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Outgoing Maine Chess Association president, J. Paul Ciarrocchi, invites MECA members to nominate potential inductees into the Maine Chess Hall of Fame. Nominees and their background information in support of their nominations can be sent to MECA board members. The MECA board will review nominations and vote on their possible inclusion. |
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Fifty-eight players from accross the state participated in the 19th Aurora Winter Solstice Chess Tournament in the tiny hamlet of Aurora, Maine on Saturday, December 14th, 2024. Winners in the four sections were: Paul Carr (Open), Nicholas Pelotte and David Haluska (U1200), Bao Tu and Jason Yang (U800), and Megan Carr (U400). Here's the illustrated tournament report with US Chess crosstables. |
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Elation and despair at the FIDE 2024 World Chess Championship. Gukesh Dommaraju, squeezing in a level position, was able to press Ding Liren into an unforced error under unimaginable psychological tension. With one move--55.Rf2--the Game, Match, and World Chess Championship title was lost to a forcing simplifying continuation. Congratulations to Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest World Champion in history, the 18th, at the age of 18. |
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Game 12 of the FIDE 2024 World Chess Championship Match between the current World Champion Ding Liren and Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju, was an exciting 68-move draw. Tomorrow's game will be the final game with classical time controls in the 14-game Match. If the players remain tied after that game, the Match will enter a Rapid and, possibly, a Blitz portion. |
Continue reading "WCC R13: Game 13 Drawn; Match Tied at 6.5 With One Game Remaining" »
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Ding Liren leveled the score in Game 12 of the FIDE 2024 World Chess Championship with just two games remaining in the classical portion of the Match. It might not be an overstatement to say that it was one of the most brilliant wins in Ding's career--it certainly was one of the most important. Bouncing back from a devastating loss in Game 11, Ding created both a strategical and tactical masterpiece. |
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Attached is the Official Ballot for the Maine Chess Association Executive Board Elections 2024. Only MECA members in good standing are allowed to vote in this election. For your vote to be counted, it must be cast by 11:59 PM on December 31st, 2024. If there are any questions or concerns about this election, please email the MECA secretary Aaron Spencer at AaronSpencer92@gmail.com. |
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Friend of ChessMaine.net Michael Eldridge made a snap decision to head to Singapore for the FIDE 2024 World Championship Match and we're so glad he did. Michael submitted this illustrated report from the Sentosa Resort in Singapore. |
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Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Ding Liren in Game 11 of the FIDE 2024 World Chess Championship to take the lead for the first time in this Match with only three games to go. In a Reti Opening, the players used copious amounts of time in the early middlegame. Gukesh took over an hour on the single move 11. g3 after which Ding bashed out 11...Nc5 and was better. The clock was a huge factor in this game--Gukesh had 25 minutes to play 25 moves--and he was under great pressure. When Ding played 15...g6, Gukesh got a second life and won when Ding blundered on move 28. |
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Game 10 of the World Chess Championship started as a London System with Ding playing the tame 5.Be2. The game continued with a de-escalation of aggressions. It was in Ding Liren's hands to push for something more but he declined. After 14.Qxd8, Ding did not feel the need to take any risk. The game ended with a triple-repeat draw on move 36. Both players have two whites in the remaining four games. |
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Rather than an offbeat opening, today, the Challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju, went for a theorectically well-known line in the Catalan. The only wrinkle in the opening stage of the game was the slightly less-popular 10.Bc3. Ding navigated the complications adeptly and again we saw the World Champion get quite a bit behind on the clock only to see Gukesh's time fall below Ding's before the 40-move time control was reached. With five games remaining and the score tied at 4.5, it's a real horse race. Tomorrow is a rest day. The Match resumes on Saturday, December 7th. |
Continue reading "WCC R9: A High-Level Precise Draw, Match Tied at 4.5 with 5 Games Remaining" »
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