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WLBZ Channel 2 in Bangor recently featured the John Bapst Chess Team (this year's high school co-champions with Bangor High School) in a news report profiling the team and their preparation for the High School National Championship that will take place from April 18 - 20, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out the story and accompanying video. |
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The Maine State Championship will take place this weekend, April 12 - 13, 2008 at the University of Maine, Orono. This five-round Swiss tournament is open to Maine residents, students and military personnel stationed in Maine. Time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by sudden death in 60 minutes. The first place finisher will be awarded the Maine State Champion title, $200 and the Harlow B. Daly trophy. Winners in classes A-D as well as U1200 will be awarded $100. Hope to see you this weekend at Maine's premier tournament. |
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Grandmaster Susan Polgar has created a chess curriculum to assist in the teaching and learning of chess to beginner and intermediate players. Thanks to GM Polgar we can make this very useful tool available to you. |
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Two central Maine scholastic chess players were highlighted in an article that appeared in the Morning Sentinel newspaper on March 27, 2008. Langdon Holly of Waterville and George Spahn of Palermo, both of whom participated in the recent Maine Scholastic Individual Championship, are featured in this interesting read. |
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The Maine state scholastic tournaments have concluded and we now have an opportunity to support one of the winning teams in their bid to attend the National Senior High School Championship to be held April 18-20, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia. We hope you can attend the John Bapst High School Fundraising Tournament in Orono this Friday night. If you can't attend, please consider making a donation to the team. |
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Ninety-six players competed in the Maine Scholastic Individual Championship on March 29, 2008 at the University of Maine, Orono. Regarded as the elite scholastic tournament of the year, the "Individual States" decided state champions in five sections: High School Championship, High School Reserve, Junior High School Championship, Elementary (K-6) Championship and Primary (K-3) Championship. Games and USCF Crosstables are coming soon. We hope you enjoy this richly illustrated tournament report with video impressions. |
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On February 2, 2008 the Bobcat Open was played at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Forty players turned out in three sections--Open, Under 1601 and the Rated Beginners Open (Under 1200). Steven Dillon took clear first in the Open with 3.5 points. He was trailled by Eric Moskow who made the trip up from Florida to participate in this tournament and Andrew Tichenor. |
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Melanie Creamer, a news assistant for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, recently wrote an article highlighting the Cape Elizabeth chess program--this year's Elementary and Junior High School Scholastic State Champions. In case you missed it, here's the full text of the article that appeared in the Portland Press Herald on March 26th. |
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The Girls Scholastic Championship, played at the University of Maine, Orono on Saturday, March 22nd, went down to the last games in both the Championship and U600 sections. Sorel Edes managed a draw in her last round game vs. Haley DeLuca Lowell to give her 3.5 points and the title in the Championship section. In the last round of the U600 section, Julia Shaffer defeated Anne Witick to score a perfect 4.0 and take clear first. We bring you the illustrated tournament report with crosstables and video. |
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The third in a trilogy of scholastic tournaments--the Scholastic Individual State Championship--will take place on Saturday, March 29th in the Memorial Union at the University of Maine, Orono. And for those players not playing in the scholastic tournament, the Fourth Annual Sidekick Quads, a fundraising tournament for Maine Scholastic Chess offering rated and unrated sections, will be played concurrently. This reminder contains a list of players invited to participate in the scholastic individuals at no cost. |
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