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The Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners Chess Team participated in the Junior High School National Tournament in San Diego, California on April 27-29, 2012 and came home with a 6th place finish in the U1000 section and a 9th place finish in the U750 section. Strong individual performances were turned in my many players. Here are photos and details. |
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World Champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand are in Moscow for the twelve-round 2012 FIDE World Championship Match. The first six rounds saw draw after draw as the players felt each other out and probed for weaknesses in their opponent's game. Then Gelfand drew first blood with a win playing the white pieces in Game 7. Perhaps even more surprising than Gelfand taking the lead (Anand is, by most popular opinion, the stronger player) was the way in which Anand regained equality--on the very next game in a mere seventeen moves! After the fireworks of games seven and eight, the players drew the following two games and are tied at five points apiece with two games remaining. |
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On March 30th six players competed in a three-round tournament at the University of Maine in Orono to raise funds for the John Bapst Memorial High School Chess Team. The event was won by UMO student Max Berube with a perfect score of 3.0 points. Yuri Riabkov and Dan DeLuca tied for second with 2.0 points apiece. |
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The Maine State Chess Championship was played on April 21-22, 2012 at the Best Western Inn Plus in Waterville. After five grueling rounds three players surfaced with 4.0 points and shared state championship honors: Jarod Bryan, Matthew Fishbein and Aaron Spencer. Congratulations to our newest state champions! |
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