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On Wednesday, June 9, 2010 the Maine State K-6 Chess Champion Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners visited the State House in Augusta at the invitation of the Speaker of the House, the Honorable Hannah Pingree. |
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Wesley Parker of Cape Elizabeth has been recognized as one of the top eleven-year-old chess players in the nation. On the USCF June 2010 Top Player List, Parker (USCF 1577) is listed in 94th place. This is an outstanding accomplishment particularly when considering the top eleven-year-old player in the United States has a near-master rating of USCF 2190. Congratulations Wesley! |
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The Correspondence Chess League of America has announced its Women's Championship Tournament. The time control is 10 moves in 30 days. We urge Maine's women chess players to take Boris Spassky's advice when he was asked the best way to improve one's game--"Play correspondence chess!" |
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The Maine Association of Chess Coaches (the organization that hosts the annual Maine State Scholastic Chess Championships) leads the USCF Membership Appreciation Program's Small State Affiliate Standings with 152 new and renewing USCF memberships thus far in 2010. On the same list, the Airline Community School in Aurora is currently in sixth place having secured 24 new and renewing USCF memberships. |
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Housed in a nondescript office park in rural Alabama, The House of Staunton and USCF Sales steadfastly go about providing chess enthusiasts around the world with the very best quality chess equipment, books and accessories. We paid a visit and House of Staunton employee Jennifer McClure was kind enough to show us around. |
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In a dramatic playoff game at the U.S. Chess Championship played at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Gata Kamsky held Yuri Shulman to a draw and thus won the title of U.S. Chess Champion. Both players bid on their preferred time for the final tiebreaking game. The lowest bidder received choice of color and draw odds. Kamsky bid 25 minutes to his opponent's 60, took black, draw odds and the title. |
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Massachusetts GM Alexander Ivanov didn't need to play the last round of the Eastern Maine Championship held at Hollywood Slots Casino in Bangor, May 15-16, 2010. Ivanov scored 4.0 points in the first four rounds and that was enough to put him out of reach of the rest of the field. |
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Viswanathan Anand outscored Veselin Topalov 6.5 to 5.5 in the twelve-round FIDE World Chess Championship tournament played in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 23 - May 10, 2010. Tied after eleven games, Anand playing the black pieces, employed Lasker's Defense to the Queen's Gambit Declined and pulled off a pretty victory. |
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| Another National Elementary Championship is in the history books. The Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners took home three trophies: 14th Place in the K-6 U1000 Teams, 15th Place in the K-6 Unrated Teams and Krisford Melanio, Maine's highest scoring player, received a 25th place individual trophy in the K-6 U1000 section. | |
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| Five rounds have been completed at the 2010 Elementary National Chess Championships being held at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. There have been many hard-fought battles with mixed results for Maine players. After four rounds, Deer Isle - Stonington held on to 19th place in the K-6 U1000 section and should improve their position in the crosstable based on good results in Round 5. | |
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