World Chess Championship Coming to New York

March 3, 2016

The World Chess Federation announced that the World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and a challenger, to be determined at the Candidates Tournament played later this month in Moscow, will take place in New York City from November 11th - November 30th, 2016. Two Americans, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, are competing in the eight-player Candidates and have a decent chance to be Carlsen's challenger. The twelve-game World Championship Match will be simulcast on the Internet.

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In Memory of Sevan Muradian

March 2, 2016

The worldwide chess community lost a tireless advocate, revolutionary, and friend with the untimely passing of Sevan Muradian on February 17, 2016. At just forty years old, Sevan was a driving force in both U.S. chess and on the international chess circuit. He was an International Arbiter and International Organizer, Secretary of the FIDE Rules Commission and USCF Senior Tournament Director. He was on the board of the Susan Polgar Foundation and in 2007 Sevan won the USCF Organizer of the Year award. His death leaves us shocked and saddened. Our deepest condolences to Sevan's family and friends. Rest in peace and Godspeed Sevan.

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ChessMaine Visits Beachstone Sustainable Products

February 28, 2016

We recently published a story on the chess tables that will be installed on the Brewer waterfront. The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department has contracted with Beachstone Sustainable Products in Portland, Maine to design and build the tables and benches that will be installed as part of a waterfront trail system. We had the opportunity to visit with the brain trust at Beachstone and offer some chess-related design considerations.

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All Saints Winter Warm-Up Tournament Report

February 26, 2016

Fifty-five players competed in the rated sections of the All Saints Winter Warm-Up Tournament on February 20, 2016 as did a number of players who competed in the non-rated K-3 section. Winners were as follows: Open: Sergio Mejia and Chester Young, High School: Catherine Rudnicki, K-8: Colin Rich, K-6: William Xu, K-3 non-rated: Jacob Kline. We bring you the tournament report with USCF Crosstables.

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Bates Bobcat Open Tournament Report

February 26, 2016

The Bates Bobcat Open was played on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine on February 13, 2016. The tournament attracted fifteen players in two sections: Open and Reserve. Jarod Bryan won the open section with 3.5 points and Frank Di Renzo and Lee Doucette tied for first in the reserve section scoring 3.0 points apiece. Here's the tournament report with USCF crosstables and a selected game.

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Chess in Prison Featured on MPBN News

February 17, 2016

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network, the National Public Radio affiliate in Maine, recently aired a piece documenting a long-running chess class and chess tournament at a correctional facility in Berlin, NH. Albert French, a postal employee and USCF Class A player, has been volunteering at the prison to bring chess to the inmates incarcerated there. The prison's director of programs, Sue Young, sees the value in making chess available for inmates who stay discipline free.

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Chess Tables to be Installed on Brewer Waterfront

February 8, 2016

The Bangor Daily News reports that two Maine-made stone chess tables will be installed on the Brewer waterfront as part of that city's waterfront trail system. The tables, made by Beachstone Sustainable Products in Portland, should be installed by the summer of 2016.

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Maine's Lois Morin Ranked Second in Nation for Women over 80

February 1, 2016

At eighty-two years young Lois Morin can still pack a punch. Just ask any of her opponents who have had to record a zero in the results column after playing her. Lois's name appears on four of the USCF's top player lists (Top Women over 65, Top Women over 65 regardless of residence or federation, Top Women (Quick Chess) over 65 and Top Women over 80). We caught up with this chessic dynamo and she graciously granted us this interview.

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ChessMaine: Half-a-Million Strong!

January 31, 2016

Approaching our 10-year anniversary, on March 11, 2016, ChessMaine.net is pleased to announce our 500,000th website page view. On January 29, 2016 at 12:53 p.m. we topped the half million mark. We have now been visited by chess enthusiasts in every state in the nation as well as dozens of countries around the globe.

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6...Nf1 mate: The Solution!

January 25, 2016

In a previous article, we presented you with a confounding problem of the proof game genre and asked you to compose a game that ends with the move 6...Nf1 mate. The time has come to reveal the solution to this Gordian knot. We will discuss the number of possible paths to the solution and share some comments we received from our faithful readers. Warning! If you would still like to have a go solving this problem, do not read this post!

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