01.08.08 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.

Members of the State Scholastic Championship Organizing Committee (left to right) Tom Sandford, Bob Solinger and Dick Powell discuss plans for the annual state championships to take place in March at the University of Maine, Orono.

Registration materials, information and entry forms for the Girls Championship, Team and Individual Championship and Sidekick Quad Tournament are now posted on the ChessMaine.net Events page.

Thanks to all organizing committee members attending the meeting: Ron Lewis, Kathy Richards, Tom Sandford, Dick Powell, Bob Solinger, Dan DeLuca and Kurt Klappenbach.