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58th annual Liberty Bell Open - Major

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156 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2026 in Philadelphia, PA, United States. 40 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2419, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2589).

Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (🇨🇴 COL, GM, 2520) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Jianchao Zhou (6.0) and Ansh M Shah (6.0). Cardoso Cardoso shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Harry Li (1704) beat Daniel Girsh (FM, 2268), a +564-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Philadelphia, PA, United States
Dates
16 Jan 2026 → 19 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2589
Avg top 10
2,419
Participants
156
Titled players · 40
GM×4
IM×8
FM×10
CM×8
WIM×2
WFM×5
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×137
🇮🇳India×3
🇨🇦Canada×3
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇬🇧England×2
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
🇯🇲Jamaica×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
32
12
6
3
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Cardoso Cardoso takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jan

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso drew with GM Jianchao Zhou (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Jianchao Zhou 4 wins (R1–R4)Ansh M Shah 6 wins (R2–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso*
½
1
2GMJianchao Zhou
½
*
½
3Ansh M Shah*
4IMEvan Park
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cardoso Cardoso, Jose GabrielGM2520COL+55N+12B+117N+19B=2N+4B+5N6.528.030.027.002714+12.2
2Zhou, JianchaoGM2589USA+34B+25N+62B+49N=1B+39B=4N6.026.529.523.502602+2.0
3Ansh M Shah2246IND48N+136B+95N+35B+105N+6B+49N6.019.020.017.002306+9.8
4Park, EvanIM2410USA+20B+8N+105B+11N+113B1N=2B5.528.030.020.502479+8.5
5George, KevinIM2346EGY+71N=35B+53N+21B+37N=27B1B5.024.527.517.252296-0.6
6Yue, TariqCM2163USA+54B26N+140B+20N+85B3N+74B5.022.523.513.502146-0.4
7Starosta, MartynaWIM2212POL=51N=83B+59N+72B=12N=84B+23N5.020.022.516.252094-16.0
8Wang, Kevin2022USA+134N4B+89N+123B=119N+22B=39N5.019.020.011.752241+76.4
9Bonin, JayIM2058USAF104B+111N+137N+98B+99N+20B5.014.014.012.002115+4.2
10Poliannikov, DanilaFM2347USA+14N117B+54N+92B=24N+50B17N4.521.523.515.002118-32.2
11Groff, Jordan2141USA+59N+63B+57N4B=84N30B+110N4.521.023.012.252085-8.2
12Quirke, Jeffrey2054USA+109B1N+154B+151N=7B=70N=46B4.520.520.58.252103+11.6
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14Kogan, Mark Leo1989USA10B+109N=137B+91N=90N+21B=45N4.519.020.012.002060+29.2
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