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A strong field turned out for the New England Friendly Downeast Open played at Southern Maine Community College on July 9-10, 2011. Roger Morin captured first in the open section with 3.5 points in four rounds. Nick Parsons put up 3.5 points himself to take first in the U1650 section. Here's an illustrated tournament report, USCF crosstables and two selected games. |
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International Master and author David Vigorito gave a chess lecture and simultaneous chess exhibition at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland on July 9, 2011. He lectured on one of his recent games in the King's Indian and then played fourteen simultaneous games of which he won twelve and drew two. The two drawn games were played by Matthew Fishbein and Dan DeLuca. |
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The Fifth Annual ChessMaine.net Championship was contested at Colby College in Waterville on June 19th, 2011. Twenty-four players competed in the two section, G/75 event. A four-way tie for first in the Open section resulted between Alan Schalk, Roger Morin, John Gaspar and Philip Lowell each scoring 3.0 points in four rounds. Lee Doucette took first in the U1550 section and Dennis Lemieux and Isaiah Fallon were the top scoring players rated under 1250. |
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International Master and author, David Vigorito (USCF 2548), will give a lecture and simul at the Southern Maine Community College Campus Center at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 9th, 2011. The cost is $15 for either the lecture or simul or $25 for both. In addition, IM Vigorito will have copies of his books available for signing including his just-released Attacking Chess: The King's Indian (Volumes 1 and 2). Please join us for an evening with International Master David Vigorito! For more information or to reserve a space please contact Dan DeLuca at dcdeluca@yahoo.com or (207) 479-4474. See you there! |
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