Reigning US champion Gata Kamsky continued the string of excellent results in the open events having convincingly won the 47th Liberty Bell Open with 6,5/7 points.
The nearest followers were left full point behind. Kamsky collected 2130 USD for the effort.
The Liberty Bell Open was held over the Martin Luther King weekend from January 16-19, 2015, at the Sonesta Hotel, 1800 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The event had six sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250.
Open section final standings:
1. GM Gata Kamsky 2746 NY – 6,5
2-4. IM Dean Ippolito 2553 NJ, IM Thomas Bartell 2457 PA and FM Arthur Shen 2439 NJ – 5,5
5-7. GM Alexander Fishbein 2589 NJ, IM Victor C Shen 2510 NJ and Qibiao Wang 2343 NY – 5,0
8-13. GM Marc Arnold 2612 NY, FM Adarsh Jayakumar 2388 NY, Christopher Wu 2371 NJ, FM Awonder Liang 2350 WI, Matthew W Larson 2271 MO and Runya Xu 2117 PA – 4,5 etc
The total prize fund was around $20,000.
