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Twenty players celebrated National Chess Day at the Brewer Community School on October 11th, 2014. Roger Morin won the open section with 3.5 points and Adam Gagnon blanked his opponents in the U1000 section with a perfect 4.0 points to take first. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |
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FIDE-rated player Sergio Mejia from Guatemala went 3-0 to win the open section of the Aurora Autumnal Equinox tournament played at the Airline Community School in Aurora on Saturday, September 27th, 2014. Twenty-five players in two sections competed in this Maine Chess Player of the Year event. In the U1200 section, John Bapst High School freshman Zack Grindal took first with 4-0 and Airline School's own Sean Neal won the top U600 prize with a 3-1 performance. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables and a selected game. |
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Once upon a time, chess - the game of kings - was huge in America. Bobby Fischer was world champ, and the chess champ of the world was on the cover of Time, Sports Illustrated. Then the Cold War ended, video games moved in, and chess went off the radar. Maybe we should bring it back. There is incredible stuff going on in the world of chess, and around it. Aliens, oligarchs, Norwegians, Las Vegas, Vladimir Putin and an Italian superstar named Fabiano. This hour On Point: Checkmate. The wild, wonderful -- and these days, much-ignored -- world of chess. --Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR's On Point. |
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The Stillwater Montessori School in Orono is starting the new academic year with a call to chess players, parents and volunteers. Chess will be taught as part of the school curriculum and an after school chess program will be offered on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. If you need reasons to get involved with the Royal Game read on! |
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The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association hosts its annual Common Ground Country Fair on the third weekend of September. MOFGA's flagship event attracts nearly 60,000 visitors each year and brings together so many people from so many walks of life, all in the spirit of celebrating the rural and agricultural traditions of Maine. So what's this got to do with chess? |
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On Wednesday evening August 27th at the Ellsworth Public Library, the Ellsworth Chess Club upset the Bangor Chess Club 8-6 in a seven-board, two-games-each match despite missing five of their top ten chess players. There will be a return match in September in Bangor at BAM! Bookstore. |
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On a recent trip to Fredericton, New Brunswick we discovered this delightful French cafe with an interesting name. Inquiring on the origin of the name over tea and cream-filled fruit pastries we were informed that during renovation of the space a single chess piece was found on a windowsill. In addition, Chess Piece Patisserie and Cafe is located on Queen Street in the heart of downtown Fredericton, just a few blocks from King Street and Bishop Street. |
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ChessMaine.net has been selected by the Chess Journalists of America as the Best USCF State Chapter Website for 2014. This is the third time the official website of the Maine Chess Association has been honored by the Chess Journalists of America. The CJA is an American organization of chess journalists created to promote high quality chess journalism, to provide assistance to the working journalist through articles and contacts and to recognize chess journalism at its best through an annual awards program. Visit the CJA website here. |
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Roger Morin won the Houlton August Quad played on August 9th at The Art Studio in Houlton with a perfect 3.0 points in three games. The other three participants--Ray Haines, Lance Beloungie and Roger Hardison--all tied for second place with 1.0 point. Here's the USCF crosstable and a selected game. |
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Lance Beloungie leads the Maine Chess Player of the Year competition with a score of 25.2 points. He is trailed by Roger Morin and Curt Brock with 20.5 and 20.0 points respectively. The next event is the First Lincoln Open on Saturday, September 27, 2014. More information on the year-long Maine Chess Player of the Year competition can be found here. |
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