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The most active club? It might just be the Ellsworth Chess Club that meets on Thursday nights from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at Mr. Paperback in Ellsworth. All summer the club has been consistently bringing in big numbers of chess players. As the school year begins, club president Dick Powell hopes this trend continues. |
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There have been a number of comments generated on ChessMaine.net regarding the issue of withdrawing from a tournament that represent valid albeit different opinions. We bring you these comments, some pertinent rules from the USCF's Official Rules of Chess 5th Edition and a link to a new chess blog in Maine that takes on this issue. We encourage you to weigh in with your opinion. |
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Many of us remember Joel Cartwright as an avid scholastic chess player, veteran of many state championship tournaments and graduate of Bowdoin College. Joel took his own life on June 27, 2008 at his family's cottage in Tennants Harbor. We are profoundly saddened by this tragedy and extend our deepest sympathies to Joel's family and friends. Caitlin Elsaesser of the Times Record prepared this special report including a touching slideshow tribute to Joel. |
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According to his rating Curt Brock was expected to finish dead last in the Downeast Open Tournament played at Southern Maine Community College on August 16, 2008. Apparently no one alerted Brock to this minor detail as he went on to turn the crosstable up-side-down and score 3.5 points taking first with a 2190 or +637! performance rating. |
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Back from her recent performance at the Susan Polgar Natonal Invitational for Girls, Maine 2008 Girls Champion Sorel Edes of Orono took time out to share her thoughts of the tournament with us and how it felt to represent Maine at this national event. |
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Two tournaments will take place in Maine this Saturday, August 16, 2008: The St. Croix River Valley International Chess Classic in Perry and the Downeast Open and RBO in South Portland. Here are the details including registration information. |
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Todd Snyder (1931) won the WCCF July Swiss played in Houlton on July 19, 2008 with a perfect 4.0 points in as many rounds. Following Snyder were Roger Morin (1959) with 3.0 points and a group of four players with 2.0 points. |
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George Stevens Academy teacher and chess instructor Paul Gliden will be offering two chess classes at the Blue Hill Library on August 13th and 20th from 2:30 - 4: 30 p.m. The classes are open to the public and free of charge. |
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Lost in both time and cyberspace, the crosstable for a tournament that was played in Portland, Maine over 15 years ago has been unearthed by ChessMaine.net avid reader John Gaspar. The tournament was incorrectly entered into the USCF database as having taken place in Portland, Oregon rather than Portland, Maine and like a misplaced first class letter, has gone undetected all these years until now. |
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A three-way tie for first between Daniel Yeager (2349) of Pennsylvania, Julian Landaw (2305) of California and Scott Low (2198) of Maryland all of whom scored 5.0 points in six rounds was the result at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Maine's favorite son Fritz Eyerer was defeated in the last round but finished the tournament tied for 20th place with 3.0 points against very stiff competition. |
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Matt Parry (2253) of New York has defeated Maryland's Scott Low (2198) to take sole possession of first place at the Denker with 4.5 points and one round remaining. Despite the fact that the competition in this tournament is at a very high level (only nine players are rated below USCF 1700) Fritz Eyerer continues to excel. In round 5, he defeated Oregon's Daniel Gay (1990) to move to 3.0 points and a tie for 12th place with a 2047 or +237 performance rating. |
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After four rounds at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions only one player has 4.0 points. Scott Low (2198), a strong expert from Maryland, has not given up a loss or draw. With nine players within a point of Low, the final two rounds will certainly be interesting. Maine representative Fritz Eyerer won a nice game vs. Vincent Glorioso (1957) of Louisiana in round 3 then lost to Erik Patchell (2070) of Kentucky to remain even at 2.0 points. |
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Round 2 at the Denker saw the top tier of the crosstable get rarefied to six players with 2.0 points. Eyerer won his second round game bringing him up to an even score of 1 point after 2 rounds. In round 3, he will take on Vincent Glorioso (1957) of Louisiana. |
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Like the Polgar National Invitational, the Denker brings together state champions from across the nation to compete in this "Tournament of Champions." In round 1, the Maine representative at the Denker Fritz Eyerer, was defeated by USCF Expert Robert Lau (2171) of Hawaii. Eyerer will face Lorenzo Newell (1102) of Mississippi in round 2. |
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Courtney Jamison of Texas has won the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls. A final round draw with Linda Diaz put her out of reach of the rest of the field with 5.5 points in 6 rounds. Maine Girls Champion Sorel Edes finished the tournament with 2.5 points and tied for 33rd place. |
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Former John Bapst Memorial High School student and Newburgh resident Fritz Eyerer will compete in this year's prestigious Denker Tournament of High School Champions which will be played August 2-5, 2008 concurrently with the U.S. Open in Dallas, Texas. Eyerer qualified for this tournament based on his performance at the Maine High School Championship tournament earlier this year. |
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In the penultimate round, Maine's Sorel Edes posted her second victory of the tournament, this time winning against Georgia Olvera (1292) of Texas. After 5 rounds she has 2.5 points and a +330 performance rating. She will have black vs. Mira Ensley-Field (1258) of Wisconsin in the final round. |
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