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You've seen them at tournaments around the state: on the TD table, in skittles and tournament rooms and in players' bags--now you can print your very own ChessMaine.net Scoresheets with their distinctive large-space format, analysis board and ChessMaine logo. |
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Thirty-seven players turned out on a clear and cold pre-winter day for the 5th Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Chess Tournament held at the Airline Community School in Aurora. Roger Morin took first in the open section with a perfect 3.0 points, John Xiang topped the U1000 section with 3.5 points and newcomer Ian Youth of Scarborough went unbeaten and untied in the U600 section scoring 4.0 points. |
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The Aurora Winter Solstice Chess Tournament is scheduled for this Saturday, December 12, 2009. Take a break from your holiday shopping and come play some chess in Downeast Maine. There will be four sections: Open, U1400, U1000 and U600/Unrated for K-8 players; prizes include cash, books, chess sets and boards. Great homemade food too! |
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Andy Bryan and Maggie Bryan have been elected President and Vice President of the Maine Chess Association by convincing margins. Uncontested candidates for Secretary, Lee Doucette and Treasurer, Andrey Savov, as well as four new Policy Board members: Steve Abrahams, John Malev, Roger Morin and Brian Roderick were also chosen. |
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On a recent trip to Boston we took in the Boston University Open (David Vigorito took first with a perfect score) and checked out the chess scene at Harvard Square in Cambridge (where a lot of imperfect but nonetheless fun chess was being played). |
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Maine chess expert and coach Steve Morgan was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Correspondence Chess League of America. CCLA is a non-profit organization that has been conducting postal chess tournaments since 1897, as CCLA since 1909. Congratulations Steve! |
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It was chess, chess and more chess at the Seventeenth Annual Deer Isle-Stonington Lacy Greenlaw Chess-a-thon held at DIS Elementary School from 6:00 p.m. Friday, November 13 to 6:00 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2009. |
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The Maine Association of Chess Coaches had its annual fall meeting on October 17, 2009 at the University of Maine in Orono. In addition to other issues discussed, the group decided on the dates for the 2010 scholastic state championships. Included here are detailed meeting notes compiled thanks to Ron Lewis. |
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Massachussetts expert and Bowdoin College student David Plotkin scored a perfect 4.0 points to take first at the 2009 Eastern Maine Open played at the University of Maine on November 7th. The other big story at the tournament was Wesley Parker's 2037 performance rating. |
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