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Maine State Scholastic Team Chess Championships

March 9, 2010

Two hundred forty-three scholastic chessplayers competed in the 2010 Maine State Scholastic Team Chess Championships at the University of Maine in Orono on March 6, 2010, making it the largest chess tournament on the Maine chess calendar by far. We bring you a complete run-down of all the action in this richly illustrated tournament report.

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Nielsen and DeLuca Lowell Win Girls State Championship

March 3, 2010

Miriam Nielsen, a senior at Cheverus High School in Portland and Haley DeLuca Lowell, a seventh grader at Airline Community School in Aurora are the 2010 Girls Scholastic Chess State Co-Champions. Both scored 3.0 points in four games at the Girls State Championship Tournament played on February 27, 2010 at the University of Maine in Orono. Meagan Weeks of Piscatiquis High School in Guilford finished first in the Under 600 section of the tournament.

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Koncrete Creations

February 26, 2010

During an off-hand chess game a friend suggested to Ryan Deane, owner of Koncrete Creations based in Portland, that he might try making a concrete chessboard. Ryan took the idea and ran with it. He now offers a line of beautiful stock and custom-made concrete chessboards manufactured right here in Maine. Some of Ryan's work is featured this month at The Constellation Gallery in Portland. We caught up with Ryan for this interview.

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Introducing The Board Room

February 25, 2010

We are pleased to announce The Board Room, our newest link on ChessMaine.net. The Board Room will provide a forum for members of the Maine Chess Association's Board of Directors and Policy Board to communicate with the ChessMaine.net community. We encourage statements and announcements from both boards and look forward to reader comments. Our first entry in The Board Room is from MECA President Andy Bryan's blog.

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Ellsworth Chess Afternoon

February 17, 2010

On February 8, 2010, K-8 students from seven Down East area schools participated in an afternoon of chess games and fun with their peers at the newly-constructed Ellsworth Middle School. This "chess afternoon" is the second of three such events organized by Deer Isle - Stonington chess coach Dick Powell.

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2nd Millinocket Open Tournament Report

February 16, 2010

Ten players whose ratings ranged from USCF 1995 to unrated participated in the four-round 2nd Millinocket Open played on February 6, 2010. Three players topped the crosstable tieing for first place with 3.0 points: Roger Morin, Todd Snyder and Ray Haines. Here's the illustrated tournament report with crosstable.

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The Best of ChessMaine.net 2009

February 10, 2010

What a year it was! In 2009, a total of 892 Maine chessplayers participated in 85 sections of 37 tournaments. In this our fourth end-of-the year review, we take a look at the players, the tournaments, the champions, the directors and the stories that made 2009 another great year for Maine chess. We wish chess players and fans all the best in 2010!

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4th Annual Joe Brown Memorial Tournament Report

February 4, 2010

Twenty-four players turned out to honor the memory of former Deer Isle - Stonington student and chessplayer Joe Brown at the 4th Annual Joe Brown Memorial Tournament played at Deer Isle - Stonington Elementary School on January 30, 2010.

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David Plotkin's Games from the Liberty Bell Open

February 1, 2010

Bowdoin College student and USCF expert David Plotkin recently played in the 2010 edition of the Liberty Bell Open in Philadelphia. On his way to an unbeaten seven draws in the Open section, David drew both GM Sergey Kudrin and IM Jay Bonin. We are pleased to bring you all seven of David's games from this tournament, with his annotations, and hope you find them interesting and instructive.

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Three Tie for First at 2nd Presque Isle Open

January 28, 2010

Roger Morin, Roger Hardison and Joshua Burden each scored 3.0 points to tie for first at the 2nd Annual Presque Isle Open played at the Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle on January 16, 2010. Here's the illustrated tournament report and USCF crosstable.

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