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One of the drawbacks of living in a rural state (like Maine) with a small population (like Maine) is that the population of chess players is also small and if you play for any length of time, you end up playing the same people time after time. Chess player and chess mom Elisabeth Mock submitted this report about her experiences crossing state lines in search of chess competition. |
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The 2019 Maine Girls' Chess Champion Agata Sloniewska was featured in an article in the online Journal Tribune on February 16th. Sloniewska, a native of Poland and sophomore at Thornton Academy, won the right to represent Maine at the 2019 National Girls Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida in August. |
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Lloyd Lombard has created a new publication called the Chess Atlantic Newsletter by merging the Annapolis West Chess Club Newsletter and the Nova Scotia Chess Association Newsletter. This outstanding resource is a wealth of interesting information for chess players in the Atlantic Maritimes. The inaugural edition of the Chess Atlantic Newsletter includes articles containing annotated games, chess club and instructor information, girls' and women's chess, the resurgence of the classic Drueke no. 35 Players' Choice set, and much more |
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We are very saddened to report the passing of 1977 Maine State Chess Champion and former Cony High School chess coach Duane Mercier. Duane loved life and he loved his family. During his time at Cony High School in the 1970's and 80's he was a huge influence to a great number of students many of whom went on to become some of Maine's top chess players. Duane Mercier will be dearly missed. We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends |
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In recent years there have been many new additions to the Maine chess tournament calendar. In its second year, the Panther Open and Scholastic played on Saturday, February 9th at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro attracted thirty players in four sections. Here's the illustrated tournament report with US Chess Crosstables. Our thanks to ChessMaine.net's newest photo contributor Christina Wotton for the outstanding images. |
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The Second Annual Lincolnville Central School Scholastic Chess Tournament was held on Sunday, February 10th. Thirty-five scholastic players in grades K-6 participated in three sections. Section winners were: Rohan Joseph (K-6), Maggie Harbaugh (K-3), and Oren Hurley (K-1). Here's the illustrated tournament report with US Chess Crosstables. |
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Ellsworth Adult Education will offer Learn to Play Chess: Game, Sport, Art of Science? on four Tuesdays March 5th-26th. This class is the perfect introduction to chess for adult beginners, parents, teachers, and would-be chess coaches. Please pass the word and forward this link to any who might be interested in learning more about this fascinating game in a low-stress, high-fun environment. |
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On Friday, February 8th at 6:00 p.m. eastern U.S. time, ten scholastic chess players from Maine took part in an online chess match with ten players from the Primorsky Region of far eastern Russia. This first of its kind match was played on the lichess server and broadcast live on the Internet with commentary provided by Maine Chess Champion and National Master Matthew Fishbein. Here's the match report with games, results, and images from the day. |
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| Ten scholastic chess players from Maine will face off in a two-game match with ten scholastic players from the Primorsky region of eastern Russia on Friday, February 8th at 6:00 p.m. eastern U.S. time. The Maine vs Russia Match will be broadcast live on the Internet with expert commentary from Maine State Chess Champion Matthew Fishbein. Here are the Match details and a link to the live online broadcast. | |
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Twenty-five players competed in the first ever Maine Women's Chess Championship and the newly re-established Maine Girls' Championship held on Saturday, February 2nd at the Bangor Public Library in Bangor, Maine. Kathy Richards took the title of Maine Women's Champion with a perfect 3.0 points in three games and Agata Sloniewska, a student at Thornton Academy in Saco, scored 4.0 points in as many games to become the Maine 2019 Maine Girls' Champion. The tournament was attended by 2017 U.S. Women's Champion WGM Sabina Foisor who provided game analysis and coaching. |
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