Wu | 30136086 | 1753 | CHAWUD | NY | D17 (w) | D92 (b) | W52 (w) | L55 (b) | D81 (w) | W79 (b) | D28 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 36 | Jason N Xu | 30662725 | 1725 | VA | L19 (b) | W100 (w) | D53 (w) | D52 (b) | D22 (w) | W59 (b) | D30 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 37 | Mofei Qu | 31247827 | 1722 | NJ | H--- | L28 (b) | L93 (w) | D78 (b) | W56 (w) | W89 (b) | W55 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 38 | Eric Yeung | 30868847 | 1721 | PA | L27 (w) | L53 (b) | W99 (w) | W96 (b) | W60 (w) | L22 (b) | W61 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 39 | 39-50 | Cyrus Grazulis-jacob | 30374180 | 1906 | PA | L46 (w) | L60 (b) | W78 (w) | L44 (b) | D64 (w) | W90 (b) | W73 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 40 | Ben Davar | 30355010 | 1810 | NY | L1 (w) | W102 (w) | H--- | W94 (b) | U--- | L46 (b) | W78 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 41 | Grant A Weyman | 30092306 | 1808 | PA | H--- | H--- | L89 (w) | L67 (b) | W99 (w) | D78 (b) | W77 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 42 | Charlotte Tai-en Chang | 31490450 | 1796 | CHAWUD | NY | D91 (w) | W87 (b) | L28 (w) | L51 (b) | W94 (w) | D68 (b) | D47 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 43 | Pratheek Madasu | 30817030 | 1774 | DE | L16 (w) | D96 (w) | D56 (b) | W100 (b) | D79 (w) | W80 (b) | L15 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 44 | Owen Mak | 30234823 | 1774 | NY | L2 (b) | D58 (w) | D54 (b) | W39 (w) | W47 (b) | L17 (w) | H--- | 3.5 | |||
| 45 | Vahini Sadhu Venkata | 16893742 | 1751 | VENPAR | PA | W102 (b) | L1 (b) | W17 (w) | L14 (w) | D80 (b) | W49 (w) | L16 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 46 | Aileen Lou | 30058347 | 1725 | LOUFED | NY | W39 (b) | L14 (w) | H--- | L30 (b) | W57 (w) | W40 (w) | U--- | 3.5 | ||
| 47 | Christopher Sims | 12634402 | 1701 | PA | H--- | H--- | L29 (w) | W83 (b) | L44 (w) | W60 (b) | D42 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 48 | Xiaoyao Li | 32319074 | 1685 | NJ | W57 (w) | W20 (b) | D8 (w) | L18 (b) | L28 (w) | W62 (b) | L22 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 49 | Subhang Nettem | 30581140 | 1667 | PA | D30 (w) | D17 (b) | L20 (w) | D63 (b) | W75 (w) | L45 (b) | W76 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 50 | Sameer Mohammad | 31685836 | 1559 | PA | W97 (w) | L24 (b) | W60 (w) | W91 (b) | D51 (w) | L8 (b) | U--- | 3.5 | |||
| 51 | 51-73 | Geoffrey Herman | 12686897 | 2016 | NJ | L62 (w) | D81 (b) | W73 (b) | W42 (w) | D50 (b) | L29 (w) | U--- | 3.0 | ||
| 52 | Leif Karell | 10176484 | 2000 | KARKAR | MD | W34 (b) | L32 (w) | L35 (b) | D36 (w) | D73 (b) | D69 (w) | D65 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 53 | Jeffrey A Gelman | 10587131 | 1910 | NJ | L85 (b) | W38 (w) | D36 (b) | D34 (w) | D77 (w) | U--- | H--- | 3.0 | |||
| 54 | Marvin Shumowitz | 10086281 | 1900 | PA | F68 | D78 (b) | D44 (w) | L85 (w) | W84 (b) | D73 (w) | D66 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 55 | Andrew Tsen | 12619677 | 1891 | SDATSE | PA | W67 (b) | L5 (w) | W85 (b) | W35 (w) | L14 (b) | L34 (w) | L37 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 56 | Simon N Noah Mandl-ciolek | 14759264 | 1866 | NY | L94 (w) | D64 (b) | D43 (w) | L76 (b) | L37 (b) | W84 (w) | W79 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 57 | Nishka Sree Doddapaneni | 30766009 | 1853 | DODLIA | NJ | L48 (b) | D69 (w) | D84 (b) | D66 (w) | L46 (b) | D86 (w) | W85 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 58 | Shenghao Yuan | 17124793 | 1831 | PA | L4 (w) | D44 (b) | W86 (w) | D88 (b) | W71 (w) | L18 (b) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 59 | Noah Gillston | 15800411 | 1821 | NY | L5 (b) | W66 (w) | W80 (b) | D13 (w) | L16 (b) | L36 (w) | D69 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 60 | Premsai Nallapareddygari | 31083400 | 1808 | NJ | L14 (b) | W39 (w) | L50 (b) | W69 (w) | L38 (b) | L47 (w) | W86 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 61 | Viaan Suthar | 30330738 | 1805 | NJ | D92 (w) | W30 (b) | L7 (w) | D81 (b) | W88 (w) | L19 (b) | L38 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 62 | Olivia Ryerson | 16727082 | 1790 | RYEOSO | PA | W51 (b) | W19 (w) | L2 (b) | L5 (w) | D68 (b) | L48 (w) | D70 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 63 | Yipei Wan | 30846586 | 1779 | NJ | L13 (b) | L71 (w) | W98 (b) | D49 (w) | D90 (w) | W67 (b) | L26 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 64 | Shyla Rana | 16639835 | 1776 | RANWAN | NJ | L9 (b) | D56 (w) | D69 (b) | L80 (w) | D39 (b) | D87 (w) | W90 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 65 | Liam Cheng | 31228892 | 1735 | CT | H--- | L91 (b) | L30 (w) | L87 (b) | W98 (b) | X95 | D52 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 66 | Joshua Goldin | 14436383 | 1729 | PA | L18 (w) | L59 (b) | W70 (w) | D57 (b) | W72 (w) | L30 (b) | D54 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 67 | Avaneesh Nulu | 17121270 | 1721 | NJ | L55 (w) | B--- | L19 (b) | W41 (w) | L29 (b) | L63 (w) | W83 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 68 | Devin V Wang | 16820766 | 1719 | WANWAN | NY | X54 | L23 (w) | W82 (b) | L20 (b) | D62 (w) | D42 (w) | L33 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 69 | Oliver Y Liu | 31870342 | 1693 | NY | L20 (w) | D57 (b) | D64 (w) | L60 (b) | W96 (w) | D52 (b) | D59 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 70 | John S Kula | 12494220 | 1680 | PA | L24 (w) | L33 (b) | L66 (b) | X--- | W83 (w) | D76 (b) | D62 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 71 | Aarav Sachin Thakkar | 32028172 | 1662 | NJ | L25 (b) | W63 (b) | W97 (w) | L19 (w) | L58 (b) | W85 (w) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 72 | Nurmukhammad Abdurasulov | 30457857 | 1599 | NJ | L22 (w) | L29 (b) | W95 (w) | H--- | L66 (b) | W82 (w) | H--- | 3.0 | |||
| 73 | Shivam Wagh | 16726857 | 1370 | PA | B--- | L16 (b) | L51 (w) | W86 (b) | D52 (w) | D54 (b) | L39 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 74 | 74-81 | Taimoor Syed r/e | 17172077 | 1902 | NY | B--- | D11 (w) | L15 (b) | L22 (b) | W87 (w) | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | ||
| 75 | Ari Hoffman | 30306939 | 1790 | NY | H--- | L88 (b) | W87 (w) | L9 (w) | L49 (b) | W94 (b) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 76 | Aayush Majmudar | 30460531 | 1737 | NJ | H--- | D80 (w) | L18 (b) | W56 (w) | L17 (b) | D70 (w) | L49 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 77 | Kenson Zhu | 30136158 | 1735 | NY | H--- | L7 (b) | D96 (w) | W82 (w) | D53 (b) | L13 (w) | L41 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 78 | Atharva Thapliyal | 31651643 | 1693 | PA | L21 (b) | D54 (w) | L39 (b) | D37 (w) | W82 (b) | D41 (w) | L40 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 79 | Pranav Srinivasan | 31221158 | 1655 | DE | L10 (b) | B--- | W83 (w) | L3 (w) | D43 (b) | L35 (w) | L56 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 80 | Harrison Cai | 30368621 | 1618 | NY | H--- | D76 (b) | L59 (w) | W64 (b) | D45 (w) | L43 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 81 | Sahishn Sai Bangaru | 16720952 | 1557 | NJ | H--- | D51 (w) | D33 (b) | D61 (w) | D35 (b) | U--- | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 82 | 82-90 | Kevin Andr John Francis Kennedy | 30477246 | 1832 | PA | W99 (w) | L6 (b) | L68 (w) | L77 (b) | L78 (w) | L72 (b) | W94 (w) | 2.0 | ||
| 83 | Mirthvik Arunkumar | 30662200 | 1807 | PA | X15 | L10 (w) | L79 (b) | L47 (w) | L70 (b) | W99 (b) | L67 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 84 | Gideon Sunjay Richard | 30580998 | 1760 | PA | H--- | L90 (b) | D57 (w) | L17 (b) | L54 (w) | L56 (b) | W99 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 85 | Zachary Mark Tower | 30739679 | 1747 | GORTOW | MA | W53 (w) | L27 (b) | L55 (w) | W54 (b) | L8 (w) | L71 (b) | L57 (w) | 2.0 | ||
| 86 | Brendan Boyle | 30544205 | 1723 | NY | H--- | L26 (w) | L58 (b) | L73 (w) | W100 (b) | D57 (b) | L60 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 87 | Sarah Nguyen | 30640330 | 1717 | NGUXIA | NY | H--- | L42 (w) | L75 (b) | W65 (w) | L74 (b) | D64 (b) | U--- | 2.0 | ||
| 88 | Eugene Wong | 17157923 | 1712 | NY | H--- | W75 (w) | L26 (b) | D58 (w) | L61 (b) | U--- | U--- | 2.0 | |||
| 89 | Sebastian* Van Dooijeweert r/e | 31249664 | 1637 | NY | W96 (b) | L2 (w) | W41 (b) | L24 (w) | L34 (b) | L37 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | |||
| 90 | Adhinanth Krishna Karthikeyan | 30168355 | 1635 | PA | H--- | W84 (w) | L13 (b) | L33 (w) | D63 (b) | L39 (w) | L64 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 91 | 91-95 | Nick B Failon | 14315985 | 2019 | KY | D42 (b) | W65 (w) | L12 (b) | L50 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | ||
| 92 | Jude Bae Torrens | 16034000 | 2000 | RAJTOW | PA | D61 (b) | D35 (w) | D34 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | ||
| 93 | Alok Chandan | 14926708 | 1788 | PA | L6 (w) | H--- | W37 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | |||
| 94 | Manish Suthar | 30657689 | 1704 | NJ | W56 (b) | D9 (w) | L21 (b) | L40 (w) | L42 (b) | L75 (w) | L82 (b) | 1.5 | |||
| 95 | Justin Luke O'shea | 32803045 | unr. | PA | L11 (b) | L15 (w) | L72 (b) | B--- | H--- | F65 | U--- | 1.5 | |||
| 96 | 96-100 | Tejas Kunala | 30484361 | 1841 | NJ | L89 (w) | D43 (b) | D77 (b) | L38 (w) | L69 (b) | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | ||
| 97 | Will Johnson | 14937405 | 1829 | CT | L50 (b) | W98 (w) | L71 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 98 | Jianqiang Ma | 31877681 | 1682 | PA | L23 (b) | L97 (b) | L63 (w) | L99 (b) | L65 (w) | U--- | B--- | 1.0 | |||
| 99 | Anthony Arias | 31888017 | 1626 | NJ | L82 (b) | L34 (w) | L38 (b) | W98 (w) | L41 (b) | L83 (w) | L84 (b) | 1.0 | |||
| 100 | Sean Rong | 16836908 | 1555 | NY | L32 (b) | L36 (b) | B--- | L43 (w) | L86 (w) | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 101 | 101-103 | Abigail Zhou | 30290965 | 1955 | NY | L12 (w) | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | ||
| 102 | Anand Vaneswaran | 12784813 | 1922 | PA | L45 (w) | L40 (b) | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | |||
| 103 | Sebastian Van Dooijeweert | 31249664 | 1637 | NY | L31 (w) | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 |