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The 2023 Maine State Chess Championship was played on April 21-23, 2023 at the Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel in Waterville. Congratulations to the three Open Co-Champions: Matthew Fishbein, Jarod Bryan, and Ted Belanoff. Here's the illustrated tournament report. |
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Former Maine Chess Association president Michael Dudley has a variety of chess equipment available for sale at very reduced prices. Take a look at the descriptions and images below and contact Mike at mdudley@chessmaine.org if you would like more information or to purchase. Update: All equipment has sold except for the wooden Fischer-Spassky Commemorative sets which have been reduced further to $200. |
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Congratulations to World Chess Champion Ding Liren! The World Chess Championship Match went into the tiebreaking phase after the fourteen-game classical portion ended in a 7.0 to 7.0 tie. Official rules stipulated that the players would play four games at the rapid time control of G/25 +10. After three draws, Ding Liren, with the black pieces, played a sharp game in a Ruy Lopez and was able to threaten promotion which caused Ian Nepomniachtchi to resign after Ding's sixty-eighth move. |
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The Maine Chess Association is seeking MECA members willing to attend the US Chess Annual Delegates Meeting at the US Open in Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 5-6, 2023. If you are planning to attend the US Open or would be willing to attend the Delegates Meeting, please email MECA president J. Paul Ciarrocchi at jpaulc48@gmail.com. |
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The World Chess Championship Match is being contested in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 9-30 between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. After six games there have been four decisive results with each player posting two wins and two draws. This represents the most decisive Match up until this point since Karpov - Korchnoi 1981 which had the same score after six games. |
Continue reading "World Championship Match Report: Ding Wins Game 6, Match Tied" »
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The Hampden chess teams, and their coach David Bishop, were featured in a Bangor Daily News article on March 21, 2023. Bishop led his teams in the recent Maine Scholastic Team and Individual Chess Championships. |
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Maine scholastic chess player Zoe Dinnerstein, with the assistance of her father Dr. Eric Dinnerstein, havs facilitated a partnership between The Alzheimer's Association of Maine and the University of New England Center for Aging and Health to launch a six-session chess club program for early-stage patients and their family caregivers Saturday, March 4, from 10 to 11 a.m. on the UNE Portland campus. The pilot program will continue into May. |
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The Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library is the only library in Maine chosen to participate in a national oral history study of community libraries. The project, led by Jennifer Arns a professor emerita at the University of South Carolina, explores how libraries enrich their communities and why patrons value the facilities in the digital age. |
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The Maine Chess Association had a Board meeting on January, 20th, 2023. Attached are the meeting minutes. |
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On Saturday, February 25th an impressive 15 Maine chess players competed in the 9th Queen City Tornado tournament in Manchester, New Hampshire. The event attracted 185 players in four sections: Open, U1800, U1400, and U1200. Here's the tournament report with US Chess crosstables. |
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