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Each fall during the third weekend in September, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) hosts the Common Ground Fair. The Fair is a celebration of rural life. In the Children's Homesteading Area under the cucumber magnolia tree, a two-board chess table was set up in part to impress on fair goers that part of rural living and homesteading is having the time to sit down and enjoy the sixty-four squares. The chess table was very popular attracting players of all ages. At some points there were folks watching and waiting for their turn to take a crack.
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GM Max Dlugy hosts Banter Blitz sessions on the Internet Chess Club's YouTube channel. During a recent session, GM Dlugy was lured into an obscure line in the Budapest Defense by a well-prepared player rated ICC 1400. First the GM loses his queen, then he gets mated! Watch this instructive and very entertaining video with the confidence that class players can and do take down internationally titled players.
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Eighteen players came out to celebrate National Chess Day by competing in the Brewer National Chess Day Tournament at the Brewer Community School on October 10th. The tournament offered two quad sections and a ten-player U1000 section. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables and a selected game.
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On October 9, 1976 President Ford declared National Chess Day. Thirty-nine years later Mainers celebrated with two National Chess Day Tournaments--one in Saco and one in Brewer. We detail the Saco tournament in this report and will have the Brewer Chess Day tournament report coming soon.
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On August 22nd the Eastern Maine Chess Association hosted a three-round, G/75 tournament in Houlton in which the average rating of the participants was USCF 1801--not bad for the farthest reaches of northern Maine! The tournament was won by Aaron Spencer with a perfect 3.0 points. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables.
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We are very pleased to announce that the Maine Chess Association and ChessMaine.net have received the 2015 Chess Journalists of America Award for Best USCF State Affiliate Website. We are honored and humbled by CJA's continued confidence in and recognition of our work to promote chess in Maine and beyond.
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The Art Studio in Houlton hosted a ten-player tournament on September 19th. A three-way tie for first ensued between Roger Morin, Leonardo Cui (who proved that his first USCF rating of 1823 in July was not a fluke) and Ray Haines all who scored 2.5 points in three rounds. We bring you the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables.
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We're catching up on some tournaments played over the summer when the grass needed mowing, the gardens weeding and the goats milking. Here's one such seven-player tournament from July 25th in which Roger Morin took first and thirteen-year-old Leonardo Cui from Canada got his first USCF rating--a whopping 1823. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables.
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On July 11th a quad tournament was held in one of the northernmost hamlets of Maine--Fort Fairfield. Four players competed in the rated section and a four-game unrated match was also contested. Highest-rated Ray Haines walked away with first in the rated section scoring a perfect 3.0 points. In the unrated match, Lois Morin outplayed Nancy Beloungie with a score of 3-1. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstable.
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Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire. Pawn Sacrifice is what J.P. Devine calls, "the first stunning surprise of autumn." Here's the full review.
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