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A whopping ninety-two players competed in the 2nd Annual South Portland High School Chess Tournament played on November 19, 2022. The event had three sections: Open, U1400, and U800. Wyatt Hendrix won the Open section with a perfect 4.0 points. Gavin Cooley did the same in the U1400 section and went from unrated to provisional 1700 in one go, and Avery Zhang and Henry Shannon finished equal first with 4.0 points in the sixty-player (!) U800 section.
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The Maine Chess Association is now accepting nominations for all four officer positions and all four director positions for the 2022 election cycle, which begins on December 1, 2022. All officer positions are electable to two-year terms, and all director positions are electable to one-year terms.
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Thanks to the hard work and dedication of chess organizer Glenn Miller, Maine's newest chess club has been established in Farmington. The Farmington Chess Club will meet Friday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Farmington Community Center at 127 Middle Street in Farmington. Visit the Farmington Chess Club online at the Official Website of the Farmington Chess Club.
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Twenty-seven players came out for the Skowhegan Fall Classic chess tournament played on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Skowhegan Area High School. Players competed in two sections. The U1200 section was won by Joshua Lorenzo with a perfect 4.0 points in four rounds. Anthony Benoit followed suit putting up a perfect 4.0 in his first US Chess rated tournament. Here's the illustrated tournament report.
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Maine Chess Association president Michael Dudley reports on the state of chess in Maine in his open letter to the Maine chess community.
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