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| It's that time of year again, time for The Best of ChessMaine.net 2007. As much a part of the holiday season as mistletoe and Times Square, our end of the year report will be jam packed with the year's highlights, news makers and record breakers. Coming soon to an IP address near you: The Best of ChessMaine.net 2007. |  |
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In late January, a chess set will be distributed to each of the 200 fourth-graders in the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire in memory of Jeremy Alex, a 28-year-old who disappeared in the Maine wilderness three years ago. The Jeremy Alex Fund was established by the Portsmouth Rotary in 2005 in memory of Jeremy with the goal of helping at-risk children and teens. |
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| Make the John Bapst New Year's Tournament a holiday tradition! Join us on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at John Bapst High School in Bangor for your first tournament chess of the new year. The tournament features four sections (Open, U1400, U1000 and U600) each with four rounds and a time control of game in forty-five minutes. |  |
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Nine teams from across the state competed in the Maine Team Championship on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. The highest rated team, The Unnamed Winners/Chess Friends, with an average rating of USCF 1798, pulled a come-from-behind victory by beating Saco 1 in the last round to win with a score of 3.5 out of 4. |
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| Roger Peterson swept the field with a perfect 4/4 at the Washington County Chess Federation December Swiss played on December 15, 2007 at the Beacon of Light in Pembroke, Maine. Tied for second were Roger Morin and Alba Briggs III, who also directed the event. Here's a flash report with USCF crosstables and a few images. |  |
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Because of a snow cancellation on December 3rd, (this is Maine after all) the fifth match of the PVC League season was played on December 13th, at Hampton Academy. The Orono High School team continued their winning ways with a 9 - 5 win over Bangor. Meanwhile, John Bapst beat Hampden 10 - 4 and is now tied for second with Bangor. Match scores thus far are Orono: 10, John Bapst and Bangor: 5, Hampden: 0. |
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| The Coastal Maine Scholastic Chess Club received a grant of nearly three thousand dollars from the Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation to implement a middle school chess program using the Think Like a King Educational Software Program. The grant will provide for purchasing an educational site license for the software as well as chess equipment, materials and a stipend for a staff member to implement the program through academic year '08. |  |
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The first K-8 Chess Afternoon of 2008 will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2008 at the Ellsworth Middle School in Ellsworth, Maine. K-8 players are warmly invited to come for open, unrated chess games and light refreshments. Watch the ChessMaine.net Events page for a full schedule of K-8 Chess Afternoons. Thanks to Dick Powell for organizing and directing these events. |
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Matthew Fishbein, the nine-year-old wunderkind from Cape Elizabeth, won the Open section of the Third Annual Aurora Winter Solstice with 2.5 points in 3 rounds. The tournament, which attracted forty-six players, was played at the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine on December 1, 2007. |
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