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Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors was featured in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal. The 6' 7" guard plays chess as often as he plays basketball: almost every day. WSJ reporter Ben Cohen provides some insights on Thompson and how his basketball and chess games intertwine. |
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Former Maine resident Steve Abrahams is using his writing and chess expertise as a contributing chess journalist at ChessBase.com--one of the web's primer chess news and information sites. Steve was a student at Husson University in Bangor while he coached, taught, played and gave simultaneous exhibitions in Maine. A national expert and FIDE Trainer, Steve is also the co-author of "Become a Chess Champion." |
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Maine's own C.K. Damrosch wrote a fascinating article in the February 2018 edition of Chess Life about the status of owning and collecting ivory chess sets. In case you missed it, we reproduce it here with permission of the author. |
Continue reading "On the Tusks of a Dilemma" »
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On May 26, 2018, twelve players competed in the May Houlton Open at the Art Studio in Houlton, Maine. Leonardo Cui from New Brunswick took top honors with 3.5 points in four games. Three players trailed the leader with 3.0 points: Bill Hartt, Ben Mock, and Wyatt Hendrix. Here's the tournament report with US Chess crosstables and five selected games. |
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The Maine Chess Association Policy Board has chosen Michael Dudley as interim president. Many of you already know Mike from his work as a chess coach, tournament director, and organizer. In this post, Mike shares an open letter to the Maine chess community. |
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Eight players nicely rounded out two quad sections at the Bapst Impromptu Quads played at John Bapst High School on May 24, 2018. Aaron Spencer won Quad 1 with a perfect 3.0 points. In Quad 2, Wyatt Hendrix and Tristan Cousineau shared equal first with 2.5 points. |
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Ju Wenjun has won the Women's World Championship Match played between May 2-20, 2018 in Shanghai and Chongqing, China. Just edging her opponent Tan Zhongyi in ten games by the score of 5.5 to 4.5, Wenjun became the 17th Women's World Champion. |
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"I Am More: Facing Stigma," is the title of a photography show on exhibit at Speedwell Projects on Forest Avenue in Portland through May 12th. The show, which highlights the work of Portland photographer Lissy Thomas, features 22 black-and-white portraits of locals affected by mental health challenges. One of the photographs has the following accompanying statement: "I am Kathy. I am a friend. I am a chess advocate. I am a rock enthusiast. I am an artist. I am a survivor of post traumatic stress. I am a peaceful warrior." |
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The Maine Chess Association is seeking interested candidates for the position of interim president. Those interested in serving in this capacity should send an email with a brief statement to dcdeluca@yahoo.com by Friday, May 18, 2018. Per the MECA Constitution, the Policy Board will choose a qualified candidate to serve in the interim until the MECA elections in December, 2018. |
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Our own Alex Relyea served as one of the arbiters at the recently completed 2018 U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship held at the St. Louis Chess Club. Relyea, already a FIDE Arbiter, is working towards his National Tournament Director certification. In this post, Alex shares some of his impressions and experiences at the tournament. |
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Wyatt Hendrix and Brian Hurst tied for first in the John Bapst Open played on Saturday, May 5th at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. The big story, however, was Dan Robbins's win of the 2017-2018, four-tournament, Crusader Cup Series! |
Continue reading "Dan Robbins is Inaugural Crusader Cup Champion" »
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Sam Shankland and Nazi Paikidze are the 2018 US Champion and US Women's Champion. For Shankland, a twenty-six year old from Berkeley, California, it was the biggest win of his career and the first time he has cracked the FIDE 2700 mark. Paikidze finished the tournament equal with Annie Wang necessitating a rapid chess and sudden death 'Armageddon' playoff in which she won to clinch the title. |
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