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Leonard Barden, a chess correspondent at The Guardian, reports that Billionaire Rex Sinquefield, the brains and bankroll behind both the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and the World Chess Hall of Fame, may bid to host the upcoming World Championship Match between current Champion Maguns Carlsen and Challenger Fabiano Caruana in St. Louis. Barden writes that Sinquefield may try to woo the World Chess Federation with a higher prize fund into moving the Match from its currently scheduled location in London.
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It was the final round of the 2018 Maine High School Individual Championship and only two players were in contention for the title. We bring you the game Joseph Astumian (1572) vs. Bill Hartt (1772) with notes by Dan DeLuca. Thanks to JJ Astumian for submitting the score of this fascinating and exciting game.
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The Together Place, an 11-unit housing co-operative in Bangor run by and for low-income adult mental health consumers, is looking for a volunteer chess instructor. The mission of Together Place is to reintegrate mental health consumers into the community and to mainstream activities and their Executive Director believes that chess may play an important role in that mission.
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ChessMaine.net contributing annotator Wyatt Hendrix takes a look at the Round 12 game Caruana-Aronian played in the recently completed Candidates tournament in Berlin. This game came on the heels of Caruana's eleventh-round loss to Karjakin. It was one of the most pivotal games of the tournament and a crucial victory that propelled Caruana towards the Challenger title.
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Fabiano Caruana won the Candidates tournament in Berlin in dramatic fashion. He finished a clear point ahead of the pack with the plus-four score of 9.0 points, scored back-to-back victories in the final two rounds, and avoided the need for tiebreak calculations. Caruana will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in London in November of 2018 in a match for the world title. Congratulations Fabi!
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What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, Caruana and Karjakin were tied at the top of the Candidates crosstable with 7.0 points apiece. The talk on the street after Round 12 was of deja vu all over again as we had the same scenario at the conclusion of the 2016 Candidates--namely, Caruana and Karjakin tied with Karjakin having the better tiebreaks. Round 13 saw Caruana crush Aronian and Karjakin make a draw with So. That gave Fabi a half-point lead going into the final round. Join us for a mathematical analysis of the possibilities of choosing the next Challenger to Magnus Carlsen.
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One hundred thirteen scholastic players competed in the Maine State Scholastic Individual Championships at the University of Maine in Orono on Saturday, March 24th. The tournament was played in five scholastic sections (K-3, K-6, K-8, High School, and High School U1200) and a companion Open section (the Sidekicks). Here's the illustrated tournament report with US Chess crosstables.
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Eight of the world's strongest chess players are in Berlin, Germany competing in the double round-robin Candidates Tournament from March 10-28, 2018. The winner of this tournament will earn the right to face Magnus Carlsen in a match for the World Championship to be played in London in November of 2018. After six of fourteen rounds, Fabiano Caruana and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lead the field with 4.0 points.
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US Chess is offering five $1,500 awards to high school juniors and seniors as part of their 2018 Scholar-Chessplayer awards. Are you a high school junior or senior who has: played in 25 or more rated games in 2017, shown outstanding achievement in academics and chess, completed one year of chess-related community service since 9th grade, and can write a 500-word essay describing how being selected for this award will enable you to further your education, chess, and community service?
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You may recall a recent post on ChessMaine.net referring to the six US Chess rated tournaments offered in Maine in a one-week period. That post hatched an idea in scholastic chess player Ben Mock: Why not play in all of them? ChessMaine.net contributor Elisabeth Fowlie Mock submitted this description of Ben's odyssey through the Maine Chess Pentathlon.
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The 9th Bapst Impromptu Swiss tournament was held on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. These unique three-round Swisses with free entry fee are played on weeknight evenings in Bangor with a time control of G/25 d5. BIS #9 attracted 12 players and when the dust had cleared, Holbrook School 8th grader Benjamin Mock found himself at the top of the crosstable with a perfect 3.0 points.
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On March 10th, a whopping 375 scholastic chess players converged on the University of Maine Orono from all corners of the state to compete in the 2018 State Scholastic Chess Team Championships. State champions were decided in nine sections. Here's the illustrated tournament report with results and details.
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On February 17-19, Matthew Fishbein was one of two Mainers to play in the US Amateur Team East/World Amateur Team tournament played in Parsippany, New Jersey. This 48th year of the hugely popular tournament, otherwise known as "The Team," had record attendance, with 326 teams and 1,377 total players from 28 states and several foreign countries. This is the largest non-scholastic tournament in the U.S., based on number of participants. Dan Fishbein has submitted this report.
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The second Bangor Area High School Scholastic Chess League meet of the season took place on Friday, March 2, 2018 at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. The three schools competing were: Bangor High School, Hermon High School, and John Bapst. Bill Hartt, Wyatt Hendrix, and Catherine Rudnicki each won both of their games to top the crosstable.
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A long-time fixture on the Maine scholastic chess scene, the All Saints Winter Warm-Up, organized and directed by Steve Wong, has traditionally attracted large numbers of scholastic (and non-scholastic) players hoping to hone their skills before the State Scholastic Team Chess Championships. This year's Winter Warm-Up attracted sixty players in three US Chess rated sections: Open, K-8, and K-6.
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