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George Stevens Academy teacher and chess instructor Paul Gliden will be offering two chess classes at the Blue Hill Library on August 13th and 20th from 2:30 - 4: 30 p.m. The classes are open to the public and free of charge. |
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Lost in both time and cyberspace, the crosstable for a tournament that was played in Portland, Maine over 15 years ago has been unearthed by ChessMaine.net avid reader John Gaspar. The tournament was incorrectly entered into the USCF database as having taken place in Portland, Oregon rather than Portland, Maine and like a misplaced first class letter, has gone undetected all these years until now. |
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A three-way tie for first between Daniel Yeager (2349) of Pennsylvania, Julian Landaw (2305) of California and Scott Low (2198) of Maryland all of whom scored 5.0 points in six rounds was the result at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Maine's favorite son Fritz Eyerer was defeated in the last round but finished the tournament tied for 20th place with 3.0 points against very stiff competition. |
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Matt Parry (2253) of New York has defeated Maryland's Scott Low (2198) to take sole possession of first place at the Denker with 4.5 points and one round remaining. Despite the fact that the competition in this tournament is at a very high level (only nine players are rated below USCF 1700) Fritz Eyerer continues to excel. In round 5, he defeated Oregon's Daniel Gay (1990) to move to 3.0 points and a tie for 12th place with a 2047 or +237 performance rating. |
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After four rounds at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions only one player has 4.0 points. Scott Low (2198), a strong expert from Maryland, has not given up a loss or draw. With nine players within a point of Low, the final two rounds will certainly be interesting. Maine representative Fritz Eyerer won a nice game vs. Vincent Glorioso (1957) of Louisiana in round 3 then lost to Erik Patchell (2070) of Kentucky to remain even at 2.0 points. |
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Round 2 at the Denker saw the top tier of the crosstable get rarefied to six players with 2.0 points. Eyerer won his second round game bringing him up to an even score of 1 point after 2 rounds. In round 3, he will take on Vincent Glorioso (1957) of Louisiana. |
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Like the Polgar National Invitational, the Denker brings together state champions from across the nation to compete in this "Tournament of Champions." In round 1, the Maine representative at the Denker Fritz Eyerer, was defeated by USCF Expert Robert Lau (2171) of Hawaii. Eyerer will face Lorenzo Newell (1102) of Mississippi in round 2. |
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Courtney Jamison of Texas has won the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls. A final round draw with Linda Diaz put her out of reach of the rest of the field with 5.5 points in 6 rounds. Maine Girls Champion Sorel Edes finished the tournament with 2.5 points and tied for 33rd place. |
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Former John Bapst Memorial High School student and Newburgh resident Fritz Eyerer will compete in this year's prestigious Denker Tournament of High School Champions which will be played August 2-5, 2008 concurrently with the U.S. Open in Dallas, Texas. Eyerer qualified for this tournament based on his performance at the Maine High School Championship tournament earlier this year. |
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In the penultimate round, Maine's Sorel Edes posted her second victory of the tournament, this time winning against Georgia Olvera (1292) of Texas. After 5 rounds she has 2.5 points and a +330 performance rating. She will have black vs. Mira Ensley-Field (1258) of Wisconsin in the final round. |
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