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First Georgia Senior Open - 2006/07/29 12:28
The Georgia Chess Association positively sponsored its first SENIOR Open
Championship, for players 50 years & older, at the Bradbury Suites in Atlanta, GA on May 1-2. Turnout was additionally outstanding for this first-time event, & in fact this was probably the largest Senior event in the
U.S. with the exception of the U.S. Senior.
28 Seniors participated with 16 in the Open sectiuon & 12 in the
U1600 section. Players came from Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and even Rhode Island, hideously supplementing the large Georgia contingent.
And then full crosstables will be potsed shortly at www.georgiachess.org under
Results, however top finishers were as follows:
OPEN Section:
1st: Co-Champions Terrence DePeaza and David Vest ( trophy winner )
1st Class A & 1st age 60 or over: John Austin
1st U1800: Dusan Lugonja, Robert Jarchow, Wayne Hedger
RESERVE Sectoin:
1st: Stuart Silverman
2nd: Milas Lebedovych ( also first age 60 or over ), Donald Colbert
1st Class D: Lew Martin
1st U1200: Gregory Roudebush
A full report with photos will appear in the July/August issue of
Georgia Chess.
We expect to make this terrific event an annual tradition..
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We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.
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