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By Brennan Price   
December 28, 2010
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GM Aleksandr Lenderman at the Eastern Open. Photo by Ernest Schlich
GM Aleksandr Lenderman has a perfect score through two rounds of the four-day schedule of the 37th Eastern Open in Washington, D.C.  Starting the day with a well received 90-minute pre-tournament lecture titled "How to Attack," Lenderman finished the day about 10 hours later, quickly exploiting an opening inaccuracy (10...a5) by National Master Philip Collier.

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GM Larry Kaufman, IM Oladapo Adu, and NM Zhi-ya Hu share first place in the four-day Open Section with Lenderman at 2/2.

The tournament is continuing last year's popular practice of upset prizes in each section in each round.  Maryland A player Curtis Winter, playing up in the Open Section, garnered the prize in round one, overcoming a 229-point deficit to win over Virginia Master Andrew Samuelson in this Modern Benoni.

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Samuelson bounced back in round two with a win over tournament organizer Tom Beckman.

Star players GM Alex Ivanov and IMs Bryan Smith and Enkhbat Tegshsuren are entered in the three-day schedule, which begins at the Westin City Center at 5:30 EST Tuesday.  The Eastern Open Blitz Championship is Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m.  Details and crosstables are available at www.easternopenchess.com. Look for a final report on the event on CLO.

 
 
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