How does a weekend in Florida during the cold, dark days of December sound? Now that we've got your attention, the United States Chess Federation (USCF) is looking for volunteers for this year's National K-12 and College Championship in Orlando, Florida from December 7th - December 10th. Tom Nelson, the USCF Volunteer Coordinator is in need of folks to help set-up, monitor, greet players and parents, operate demo boards, assist with the awards ceremony and even sing the National Anthem. Check out Tom's letter of appeal and consider heading south--to volunteer and play in this national tournament!
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Ghezai Menelik, Barry Magda and Andrey Savov each scored three points out of four to tie for first place in the Open section of the Eastern Maine Open held on Saturday, October 28, 2006 in the Bumps Room at the Memorial Union at the University of Maine, Orono. Prizes were given for each section and class down to U600. We bring you the fully illustrated tournament report.
The Hampden Harvest Tournament is coming up on Saturday, November 11, 2006. Prizes will be awarded in each of the three sections: Open, K-12 and K-8 as well as for top performers in the K-5 group. The tournament will take place in the Hampden Academy High School Library on Main Road North in Hampden. Continue reading for more details.
In an exciting four-way tie for first at the WCCF October Swiss, Richard Look emerged in the number one spot after the calculation of tiebreaks. Joining him on the crosstable with three points out of a possible four were Michael McCabe, Hoty Briggs and Tarik Benabdallah. The tournament, which took place at the Machias Valley Grange Hall on October 21, 2006, was the second in a monthly series of tournaments sponsored by the Washington County Chess Federation.
The Eastern Maine Open will take place this Saturday, October 28th at the University of Maine, Orono. Prizes will be given in all sections from Open all the way down to U600. Enjoy fall in Maine and get in some great chess at a great site, enter the Eastern Maine Open!
You might think you were looking at the crosstables upside down because in both the Open and U1625 sections of the Maine Rating Floor Open, contested at Southern Maine Community College on Saturday, October 22, 2006, the lowest (that's not a typo, it says the lowest) rated players finished in the number one spots.
The Maine Association of Chess Coaches had its fall meeting on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at Governors Restaurant in Bangor. Many important issues were discussed and decided including the dates for this year's State Scholastic Championships, who will get the nod as tournament directors and tournament leaders and many other interesting details. Check out this informative read.
Beginning this week, the George Cunningham Chess Club at the University of Maine, Orono, is hosting its annual club championship. The championship tournament will be a four round swiss at G45 with games played on four consecutive Wednesdays.
Two tournaments will be taking place this Saturday, October 21: The Maine Rating Floor Open/Rated Beginners Open at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland and the Washington County Chess Federation October Swiss at the Machias Valley Grange Hall in Machais. The WCCF event has had a change in venue, please make note of the updated information. We hope to see you this weekend over the board.
Twenty players competed in the Cape Elizabeth Fall Chess Challenge Scholastic Tournament on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Cape Elizabeth Middle School. This was the first tournament hosted by the Coastal Maine Scholastic Chess Club. Phil Lowell, President of the Maine Chess Association, served as Tournament Director. The tournament was organized into two Quads, an Open section and an Unrated section. The higest rated player, Lucas McCain, swept Quad 1 with 3 points. Cape Elizabeth native Brett Parker took first in Quad 2 with two wins and a draw. In the Open section, Reed Wommack and Max Berube tied for first with 2.5 points and the Unrated section saw another tie for first between Garrett Gilliard and Nicholas Shedd each earning 2.5 points.
