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The Orono High School Scholastic and Friends Open was played on November 6th, 2010 and attracted fifteen players who competed in three round robin sections. Winners were Roger Morin in Section 1, Jiawei Zou in Section 2 and Langdon Holly in Section 3. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstable and a selected game. |
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Gabe Borland, the 2009 Maine High School Chess Champion, wrote a thought-provoking article that explores the question: Can the teaching of chess to young children be a tool for their mental development? An interesting read from someone who has benefited from both playing and coaching the game. |
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ChessMaine.net was on-hand for the first meeting of the Bucksport Chess Club on October 28th, 2010 at BookStacks bookstore on Main Street in Bucksport. Only two brave souls turned up for some chess but with a friendly atmosphere, thousands of book titles, a huge selection of magazines and periodicals and BookStacks's now famous "pretty good coffee" the club is bound to attract more Bucksport-area chess players. |
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The Maine Association of Chess Coaches met for their Scholastic Chess Fall Planning Meeting on October 23rd, 2010 at the University of Maine in Orono. A lively discussion of a number of topics took place not the least of which was the dates for the state scholastic championships. Here are the notes from the meeting thanks to MACC Board Member Ron Lewis. |
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Todd Snyder came from behind to win the 5th Houlton Open in the final round with a defeat over Roger Peterson. Peterson had a perfect 3.0 points in three games going into the fourth round when, after an up-and-down battle, Snyder came out on top. The tournament, a small but strong event with an average rating of USCF 1756, was played at the Morin Art Studio in Houlton on October 16th, 2010. |
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We welcome the Bucksport Chess Club to the Maine Chess Community. Andy Lacher of Bookstacks Bookstore in Bucksport will host the new Bucksport Chess Club scheduled to meet the last Thursday of each month beginning October 28th, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Bookstacks located at 71 Main Street in Bucksport. We wish Andy the best of luck with the new club and we hope to see you there! |
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The Maine Association of Chess Coaches will hold its Scholastic Chess Planning Meeting on Saturday, October 23rd at 1:00 p.m. in the Memorial Union at the University of Maine Orono. The Maine Chess Association will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 24th at 1:00 p.m. at Governor's Restaurant in Waterville. All are invited to attend. Hope to see you there. |
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Twelve-year-old Matthew Fishbein scored a perfect 4.0 points in a strong field of players to win the open section of the Eastern Maine Open played at the University of Maine Orono on Saturday, October 2, 2010. Following Fishbein with 3.0 points were New Yorker David Jefferies, Roger Morin and Roger Peterson. Ben Hansel won the U1400 section with 3.5 points. |
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The subject of our most-recent interview is Dr. Bill Gallagher, a chess-playing dermatologist who graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School. We caught up with Dr. Gallagher at the Bangor Public Library and he was kind enough to grant us an interview. |
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Longtime chess player and instructor Barry Magda is teaching a nine-week chess class Wednesday nights from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Gardiner High School. The class began on September 22nd and runs through November 17th. More students are needed so please pass the word and consider enrolling yourself. The class is one of many offered by MSAD #11 Adult Education. You will find a course description and more informationhere. |
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