Grandmaster Susan Polgar, one of the strongest female chess players in history and a fine ambassador of the game, has just announced she will seek a position on the 2007 USCF Executive Board. As one of her many efforts, GM Polgar has created a sixty-two page chess training program designed to provide a chess curriculum for teachers, coaches and parents to use with schools, clubs, organizations and individual students. ChessMaine.net is delighted to bring you the Susan Polgar Foundation Chess Curriculum / Training Program for Teachers in .pdf format.
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The George Cunningham Chess Club meets this Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the Bumps Room in the University of Maine Orono Memorial Union from 7-11 p. m. Come and drop by for a game (all skill ranges are welcomed!) The University of Maine Chess Club will also have a club tournament (four rounds at 5 minutes time
limit each round) featuring the King's Indian (Saemisch variation.)
Game 6 was an interesting and complex affair with both players making deep, far-sighted plans. After forty-six moves with lots of material still left on the board, Fritz played 47.a4 and Kramnik offered his hand. A great success for the Deep Fritz team and a great effort by World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Final match score: Kramnik 2 - Deep Fritz 4.
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For his last at board with the white pieces in this match, Vladimir Kramnik chose 1. d4 again but this time around, rather than a Catalan, Deep Fritz played into a super-solid Nimzo-Indian Defence. As this was Kramnik's last chance for a win in this match he fought ferociously. A victory was not to be however as the computer forced a triple repeat of position and secured the draw in thirty-five moves. This game brings into high relief just how difficult it is--even with an advantageous poition--to beat Deep Fritz.
Forty players from Cape Elizabeth to Lubec and Deer Isle to Bangor decended upon the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine for the 2nd Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament held on Saturday, December 2, 2006. Winners in each of the four sections were: Ghezai Menelik of Bangor (Open), Gabe Borland of Orono (K-12), Peter Campbell of Cape Elizabeth (K-8) and Ezra Briggs of Lubec (K-5). The logo from Cape Elizabeth's team t-shirt summed up the enthusiasm of the day. 
Using the Petroff Defence, Kramnik came out of the opening phase of the game solid but by the computer's twenty-third move 23.Ra1-e1, he was nearly a full pawn down according to Fritz's positional analysis. The World Champion dourly held on and by move fifty-four it was a dead draw. Current match score: Kramnik 1.5 - Deep Fritz 2.5. Watch Game 5 here via our 
On Saturday, December 2nd, the Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament will take place at the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine. The tournament features three scholastic sections and an open section with prizes offered in each. Last minute reminder! Hope to see you in Aurora! First round starts at 9:30 a.m. For directions using an interactive map click 
Beginners take heart! After building up a nice advantage early in Game 2 with the black pieces against Deep Fritz, Vladimir Kramnik neglected to defend against a mate in one and lost. After move thirty-four the game was, for all intents and purposes, a draw. We all make mistakes in our chess, World Champions and Grandmasters notwithstanding. Watch Game 3 here via our 
