Villa and Hans Schuschel, Lore and Duane Catania, Eugene Grumer, and Leonid Bondar. Photo Jon Haskel
The Senior Open (Boca Raton, April 28-May 3) began with an early round two surprise, with GM Dmitry Gurevich giving up half a point to expert Leonid Tkach.
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This gives the following four IMs and seeds #2-5 a leg-up: IM Igor Foygel (2501), IM Joseph Bradford (2467), IM Lawrence Kaufman (2383) and IM Albert Kapengut (2331) a leg up. Here are some wins by the top seeds including a victory by IM Kapengut over the tournament organizer, Don Schultz:
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Jerry Hanken will cover the Senior Open for Chess Life Magazine. In addition to his loss to Kaufman above, here is his second round victory over Floridan local Ernesto Cachuela.
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Thanks to Jon Haskel for his assistance with this article, and for coordinating Monroi's live coverage. Check out the final two rounds live on Monroi Thursday and Friday, May 1-2, 7 PM EST.