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The movers and shakers in southern Maine chess are at it again. This time it's a small group of dedicated parents and students who have banded together to form the Costal Maine Scholastic Chess Club. The CMSCC will have its innaugural meeting this Saturday, September 16th at the Cape Elizabeth Community Center. Players of all ages and abilities are welcome.
You've heard the names before. State K-3 champion and high scoring Maine player at the Elementary Nationals in Denver, Matthew Fishbein and Maine chess stalwart Richard Judy, of the Kings and Queens Chess Club take first in the K-3 and One Day U1900 sections respectively at the 66th New England Open in Leominster, MA. The tournament ran from September 2 - 4. Former Maine state champion Jarod Bryan also competed, finishing 15th in the Open section.
The Maine Association of Chess Coaches will hold its annual planning meeting on Saturday, October 7th at 1:00 p.m. at Governor's Restaurant in Bangor. At this meeting the MACC sets the dates and location of all the state scholastic championship tournaments and takes care of a number of other items of business. Volunteers and newcomers are welcome.
The Eastern Maine Open will take place on 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!
We welcome the newly formed Washington County Chess Federation founded by USCF member and chess dad Alba Briggs III. Well organized and grassroots, the WCCF has gotten the word out to schools, libraries and homeschoolers in Washington County and kicks off its inception with an upcoming tournament in Pembroke.
After an exhaustive search of chess webpages, we've distilled out a number of sites we think you might be interested in. To access this page directly you can click on Links in the menu bar of any ChessMaine page. If your favorite chess site isn't included here please 
The Portland Chess Club is hosting a three round swiss on three Friday nights in September, October and November. For more information, click on the Events page or follow the link below.
In March of 1858, Paul Morphy wrote a letter to his friend Daniel W. Fiske mentioning that a Morphy Chess Club had been started in Maine. If any of our readers have more information about this historic club please 
Chess can have a profound impact on kids--it's what chess coaches everywhere hope for. Margaret Bryan takes time out to give a big thank you to the ChessMaine community and shares her experiences participating in the Polgar National Invitational for Girls in this chess essay.
