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Under the coaching of Cameron Wendell, the Blue Hill Consolidated School Chess Team took second place in the K-8 U750 section of the Junior High School Scholastic Chess Championships help on April 24-26 in Louisville, Kentucky. Congratulations to the team for representing the state in such stellar fashion! Here is the press release that appeared in the Ellsworth American on April 28th. |
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Jarod Bryan went unbeaten and untied to score a perfect 5.0 points in five games to take the Maine Champion title for the seventh time. Twenty-eight players competed in this year's Maine Championship on April 18-19, in Waterville. William Ravn (Class A winner) and Sergi Mejia tied for second place with 4.0 points apiece. John Brady won the Class B prize, Nathan Gates took the Class C prize, and Frank Collemer, Andy Bryan, and Joe Powell tied for the Class D prize. |
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We just updated you on the activities of Steve Abrahams, a former Maine player who has relocated to Florida. In this report, we catch up with another Mainer who has moved to warmer environs. Jim Dubois fills us in on sunny Southern Califonia, the San Diego Chess Club, and what's going on in his chess life. |
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Former Maine tournament player, chess coach, and tournament director Steve Abrahams has been coaching at Franklin Academy in Florida and working as a chess instructor for ChessKid.com. Steve wrote an article that appears in this month's Chess Life magazine (April 2015, page 10). Kudos to Steve for sharing his skill and passion for the game with scholastic players. |
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Thumbs up to Ted Alex and the Portsmouth Rotary Club for its ninth annual Jeremy Alex Fund chess sets donation, made this week to Greenland Central School fourth-graders. Jeremy Alex died about a decade ago while battling drug addiction. Ted Alex believes chess teaches good decision making and the club donates the sets to kids who are at the right age to learn. "If you make good decisions, you'll have good results, and if you make bad decisions you'll have bad results, just like in life," Hebert told the fourth-graders. "We want to get you on the path of making good decisions." |
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Hikaru Nakamura beat Alexander Onischuk in the final round of the U.S. Championship today to clinch the title for the forth time in his career. Nakamura was clearly happy and relieved that the tournament went well for him but said in a interview immediately following the game that he is already focused on the upcoming FIDE World Cup event that could qualify him for a spot in the world championship candidates matches. |
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The top twelve players in the country, including U.S. number 1 (and current World number 2) GM Hikaru Nakamura and U.S. number 2 GM Wesley So, are competing in the U.S. Chess Championship St. Louis. After five rounds Nakamura leads with 4.0 and So is trailing close behind with 3.5. The official site has amazing live coverage every day beginning at 2:00 p.m. on the east coast. |
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Mariya Muzychuk drew her fourth game with Natalia Pogonina to win the Women's World Chess Championship by a score of 2.5-1.5. Pogonina needed a win to send the match to the tiebreaks but couldn't manage to create a decisive advantage and had to settle for a draw. Congratulations to Mariya Muzychuk the 15th Woman's World Chess Champion! |
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