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It was going to be either Sergey Karjakin or Fabiano Caruana. In the last round of the Candidates Tournament Karjakin was able to beat Caruana to finish the tournament a full point ahead of his nearest rival. Karjakin will therefore challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship to be played in New York City in November of this year. Congratulations Sergey! |
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There's a very real possibility that the next challenger for the World Chess Championship will be an American by the name of Fabiano Caruana. It all boils down to the fourteenth and final round of the Candidates Tournament being played tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. local in Moscow, Russia. If Caruana wins the game he is the Challenger; if he draws, the situation becomes more complicated and will depend on tiebreaks which we will decipher and explain to you with the help of chessbase.com. |
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Eighty-one scholastic chess players competed in the 45th Anniversary Edition of the Maine State Scholastic Individual Championships at the University of Maine in Orono on Saturday, March 26, 2016. State champions were determined in five sections: High School, High School U1200, Junior High School, K-6 (Elementary), and K-3 (Primary). Here is the illustrated tournament report with results and USCF crosstables. |
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The Manchester March GM Norm took place from March 2-7, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire. New Hampshire native GM Josh Friedel led wire to wire to win with 7/10. No players earned GM norms. The tournament was directed by Ken Ballou, Alex Relyea, and Matt Phelps for Relyea Chess. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables, and games. |
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The 2016 New Hampshire Closed was played on March 3-6, 2016 and featured the winners of the 2015 New Hampshire Chess Association events, plus the top rated residents who were not winners to fill out the field. IM Joseph Fang took clear first with 4/5. Christopher Wood was second with 3.5/5, and Hal Terrie completed the prize winners with 3/5. The tournament was directed by Alex Relyea and Ken Ballou for Relyea Chess. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables and games. |
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On Saturday, March 26, 2016 the Scholastic Individual Championships will take place at the University of Maine in Orono. All scholastic chess players are warmly welcomed to attend. A number of players are invited to the "Individuals" free of charge based on their performance in the Scholastic Team Championships played last Saturday, March 12, 2016. Here is the list of those invited to the Individuals free of charge. |
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2015 Maine State Scholastic K-8 Champion Ian Youth authored A Beginner's Chess Workbook as part of his final project at the Breakwater School in Portland. Ian has graciously offered the use of this instructional guide book to the ChessMaine.net community. We bring you a downloadable version of the book and some images of Ian visiting Bobby Fisher's grave during a recent trip to Iceland |
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Guest speaker Dr. Clare Bates Congdon of Bowdoin College will present an introductory talk on "Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Computer Games," which will be followed by the screening of the 1980 film Computer Chess at the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. |
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Hou Yifan of China won the ninth game and match of the Women's World Championship with the score of 6.0-3.0 over Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine. With this win, Yifan becomes Women's World Champion for the fourth time. Here are images, and links to the official site and games. |
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Two hundred seventy-five scholastic chess players descended on the University of Maine in Orono from all corners of the state on Saturday, March 12, to compete in the Maine State Scholastic Team Chess Championships. From Van Buren to Cape Elizabeth and many communities in between players, parents, coaches, and volunteers helped to create this massive event. We bring you the illustrated tournament report with crosstables of all nine sections. |
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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of C. Stuart Laughlin on March 4, 2016 at the age of 82. Stuart was president of the Portland Chess Club for many years. A tournament organizer, director, and player, he was one of the most important and influential figures in the history of Maine chess. Stuart left his mark on generations of chess players. He was kind, gracious, and loyal to his community. He will be sorely missed. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends. |
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| On this day in 2006, ChessMaine.net posted its first story. In the ensuing ten years we have become the official site of the Maine Chess Association, received recognition from the Chess Journalists of America on four occasions for the best state chess association website, posted over 2,500 entries, and been visited over 508,000 times by chess enthusiasts all over the world. We extend a huge thank you to the Maine chess community and look forward to our next decade! | |
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Eight of the world's top grandmasters are in to Moscow to play in a fourteen-round, double round-robin tournament that will determine the challenger to World Champion Magnus Carlsen in November, 2016 in the New York. |
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The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. What we thought was coolest about the whole event was the commercial featuring and scholastic chess player Justis Williams. On the eve of Maine's State Scholastic Team Chess Championships we recommend you check out Justis's write-up and watch the feature clip. |
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Eight players competed in the March Houlton Open played at the Art Studio in Houlton, Maine on Saturday, March 5th, 2016. Atop the leader board were Roger Morin and Ray Haines with 2.5 points in three games. Here's the tournament report with USCF crosstables, and selected games. |
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The Women's World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine and Challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) takes place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. After three games Yifan leads 2.0-1.0. You can watch the games as they happen using our live games link. |
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FIDE Arbiter and USCF Associate National Tournament Director Alex Relyea has organized and is directing, with the assistance of FIDE International Arbiter Ken Ballou, the Manchester March GM Norm Tournament held at the Homewood Suites, in Manchester, NH from Wednesday-Monday, March 2-7, 2016. At the halfway point in this ten round tournament GM Josh Friedel (2519) is leading with 4.0 points. We bring you the live game broadcast courtesy of RelyeaChess.com. |
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The World Chess Federation announced that the World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and a challenger, to be determined at the Candidates Tournament played later this month in Moscow, will take place in New York City from November 11th - November 30th, 2016. Two Americans, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, are competing in the eight-player Candidates and have a decent chance to be Carlsen's challenger. The twelve-game World Championship Match will be simulcast on the Internet. |
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The worldwide chess community lost a tireless advocate, revolutionary, and friend with the untimely passing of Sevan Muradian on February 17, 2016. At just forty years old, Sevan was a driving force in both U.S. chess and on the international chess circuit. He was an International Arbiter and International Organizer, Secretary of the FIDE Rules Commission and USCF Senior Tournament Director. He was on the board of the Susan Polgar Foundation and in 2007 Sevan won the USCF Organizer of the Year award. His death leaves us shocked and saddened. Our deepest condolences to Sevan's family and friends. Rest in peace and Godspeed Sevan. |
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