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The chess events at the MLK Weekend Chess Extravaganza were overshadowed by the sudden and tragic loss of one of the participants, long-time Maine chessplayer and professional comedian and magician, Bob Nixon. During his second round game Bob suddenly became incapacitated. Tournament participants Lee Doucette and Mark Parker valiantly performed CPR until an ambulance arrived. Bob passed away later that day at Maine Medical Center. Our heartfelt condolences to Bob's family and friends. |
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Tragedy at MLK Tournament in South Portland
January 31, 2008
Orono Wins PVC Regular Season; Tournament This Saturday
January 28, 2008
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In the last match of the regular season, Bangor High School beat Hampden Academy 12.5 - 1.5 and Orono High School beat John Bapst 11 - 5. Orono finishes the regular season undefeated with 14 points followed by Bangor with 9 and John Bapst with 5. Hampden Academy finishes the season scoreless. The PVC end-of-the-season tournament is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. this Saturday, February 2nd at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. |
The Results Are In!
January 27, 2008
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The votes from the Maine Chess Association Online Election have been tallied and candidates for the two-year term of executive officer and one-year term of policy board member have been selected. We welcome these public servants of chess and wish them the best of luck in their tenure. |
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Stillwater Montessori Tournament Report
January 25, 2008
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The 9th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Chess Tournament, hosted by Stillwater Montessori School, was held on Monday, January 21, 2008 in Old Town. There were 48 participants in four sections, three of which were USCF rated. Fritz Eyerer and Aaron Spencer, each with three points, played in the championship round for the title. Eyerer came out on top to score a perfect 4-0 and Spencer tied for second with Charles Clark each scoring 3-1. Bangor High School student Henry Chai received the top K-12 trophy. |
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In Memoriam: Robert Nixon 1945 - 2008
January 22, 2008
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Portland - Robert F. " The Magician" Nixon, 63, of Auburn, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Maine Medical Center. He was born in Portland, January 4, 1945 the son of Frederic and Velma Hersey Nixon. Bob was educated in Portland schools and proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era and was married to Laurence Bonneau for 36 magicial and wonderful years. |
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All are winners at 2nd Annual Joe Brown Memorial
January 20, 2008
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After observing a moment of silence in memory of Joe Brown, former Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary chess player and Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion, 26 young chess players in kindergarten through 8th grade battled it out in four divisions: K-2nd grade, 3rd-4th grade, 5th-6th grade and 7th-8th grade in the Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School Cafeteria. |
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Dan Hayes is 2007-2008 UMaine Chess Champion
January 20, 2008
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Dan Hayes, a first year undergraduate student at the University of Maine (UM) in Orono, is the new UM Chess Champion for 2007-2008. The UM Chess Championship, played from October 17 - November 16, 2007, was open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students. At the end of the regulation four rounds (with a time control of G/45), Hayes was tied for the lead at 3.0 with Brian Chick. Hayes won the well-fought rapid playoff game (with a time control of G/10) to take the title. Charles Jones took third place with a score of 2.5. |
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Bobby Fischer Dies in Iceland at 64
January 18, 2008
| REYKJAVIK, Iceland - "Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game. Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a child prodigy, a teenage grandmaster and 'Äî before age 30 'Äî a world champion who triumphed in a Cold War showdown with Soviet champion Boris Spassky. By GUDJON HELGASON, Associated Press Writer |  |
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MLK Weekend Chess Events
January 16, 2008
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There are lots of opportunities accross the state to play tournament chess this weekend. From South Portland to Old Town and Deer Isle, events are offering scholastic, open, rated and non-rated chess. Come out and celebrate MLK weekend! We hope to see you over the board at one of these events. |
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PVC Match 6: Orono keeps rollin'; Bangor beats Bapst
January 12, 2008
| In the sixth match of the PVC league, Orono High School beat Hampden Academy 9.5 - 2.5 and Bangor High School edged out Bapst 7 - 5. Orono leads the standings with twelve points followed by Bangor High School with seven and John Bapst with five. Hampden Academy is still scoreless. |  |
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Organizing committee finalizes details on scholastic state championships
January 10, 2008
| The State Scholastic Chess Championship Organizing Committee, at a meeting on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at the University of Maine, Orono, finalized the details of the state scholastic tournaments and made registration materials available. The dates of the tournaments are: Girls Championship March 1st, Team Championship March 8th, Individual Championship March 29th. |  |
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Peterson wins John Bapst New Year's
January 8, 2008
| Roger Peterson started the chess year off right with a win at the John Bapst New Year's tournament on January 6, 2008 at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. Maine's first USCF-rated tournament in 2008 drew forty-four players in four sections. Here is the intensely illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |  |
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Maine Intercollegiate Chess League Match 2
January 7, 2008
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The second Maine Intercollegiate Chess League Tournament, took place on Monday, December 10, 2007 in Castine, Maine at the Maine Maritime Academy campus. The final tally was the University of Maine (8) and Maine Maritime Academy (2) which gives UMaine a 2-0 lead in match play thus far. The time control was 20 moves in 30 minutes for one point or players could agree to play at G/60 for a total of two points. Due to a higher number of MMA players present, UMaine's team played multiple rounds. |
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Maine ranks fifth in nation for per capita USCF members
January 5, 2008
| With a population of 1,321,505 and 495 USCF members, Maine ranks fifth in the nation for per capita USCF members. Only Kentucky, New Mexico, Arizona and the District of Columbia can boast higher per capita percentages. Still, with only thirty-seven out of every 100,000 residents of Maine being a USCF member, there's lots of work left to do. Here are rankings based on percent population of the state as USCF members. We thank www.susanpolgar.blogspot.com for these numbers. |  |
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The Best of ChessMaine.net 2007
January 1, 2008
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It was another record-breaking year for chess in Maine. In each of the three benchmark categories--number of tournaments, number of tournament sections and number of players--new records were set. On the 2007 Maine chess scene there were thirty-eight tournaments in seventy-one sections serving 945 players. We've pored over the statistics to bring you this in-depth retrospective of the most active year in Maine chess on record. |
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