High School Holiday Blitz Tournament Report

December 17, 2016

The inaugural meeting of the Bangor Area High School Scholastic Chess League (BAHSSCL) took place on a very cold December 16. The non-rated High School Holiday Blitz tournament was held at the Bangor Public Library. Hermon High School was represented by three players and John Bapst by three players. One homeschooled player and the TD/John Bapst coach, Michael Dudley rounded out the field. The BAHSSCL was formed to provide opportunities for high school players in the greater Bangor area to compete in interscholastic tournaments throughout the winter sports season, culminating with the state team and state individual tournaments at the University of Maine Orono in March.

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Faces of the World Chess Championship

December 11, 2016

World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Sergey Karjakin certainly have garnered lots of media attention over the course of their nearly three-week epic battle for the title. Here are some other faces that were seen at the Fulton Market Building in the Seaport District of Manhattan, on both sides of the camera, while the Match was in progress.

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12th Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament Report

December 10, 2016

Fifty-five players turned up for the 12th Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament at the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine on Saturday, December 10, 2016. Winners were: Jarod Bryan and Sam Song (Open), J. Paul Ciarrocchi (U1600), Colin Rich (U1200), Isaac Dinnerstein (U800), and Zoe Dinnerstein (U400). Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables.

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K-8 Chess At Ellsworth Elementary and Middle School

December 6, 2016

Ellsworth Elementary and Middle School hosted the first of three chess competitions for area K-8 students on Tuesday, December 6th. School participating included Stillwater Montessori, Fort O'Brien, Bucksport, Ellsworth, and Lamoine. Thanks to Ellsworth Elementary and Middle School for hosting and to Coach Adam Wilson for organizing and directing the event. The next two K-8 chess competitions will be held on Tuesday, January 10th and Wednesday, February 8th. See ChessMaine.net/events for more information.

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Timur Gareyev Breaks Simultaneous Blindfold Chess Record

December 4, 2016

Playing forty-eight chess games at the same time while blindfolded, Grandmaster Timur Gareyev originally from Ukraine and now living in San Diego, has successfully broken the previous world record of forty-six boards set by Marc Lang of Günzburg, Germany on November 26-27, 2011. The GM finished this amazing feat with a score of 35 wins 7 draws and 6 losses.

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GM Timur Gareyev Attemps World Record Blindfold Simul: Watch Live!

December 3, 2016

Grandmaster Timur Gareyev is attempting to break the World Record for most number of simultaneous blindfold chess games and you can watch the event live as it happens on his website. GM Gareyev has given many simultaneous blindfold chess exhibitions including a 33-game blindfold simul in St. Louis in May 2013 and a 35-game blindfold simul in Austin TX in September 2013. Today he is attempting forty-eight boards.

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Carlsen Wins!

November 30, 2016

In a dramatic four-game, rapid chess showdown, World Champion Magnus Carlsen beat challenger Sergey Karjakin 3-1 to win the Match and retain his title. The encounter had many heart-stopping moments particularly in Game 2 when Carlsen had not only a winning position but actually a forced mate. Remarkably, with just seconds remaining on his clock, Karjakin squeezed blood out of stone and escaped with a draw. Unphased, Carlsen came back to win the next two games and ice the match with the final score of 9-7.

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GM Georgi Kacheishvili Lectures on WCC Games at Marshall Chess Club

November 29, 2016

New York is known as the city that doesn't sleep and that's true for the chess activity here as well. There is always chess-related stuff to be had seven days a week. One of this evening's chessic offerings was a lecture given by GM Georgi Kacheishvili at the Marshall Chess Club on some of the games from the World Chess Championship Match. GM Kacheishvili spoke primarily about Games 9 through 11 with some specific observations, general considerations, and even a prediction about the result of the Match.

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In Memory of Mark Taimanov (1926-2016)

November 29, 2016

Mark Evgenievich Taimanov, former Soviet Grandmaster and concert pianist, passed away on Monday, November 28th in St. Petersburg, Russia at the age of 90. In 1953, he participated in the Zurich International Tournament in which he finished ninth in front of Averbakh, Boleslavsky, Szabo, Gligoric, Euwe, and Stahlberg. In 1971, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament during which he suffered a career-defining loss at the hands of the future American World Champion Bobby Fischer. After his match with Fischer, Taimanov famously said, "At least I still have my music." In contrast to the current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, who considers chess primarily as a sport, Taimanov approached the game as an art and played "as an artist."

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WCC R12: Game 12 Drawn in 30 Minutes; The Match Goes to Tie Breaks

November 28, 2016

One of the quickest World Chess Championship games in history, Game 12 of the 2016 Match was drawn in thirty moves with both players having more time on their clocks than they started with due to the thirty-second increment. Although the result was not so surprising, the rapidity at which the players were banging out their moves and the pace of the impending sterile position did catch us off guard. The Match moves into the final day--Wednesday, November 30th, Magnus Carlsen's twenty-sixth birthday--and the tie breaks.

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