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78 Seniors Battle in Boca Raton Print E-mail
By Jennifer Shahade   
April 29, 2008
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GM Dmitry Gurevich is the top seed in the Senior Open.
Photo Jennifer Shahade, 2006
The U.S. Senior Open (April 28- May 3, Boca Raton, Florida) kicked off on Monday night with a total of 78 players, including 1 GM, 4 IMs, 4 FMs. At stake are the final spot in the Frank Berry U.S. Championship and a place in the World Senior. Check out the standings after one round and round two pairings. Watch the top boards of round two live in Monroi on April 29 at 7 PM EST. All five rounds are at 7 PM except Wednesday April 30's game, which is at 10 AM. Here are a few games from the titled players, who in round 1, were playing many hundreds of points down:

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