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The Universal Rating System (URS) is a new concept developed by the research team of Mr. Maxime Rischard, Dr. J. Isaac Miller, Dr. Mark Glickman, and Mr. Jeff Sonas and funded by the Grand Chess Tour, the Kasparov Chess Foundation, and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The system will be free for registered users and promises "far superior techniques...to improve the comparison of the performance of players." |
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You may have noticed our new Internet Chess Club banner at the top of the page. We have partnered with ICC and have become a member of their Referral Program. What this means is that each ICC membership purchased though our banner will generate real dollars to support ChessMaine.net web hosting, domain name, and publishing platform fees. ICC is a great site with a tremendous amount of instructional content, opportunities to play USCF-rated games, live coverage of chess events from all over the world, and a huge online chess community. We urge you to give ICC a try in 2017 while helping to support ChessMaine.net at the same time. Thanks. |
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We take our annual end-of-the-year look back at all things chess in Maine for the year 2016. It was a year of learning, growing, and community and it was our honor to share it with you. |
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The inaugural meeting of the Bangor Area High School Scholastic Chess League (BAHSSCL) took place on a very cold December 16. The non-rated High School Holiday Blitz tournament was held at the Bangor Public Library. Hermon High School was represented by three players and John Bapst by three players. One homeschooled player and the TD/John Bapst coach, Michael Dudley rounded out the field. The BAHSSCL was formed to provide opportunities for high school players in the greater Bangor area to compete in interscholastic tournaments throughout the winter sports season, culminating with the state team and state individual tournaments at the University of Maine Orono in March. |
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World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Sergey Karjakin certainly have garnered lots of media attention over the course of their nearly three-week epic battle for the title. Here are some other faces that were seen at the Fulton Market Building in the Seaport District of Manhattan, on both sides of the camera, while the Match was in progress. |
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Fifty-five players turned up for the 12th Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament at the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine on Saturday, December 10, 2016. Winners were: Jarod Bryan and Sam Song (Open), J. Paul Ciarrocchi (U1600), Colin Rich (U1200), Isaac Dinnerstein (U800), and Zoe Dinnerstein (U400). Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |
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Ellsworth Elementary and Middle School hosted the first of three chess competitions for area K-8 students on Tuesday, December 6th. School participating included Stillwater Montessori, Fort O'Brien, Bucksport, Ellsworth, and Lamoine. Thanks to Ellsworth Elementary and Middle School for hosting and to Coach Adam Wilson for organizing and directing the event. The next two K-8 chess competitions will be held on Tuesday, January 10th and Wednesday, February 8th. See ChessMaine.net/events for more information. |
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Playing forty-eight chess games at the same time while blindfolded, Grandmaster Timur Gareyev originally from Ukraine and now living in San Diego, has successfully broken the previous world record of forty-six boards set by Marc Lang of Günzburg, Germany on November 26-27, 2011. The GM finished this amazing feat with a score of 35 wins 7 draws and 6 losses. |
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Grandmaster Timur Gareyev is attempting to break the World Record for most number of simultaneous blindfold chess games and you can watch the event live as it happens on his website. GM Gareyev has given many simultaneous blindfold chess exhibitions including a 33-game blindfold simul in St. Louis in May 2013 and a 35-game blindfold simul in Austin TX in September 2013. Today he is attempting forty-eight boards. |
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In a dramatic four-game, rapid chess showdown, World Champion Magnus Carlsen beat challenger Sergey Karjakin 3-1 to win the Match and retain his title. The encounter had many heart-stopping moments particularly in Game 2 when Carlsen had not only a winning position but actually a forced mate. Remarkably, with just seconds remaining on his clock, Karjakin squeezed blood out of stone and escaped with a draw. Unphased, Carlsen came back to win the next two games and ice the match with the final score of 9-7. |
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