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Former Bowdoin College student and former Maine State Champion Jason Spector has achieved the amateur chess player's holy grail. At a chess tournament played in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 2013, Jason's USCF rating reached 2200. In this ChessMaine.net interview, Jason traces his chess development from its humble beginnings to master level and passes on advice that may help you get there as well. |
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The Maine Association of Chess Coaches--the entity responsible for planning and hosting the scholastic state championships in March--held its fall planning meeting on October 26, 2013 at the University of Maine, Orono. Here are the meeting minutes detailing the issues discussed. |
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In this era of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and full e-mail in-boxes, messages can often get buried in the onslaught. That's just what happened to an e-mail received from Lance Beloungie this summer with photos describing the Potato Blossom Festival Chess Tournament played in Fort Fairfield on July 14, 2013. Here's the (albeit late) tournament report. |
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The Maine Chess Association is seeking candidates for two-year Policy Board positions beginning January, 1, 2014. The Policy Board consists of four officers and four directors. Please consider becoming a candidate and enriching MECA's future! |
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The 2013 FIDE World Chess Championship match will take place on November 7-26, 2013 in Chennai, India. It is a match for the highest crown in chess between the Defending Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and the Challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway. |
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President Gerald R. Ford declared October 9th, 1976 as the first National Chess day stating, "For both professionals and amateurs, chess is a game that sharpens the mind, tests human faculties and encourages healthy competition. It has captivated the attention of players and spectators worldwide and will continue to do so as long as competition and excellence challenge mankind." To commemorate National Chess Day this year, the Brewer Community School hosted a tournament that attracted twenty-eight players in two sections. |
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Maine's newest chess club is up and running at BAM! (Books-A-Million) at the Bangor Mall. The club meets Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m. until close (10:00 p.m.) and attracts a wide variety of players from beginners to experts. While you are there you can check out both the cafe offerings and the ample selection of chess books on the stacks. |
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The 2013 Eastern Maine Open was held on Saturday, October 5th at the University of Maine in Orono. Nineteen players competed in two sections. The open section was won by Roger Morin with 3.5 points and Vincent Paris and Lois Morin shared first in the U1000 section with 3.0 points. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstable and selected games. |
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Twenty-two players turned out on a rainy early summer day to compete in the ChessMaine.net Championship on June 26th, 2013 at the Cotter Union on the campus of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The tournament was contested in two sections: Jarod Bryan won the open with a perfect 4.0 points in four games and Dan Fishbein took first in the U1250 section winning all of his games and scoring 3.0 points. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstable. |
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You may have noticed in recent months that there has been very little activity on ChessMaine.net. As editor of this site, I am responsible for this lack of activity. The reason is that my life of late had become nearly unmanageable. The death of both of my parents in a five-month period coupled with countless projects and responsibilities have made it impossible for me to keep the site up to the journalistic standard that it has become know for. My dad, who taught me the moves and instilled in me a great love for the game, was one of the site's biggest fans duly reading each post, following each link and playing over each game. Now that this difficult period in my life is beginning to recede, I look forward to getting back to ChessMaine.net as my dad looks on from that chessboard in the sky. |
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