Maine Chess Hits US Chess MAP Trifecta

April 5, 2018

Each year the US Chess Federation selects affiliates in a number of categories as part of its Membership Appreciation Program (MAP). Winning affiliates are those who have signed up the most new and renewing US Chess members. For the category of Small State Affiliate, Maine was recognized with the top three places: 1. Maine Association of Chess Coaches 2. All Saints Catholic School Chess Club and 3. John Bapst Memorial High School Chess Club.

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Fred Irons Gives a Gift of Art to the Rockland Public Library

April 2, 2018

Former University of Maine professor of electrical engineering Dr. Fred Irons has donated one of his paintings entitled Last Game to the Rockland Public Library in honor and memory of Harold Dondis. Mr. Dondis was a native of Rockland, Maine who attended Bowdoin College and Harvard Law School.

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Breaking News: World Championship Match may Move to St. Louis

March 30, 2018

Leonard Barden, a chess correspondent at The Guardian, reports that Billionaire Rex Sinquefield, the brains and bankroll behind both the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis and the World Chess Hall of Fame, may bid to host the upcoming World Championship Match between current Champion Maguns Carlsen and Challenger Fabiano Caruana in St. Louis. Barden writes that Sinquefield may try to woo the World Chess Federation with a higher prize fund into moving the Match from its currently scheduled location in London.

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The Game that Won the 2018 Maine High School Individual Championship

March 30, 2018

It was the final round of the 2018 Maine High School Individual Championship and only two players were in contention for the title. We bring you the game Joseph Astumian (1572) vs. Bill Hartt (1772) with notes by Dan DeLuca. Thanks to JJ Astumian for submitting the score of this fascinating and exciting game.

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The Together Place in Bangor Seeking Chess Instructor

March 29, 2018

The Together Place, an 11-unit housing co-operative in Bangor run by and for low-income adult mental health consumers, is looking for a volunteer chess instructor. The mission of Together Place is to reintegrate mental health consumers into the community and to mainstream activities and their Executive Director believes that chess may play an important role in that mission.

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Candidates Round 12 Game: Caruana-Aronian Annotated by Wyatt Hendrix

March 28, 2018

ChessMaine.net contributing annotator Wyatt Hendrix takes a look at the Round 12 game Caruana-Aronian played in the recently completed Candidates tournament in Berlin. This game came on the heels of Caruana's eleventh-round loss to Karjakin. It was one of the most pivotal games of the tournament and a crucial victory that propelled Caruana towards the Challenger title.

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Caruana to Challenge Magnus Carlsen for World Title

March 27, 2018

Fabiano Caruana won the Candidates tournament in Berlin in dramatic fashion. He finished a clear point ahead of the pack with the plus-four score of 9.0 points, scored back-to-back victories in the final two rounds, and avoided the need for tiebreak calculations. Caruana will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in London in November of 2018 in a match for the world title. Congratulations Fabi!

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Caruana Leads as Candidates Enters Final Round

March 26, 2018

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, Caruana and Karjakin were tied at the top of the Candidates crosstable with 7.0 points apiece. The talk on the street after Round 12 was of deja vu all over again as we had the same scenario at the conclusion of the 2016 Candidates--namely, Caruana and Karjakin tied with Karjakin having the better tiebreaks. Round 13 saw Caruana crush Aronian and Karjakin make a draw with So. That gave Fabi a half-point lead going into the final round. Join us for a mathematical analysis of the possibilities of choosing the next Challenger to Magnus Carlsen.

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2018 State Scholastic Individuals Tournament Report

March 24, 2018

One hundred thirteen scholastic players competed in the Maine State Scholastic Individual Championships at the University of Maine in Orono on Saturday, March 24th. The tournament was played in five scholastic sections (K-3, K-6, K-8, High School, and High School U1200) and a companion Open section (the Sidekicks). Here's the illustrated tournament report with US Chess crosstables.

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The Candidates Tournament Approaching the Halfway Mark

March 17, 2018

Eight of the world's strongest chess players are in Berlin, Germany competing in the double round-robin Candidates Tournament from March 10-28, 2018. The winner of this tournament will earn the right to face Magnus Carlsen in a match for the World Championship to be played in London in November of 2018. After six of fourteen rounds, Fabiano Caruana and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lead the field with 4.0 points.

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