Help Lubec Chess Club Enhance Stockford Park

June 26, 2025

In an effort to establish more public chess spaces in Maine, the Lubec Chess Club is asking for your help raising funds to install a concrete picnic table with two chessboard patterns painted, finished, and sealed on the surface. This design, manufactured by Doty & Sons, has been installed on the Riverwalk in Brewer, Maine with great success. We ask for your support of this project, which has been unanimously approved by the Lubec Town Council, by visiting and making any donation you can at our GoFundMe page >> Help Lubec Chess Club Enhance Stockford Park. <<

Thanks!

Continue reading "Help Lubec Chess Club Enhance Stockford Park" »

Comments (0)

2025 Maine State Championship Tournament Report

June 25, 2025

The 2025 Maine State Chess Championship was played from April 25-27 at the Waterville Grand Hotel in Waterville, Maine. FIDE Master FM Alimzhan Amirkul took first place with 4.5 points in five rounds. Here's the illustrated tournament report.

Continue reading "2025 Maine State Championship Tournament Report" »

Comments (0)

Roger J. Morin Maine Invitational Tournament Report

May 17, 2025

The 2024 Roger J. Morin Maine Invitational was played on Friday Dec 13th through Sunday Dec 15th, in North Yarmouth. The tournament is an annual invitational event which seeks to pit the top 8 players in the state against each other in a classical round robin event where every player gets to play each other. Here's the illustrated tournament report with US Chess crosstables, and a featured game.

Continue reading "Roger J. Morin Maine Invitational Tournament Report" »

Comments (0)

Maine Week-Long Summer Chess Camps

April 19, 2025

Two week-long summer chess camps are already on the calendar and we wanted to let you know about these exciting opportunities. The George Hill Farm Chess Camp in Hope will run from June 23-27, 2025 and the Think First, Play Smart Bangor Chess Camp will run from July 7-11, 2025. Here's more information.

Continue reading "Maine Week-Long Summer Chess Camps" »

Comments (0)

Second Sunday Standard in Lubec Tournament Report

April 19, 2025

The Lubec Chess Club continues to promote chess by offering opportunities to learn and play in Lubec and Washington County, Maine. A new series of monthly tournaments is being offered on Sundays at the Lubec Memorial Library alternating monthly between 5-round double Swiss G/3+2 and 3-round standard time control (G/45+5) tournaments. This month's edition was the Second Sunday Standard tournament. Nine players turned out despite monsoon-like rains to compete in an intimate tournament with the feel of an international invitational that was both challenging and highly enjoyable. Here's the illustrated tournament report.

Continue reading "Second Sunday Standard in Lubec Tournament Report" »

Comments (2)

Intro to Chess Workshop with Ezra Sassaman at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Friday April 18, 2025 from 1-4 p.m.

April 12, 2025

Join local chess instructor Ezra Sassaman for an Intro to Chess Workshop at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor on Friday, April 18th, 2025 (a half day for MDI elementary students) from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Drop in/drop out format - stay for as long as you like. Open to all ages and abilities. FMI see Intro to Chess with Ezra Sassaman.

Continue reading "Intro to Chess Workshop with Ezra Sassaman at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Friday April 18, 2025 from 1-4 p.m." »

Comments (0)

No School Friday Chess Tournament Report

April 12, 2025

Chess players turned out in droves to compete in MDI Chess' No School Friday Chess Tournament on Saturday, March 14th at Northeast Harbor Library. Across the state, many students had that Friday off for a teacher professional development day. From Portland to Presque Isle and Auburn to Machias - students and adults came from every corner of the state. Here's the illustrated tournament report.

Continue reading "No School Friday Chess Tournament Report" »

Comments (0)

The Shandi Hopkins Memorial Tournament Report

March 8, 2025

Twelve players participated in a unique Sunday afternoon 5-Round Double Swiss G/3+2 blitz tournament at the Lubec Memorial Library on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in honor and remembrance of Shandi Hopkins the brother of Lubec Chess Club member Rafi Hopkins. Shandi was a kind, compassionate, curious, and intelligent soul. He was an ardent chess player and blitz chess specialist who played in Harvard Square and Washington Square Park and was a friend of IM Josh Waitzkin the subject of the book and film Searching for Bobby Fischer. Wherever chess is played his memory will always live.

Continue reading "The Shandi Hopkins Memorial Tournament Report" »

Comments (1)

What are your Favorite Chess Books?

March 8, 2025

What are the favorite books of Maine chess players? What do you love/hate studying? What is your favorite chess story? What is one book that every chess player in Maine should read? Please take a minute to chime in on the survey linked below. Afterward, we will compile the results and share them with the community. Thanks!

Continue reading "What are your Favorite Chess Books?" »

Comments (0)

How to Redeem MECA-Subsidized US Chess Student Memberships

February 15, 2025

Chess competition can be hard to come by Downeast. This year has been especially tough with regional tournaments at All Saints Catholic School and John Bapst High School in Bangor cancelled this year. A more recent tradition, the MLK Day tournament at Cobscook Institute in January, was also cancelled due to a snow storm. So it is safe to say that student chess teams from Washington Academy, Machias Memorial High School and others were anxious to test their skills at this past weekend's Cobscook Institute's Winter Classic Chess Tournament.

Continue reading "How to Redeem MECA-Subsidized US Chess Student Memberships" »

Comments (0)

Page 4 of 151 |



  • Navigation: