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After the first round of negotiations with both teams, the FIDE President answered questions from journalists and provided the chess community with his comments on the status of the match. He stated that both parties are ready to continue the match. However, one of the stumbling blocks is the score: Will it be 3:2 or 3:1?
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The Fall Chess Challenge, a K-12 Chess Tournament, will take place on Saturday, October 14th at the Cape Elizabeth Pond Cove School Cafetorium. This is the first in a series of chess tournaments hosted by the Cape Elizabeth Chess Boosters and Cape Elizabeth Community Services. The tournament will be a round robin event with trophies to all participants.
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In overnight developments, the FIDE President has accepted the proposal from Cheif Arbiter Geurt Gijssen to postpone today's game and has stated there will be a game tomorrow. He has also written a letter to both players asking them to come together to reach an agreement. We will keep you posted as things progress.
Continue reading "Match Postponed: May Resume Sunday, October 1" »
The World Chess Championship Match is in crisis and things are happening fast. FIDE President Ilyumzhinov has cut short a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and is on his way to Elista. In the meantime, Kramnik's team has sent another open letter to Ilyumzhinov agreeing to play Game 5 if conditions--including a written letter of apology from Topalov's team and toilets connected to the rest areas--are satisfied. In addition, Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, world-class player, organizer and broker, contributes his propsal to break the impasse.
Continue reading "Ilyumzhinov Returns; Kramnik May Play; Seirawan's Proposal" »
Accusations, counter-accusations, open letters, complaints and demands permeated the atmosphere at the Topalov - Kramnik Match for the World Chess Championship in Elista, Kalmykia. The fifth game was officially forfieted by Kramnik earlier today when he refused to arrive at the board thus allowing his game time to run out. We bring you an update on the series of events that has left this reunification match hanging in the balance.
Continue reading "Fate of Reunification Match Hangs in the Balance" »
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Veselin Topalov's manager Silvio Danailov has written a letter to the World Chess Championship Match Organizing and Appeals Committees stating if certain conditions are not met regarding Kramnik's overuse of the restroom, the only place without video surveillance, the Topalov team will "seriously reconsider the participation of the World Champion Veselin Topalov in this match." Continue reading "Elista Shocker: Topalov Threatens to Withdraw" »
After 54 moves and 5 hours of play, Game 4 of the World Chess Championship Match ended in a hard-fought draw. In a kind of psychological posturing, both players banged out the opening moves very quickly and with much confidence. As play progressed, Topalov seemed a bit more cautious showing a discretion is the better part of valor attitude. Chided for not playing e4 at some points in this game, Topalov clearly understands that agression without control may lead him into a 3-point deficit against the Classical World Champion. Game 5 is on Friday.
Continue reading "Round 4: It's a Draw. Match Score: Kramnik 3 Topalov 1" »
Topalov has managed to stem the flood of two consecutive losses with a 38-move draw in Game 3. For Kramnik's second go around with the white pieces, he again got into an Open Catalan. Topalov was the first to vary from Game 1 with 5. ...Nc6. It's still very early in the match and there is lots of chess yet to come--Game 4 begins tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. Eastern--watch it here!
Continue reading "Elista Update: Round 3 Ends in a Draw" »
This week at the George Cunningham Chess Club at the University of Maine, Orono it's a bishops and pawns vs knights and pawns tournament with prizes for the top three places. A good opportunity to work on your endgame technique and have some fun while you're at it. Also results from last week's Ruy Lopez Open Variation Theme Tournament.
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Important information for viewing the World Chess Championship Match using the LIVE Game Link: after clicking on the LIVE Game Link from any of the ChessMaine.net World Chess Championship Match entries, a selection of games will appear i.e., Game 1, Game 2 etc. Choose the game number you wish to follow LIVE or a game from a previous round. A board and notation window will appear. Just below the board you will see (for example) Game 2 09-24-2006, WCC Match Elista, 2006 0-1 Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir. You MUST click on this link in order to activate the LIVE transmission. Good luck, enjoy the games, and let us know if you experience any difficulties.
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GM Roman Dzindzichashvili called it one of the most exciting games ever played in a world championship match. Both players went in for uncompromising chess with plenty of complications. Some regressions were evident (with the help of Fritz 9 on 16-ply) on behalf of both players and each missed the strongest continuation in turn. In the end it was Kramnik who, with 63. ... Re3 had the last move, and the last laugh.
Continue reading "Kramnik Wins Game 2, Extends Lead to 2-0" »
Vladimir Kramnik has hit the ground running. Playing the white pieces in the first round of the World Chess Championship Match in Elista, Kalmikia he let Veselin Topalov know that he was ready to play. The game was an Open Catalan that lasted six and a half hours. Rather than repeat the position and settle for a draw, Topalov pressed for a win, made a serious inaccuracy on move 57 and lost.
Continue reading "Kramnik Takes 1-0 Lead" »
Mike McCabe and Haley DeLuca Lowell posted perfect scores in the Open and K-8 sections respectively of the Washington County Chess Federation September Swiss which took place on September 23rd in Pembroke, Maine. This is the first in a monthly series of tournaments hosted by the newly-formed WCCF.
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FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Classical Chess World Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia are ready to commence play in the much-anticipated World Chess Championship Reunification Match in Elista, Kalmikia. ChessMaine.net is extending its borders to bring you coverage of this historic match. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
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The trend continues: more and more chess clubs are making themselves known to the Maine Chess Community. We are pleased to announce the Mid-Coast Chess Club in Rockland is welcoming chess players on Thursday nights. This brings the number of chess clubs on the Maine Chess Club Directory page to twelve with no signs of abatement!
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The George Cunningham Chess Club at the University of Maine, Orono is back online for the 2006 -2007 academic year. Come on down for skittles, serious chess, blitz or theme tournaments. For those not familiar with theme tournaments, all players start their games with a previously chosen opening variation. This week's variation is the first seven moves of the Open Ruy Lopez. It's a great way to explore the middle and endgame positions arising from a particular opening.Continue reading "The George Cunningham Chess Club" »
Kudos and a big thank you to our readers. Since its inception in March 2006, ChessMaine.net has been visited over 10,000 times! We're humbled by the outstanding show of support for the site and will to continue to bring you cutting edge News, Tournament Reports, Images, Features and Information related to all things chess in Maine. As a way of returning the favor we have a little something for you.Continue reading "ChessMaine.net Celebrates 10,000 Hits" »
The movers and shakers in southern Maine chess are at it again. This time it's a small group of dedicated parents and students who have banded together to form the Costal Maine Scholastic Chess Club. The CMSCC will have its innaugural meeting this Saturday, September 16th at the Cape Elizabeth Community Center. Players of all ages and abilities are welcome.
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You've heard the names before. State K-3 champion and high scoring Maine player at the Elementary Nationals in Denver, Matthew Fishbein and Maine chess stalwart Richard Judy, of the Kings and Queens Chess Club take first in the K-3 and One Day U1900 sections respectively at the 66th New England Open in Leominster, MA. The tournament ran from September 2 - 4. Former Maine state champion Jarod Bryan also competed, finishing 15th in the Open section.Continue reading "Mainers Win at New England Open" »
The Maine Association of Chess Coaches will hold its annual planning meeting on Saturday, October 7th at 1:00 p.m. at Governor's Restaurant in Bangor. At this meeting the MACC sets the dates and location of all the state scholastic championship tournaments and takes care of a number of other items of business. Volunteers and newcomers are welcome.
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The Eastern Maine Open will take place on Saturday, October 28th at the University of Maine, Orono. Prizes will be given in all sections from Open all the way down to U600. Enjoy fall in Maine and get in some great chess at a great site, enter the Eastern Maine Open!
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We welcome the newly formed Washington County Chess Federation founded by USCF member and chess dad Alba Briggs III. Well organized and grassroots, the WCCF has gotten the word out to schools, libraries and homeschoolers in Washington County and kicks off its inception with an upcoming tournament in Pembroke.
Continue reading "Wahington County Chess Federation" »
After an exhaustive search of chess webpages, we've distilled out a number of sites we think you might be interested in. To access this page directly you can click on Links in the menu bar of any ChessMaine page. If your favorite chess site isn't included here please let us know and we'll be happy to add it.
Continue reading "Links to Some Great Chess Sites" »
The Portland Chess Club is hosting a three round swiss on three Friday nights in September, October and November. For more information, click on the Events page or follow the link below.Continue reading "Portland Chess Club Friday Night Fall Swiss" »
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