GM Leonid Yudasin drew NM Michael Thaler on board one, while candidate master Sam Barsky lost to IM Robert Hess on board two.
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Meanwhile NM Yefim Treger defeated class A player Yigal Nochomovitz on board six, and candidate master Alex Ostrovskiy drew NM Alec Getz on board seven.