World Senior Chess Championship update: in opening round action, New Orleans Chessmaster Jude Acers scored a victory with the black pieces, defeating Alavi Mir Mahmood of Iran. Jude has elevated his tournament ranking from 31st to 9th, and will next face Latvian Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov, who carries a FIDE rating of 2507, second highest in the tournament. That game should be one of the live games viewable on the internet at chessdom.com, commencing 9am CST.